Archive for the 'Strict constructionism' Category

Bang, bang! *UPDATED*

Just in time for July 4th, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Second Amendment says what it means and means what it says.
I personally am not now, nor have I ever been, a gun owner.  I keep meaning to go the local firing range and take lessons (operating on the principle that, since I’m surprisingly [...]

An insight into judicial activism

[This is one of my recent posts that was pretty much unavailable due to Blogger troubles, so I'm republishing it, slightly edited, here.]
Apparently Justice Ginsburg, while in South Africa, was heaping disrespect on the American Constitution. (What is it lately with American public figures going abroad to denigrate America? Think Al Gore here.) Anyway, as [...]