The Supreme Court's decision is merely on the BCRA on its face. More lawsuits will come on the actual application of the law. The Supreme Court will likely revisit the case when someone is fined or prosecuted by the Federal Election Commission. I want to be one of those people. As Starr has said, individuals […]
Once again, the link to the decisuon itself is here. I haven't read the majority opinion, and I'm not going to, because on its face I believe it's bogus. There's no way that stifling criticism of federal candidates in the weeks leading up to election day is a boon for the democratic process. I've read […]
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that people cannot purchase advertisements on TV, radio or in newspapers opposing or supporting candidates in the weeks leading up to an election. (I care less about the ban on unlimited soft-money donations to parties, though the way that restriction works is really stupid.) [Correction: Further research appears to […]
A New York Times editorial page has finally discovered the infamous, pilfered Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat memos. The piece, entitled "Partisan Hacking in Congress," is an abuse of the language. According to The Wall Street Journal, one of the outlets to receive the stolen memos, what occurred wasn't exactly hacking. A statement put out last […]
The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments in the case of a Washington State student who received a merit scholarship that was rescinded after he decided to major in pastoral ministry. In the past, the court has decided that vouchers could legally be awarded to students, even if the students used those vouchers to attend […]
Ever since the Supreme Court used its psychotic psychic powers to "discover" a right to privacy in the Constitution, the court has had to occasionally do mental contortionism to prevent "privacy" from going to its ludicrous conclusion. The courts are going to have to do it again. Notorious polygamist Tom Green is suing to have […]
It appears as though the characterization of Democrat senators on the Judiciary Committee acting as little more than agents for various liberal interest groups was chillingly accurate. April 17, 2002/To: SENATOR [Kennedy] "Elaine Jones of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund tried to call you today. . . . Elaine would like the Committee to hold […]
Yep, it's the middle of the night here on the West Coast, and Sen. Rick Santorum is on the Senate floor and boy is he good. Santorum is warning the Democrats that the day will come where the tables will be turned and they aren't going to like it. We have let the Richard Paez's […]
So, to set this up. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is bloviating, and he uses as an example of the unfairness of the GOP to former President Clinton's judicial nominee Elena Kagan (sp?). According to Reed, Kagan was nominated for a federal judgeship, but never got a hearing. She is now dean of the Harvard Law […]