The Obama Supreme Court
Rick Moran takes a look at Obama’s dream Supreme Court. Read Rick’s article, then make sure you vote for McCain.
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This is weird — the 9th Circuit issued a correct ruling
The Ninth Circuit, which is the laughing stock of the federal judiciary because it is overruled so often, did something bizarre yesterday: it issued a Constitutionally correct decision. Not only that, the decision meant that a citizens’ group will be able to engage in free speech that is contrary to
Continue readingActing as judge or legislator?
I haven’t read the underlying decision, nor am I familiar with the case. Nevertheless, if you read the following, do you feel that the judge is acting as a judge or actually stepping in as a legislator? The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today tossed new federal fuel economy
Continue readingOh, those wacky Clinton-appointed judges
This is the third time in a month that a judge has struck down a hot topic policy that the Bush administration supports (this time it’s an immigration policy that got the ax) and it’s the third time that the judge was a Clinton appointee. This time the judge was
Continue readingFeeling quite guilty in retrospect
Back in 1991, I was a good, unthinking liberal soldier. I was appropriately horrified when George Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court and was just thrilled when Anita Hill fortuitously showed up. In my own defense, since I’m not a manipulative person, it never occurred to me that
Continue readingAnother Clinton appointee chisels away at the Patriot Act
I am not conversant with the details of the Patriot Act, nor am I a Constitutional lawyer. I simply find it interesting that, more often than not, when a Federal District Court judge rules something about the Patriot Act unlawful, that judge is a Clinton appointee. The most recent case
Continue readingIt’s a very small world (if you’re a conservative in the Bay Area)
I just read that a federal judge has temporarily canceled the Patriot Act’s wire tapping provisions. I’m very much not a Constitutional lawyer, so I can’t comment on the validity of this decision at a legal level. Immediately upon reading that story, though, I was pretty willing to bet that
Continue reading“Straw, meet camel’s back.”
History has its tipping points. I wonder if Britain or, rather, the ordinary British, have met another tipping point. A while ago, I blogged about the fact that, as Melanie Phillips points out in Londonistan, the rule of judges has gone insanely against ordinary Brits, with judges relying on the
Continue readingJudges versus people
I believe I mentioned already that one of Melanie Phillips’ big points in Londonistan is what happens when judges become highly activist, get invested in some EU/UNabstract notion of “human rights,” and steadily erode away the rights of their own citizens in the inanely confident belief that the only humans
Continue readingIt’s “random thoughts” day
I’m on another vacation, sitting in a cyber cafe, working at a small computer with a microscopic keyboard, so it must be random thoughts day. Thank goodness DQ is doing the heavy lifting. The first thing that caught my interest is what Mitt said at the debate, which I really
Continue reading“He’s not my President.”
There’s been a lot of talk in today’s blogosphere about the way in the Left has responded to Chief Justice Roberts’ seizure, with the perfect example showing up at Wonkette’s website (h/t Independent Women’s Form): Chief Justice John Roberts has died in his summer home in Maine. No, not really,
Continue readingVoting for the Supremes
In my post about the field of front-running Republican candidates, I got a comment from someone who said that s/he could not possibly vote for Giuliani, because Giuliani is personally pro-choice. Further, the comment writer said (or implied) that this would hold true even if it boiled down to a
Continue readingThe anti-prima donna
If you’ve got a few minutes, take time to read this Atlantic Monthly interview with Chief Justice Roberts. It really does give one hope that he can lead the Supreme Court to a new era of sanity. Roberts has correctly diagnosed one of the Court’s major problems, which is the
Continue readingVote!
If you’re one of the disgruntled Republicans thinking of boycotting the polls, don’t. Today, Michael Medved offers eight reasons why you should support your local Republican candidates. Reason number one, standing alone, is good enough for me: 1. Judges. On April 20th of next year, Justice John Paul Stevens (arguably
Continue readingThe obvious thing wrong with Anna Diggs-Taylor’s decision
I knew without reading it that Anna Diggs-Taylor’s decision striking down the surveillance program would be a poorly written, poorly reasoned, legally and factually unsupported bit of garbage. Did I know this because I’m intimately familiar with the legal issues involved? No. Because I know all (or even any) of
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