Sometime next week President Bush will nominate someone to take Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the chattering classes will guess about whom the president will choose. Black, white or hispanic? Man or woman? Moderate or conservative? It would be surprising if President Bush nominates someone who is less than […]
Over at NRO's "Bench Memos" blog, Edward Whelan has some excellent questions to ponder as we await President Bush's announcement of a new Supreme Court nominee. Do we Americans still believe the “self-evident†truth that “all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are […]
On Fox News' "Special Report with Brit Hume" Friday, NPR reporter/pundit Juan Williams weighed in on today's announcement by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that she would be retiring. When asked by host Jim Angle if the deal by the "Gang of 14" on avoiding the nuclear option and allowing William Pryor, Priscilla Owen and Janice […]
If you've been reading this blog since last week, you're infinitely more informed about the Supreme Court's Kelo decision than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi -- in this case the D really does stand for "dumb". Q Later this morning, many Members of the House Republican leadership, along with John Cornyn from the Senate, are […]
Here's a couple of articles for those who are interested in the idiocy that is the Supreme Court: George Will and John Podhoretz.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn has introduced legislation designed to curb some Kelo excesses. The legislation would clarify government’s exercise of its power of eminent domain to be limited only for public use. ‘Public use’ shall not be construed to include economic development. This standard of protection would apply only to (1) all exercises of eminent […]
Over at Radioblogger.com there is a transcript of a portion of yesterday's Hugh Hewitt show and a discussion/debate between John Eastman and Erwin Chemerinsky over the Supreme Court decisions. I found this portion noteworthy: Hugh Hewitt: Let me ask you both. I got a Hamilton quote, which is familiar to many people, sent to me. […]
I've taken the time to sit down and read the some of the dissents and opinions in the two split decisions on the Ten Commandments cases today affecting displays in Kentucky and Texas. Like the Kelo decision last week, these two cases demonstrate how the Supreme Court makes decisions based not on the Constitution, but […]
The only humorous thing to come from last week's Kelo decision. Buoyed by the Supreme Court's decision to expand cities' power of eminent domain, New York City filed today to acquire the state of New Jersey for commercial development. "New York has been facing some very difficult economic decisions," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Building viable […]
There are times when I think that the law should never be left to lawyers.The Kelo ruling was one of those times. You don't need to have a law degree from an Ivy League school to know that using the government's power of eminent domain to take land from Joe to give it to Pfizer […]