Tag Archive 'Judicial activism'
Bookworm on Oct 21 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Climate change, Judges, Judicial activism, Media matters, United Nations
Sadie sent me a great trio of stories today, and I want to pass them on to you:
The UN wants to make sure that the Western nation’s efforts to protect themselves against cross-dressing jihadists (you know, those guys who don burqas to hide bombs) don’t offend transgendered individuals (who may or may not be hiding [...]
Bookworm on Aug 03 2009 | Filed under: Abortion, Gay marriage, Judges, Judicial activism
Whether you are for or against gay marriage, Robert George issues a sound warning about the dangers that flow from letting the Supreme Court get its hands on the issue:
It would be disastrous for the justices to do so [rule against California's Prop. 8 and, by extension, make gay marriage the law of the land]. [...]
Bookworm on May 27 2009 | Filed under: Judges
Are you wondering what an Obama court will look like? You don’t need to look very far. If you haven’t yet read Christina Hoff Sommers’ wonderful 1995 book, Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women, run out right now and get a copy.
Generally speaking, the book is about the difference between equity feminists (a [...]
Bookworm on May 21 2009 | Filed under: Judges, Libertarianism
Don Quixote and I had a very interesting conversation yesterday about the libertarian way to change societal evils. I don’t recall how the conversation wandered over to that topic, but it seems to me it started with a chance reference to a very well known incident in California in the late 1970s.
Back then, a landlady [...]
Bookworm on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Judges, Judicial activism
I’m sorry blogging has been so light today, but it’s been a go-go-go kind of day that’s left little time for anything but, well, going. I did have a thought today, which I’ll share with you.
Most lawyers I know have little that’s complimentary to say about the average trial court judge, a feeling that often [...]
Bookworm on Jun 26 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Gun control, Judges, Judicial activism, Strict constructionism
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 [...]
Bookworm on May 20 2008 | Filed under: Gay marriage, Judges, Judicial activism
Dennis Prager has a good column discussing what will be, in his view, the ramifications of the California Supreme Court decision creating a new right out of thin air. One of the points he makes is that, in the future, to avoid charges of discrimination, homosexual relationships will have to be promoted equally with [...]
Bookworm on May 16 2008 | Filed under: Gay marriage, Judges, Judicial activism
Cliff Thier talks about the far-reaching implications of the Court’s (and the government’s) “fundamental rights” language.
The WSJ’s editors take on the election ramifications of the decision — a bit of unexpected, and undeserved, good luck for Republicans in a terribly managed campaign season.
As was to be expected, National Review quickly put together a whole catalog [...]
Bookworm on Mar 12 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Judges, Judicial activism, Law
Edward Whelan, after pointing out that a President Obama would have the potential to appoint up to six new Supreme Court justices, looks at Obama’s rhetoric about the Constitution and the law, and uses that information to explain clearly what type of justices Obama would appoint:
[I]n setting forth the sort of judges he would appoint, [...]
