For those interested in the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez ruling, there’s an extensive Q&A with the Alliance Defense Fund’s David French here. The headline says it all: “You Cannot be and Equal Participant in the Marketplace of Ideas.”
For those interested in the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez ruling, there’s an extensive Q&A with the Alliance Defense Fund’s David French here. The headline says it all: “You Cannot be and Equal Participant in the Marketplace of Ideas.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor lied in her confirmation hearing to be a Supreme Court justice. Gary Marx presents the evidence. On the use of foreign law, Justice Sotomayor stated, “I will not use foreign law to interpret the Constitution or American statutes. I will use American law, constitutional law to interpret those laws, except in the […]
Today the Supreme Court held that universities can require student organizations to require that student groups must accept “all comers” for membership and leadership positions, even if those people oppose the group’s main purpose. You can find the opinion here, and I’ve only just read the syllabus, but the court has gutted the Constitution’s freedom […]
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 yesterday that the government can ban even “humanitarian” assistance to terrorist organizations. Eugene Volokh’s got a good summary post here, and you can click on the main site for quite a few more takes on the decision and read this short summary from Elliott Abrams. What was most interesting to […]
National Journal’s Stuart Taylor has a good article on President Barack Obama’s nominee to a spot on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Goodwin Liu. Elections have consequences and this is what you get when you elect a big-time liberal. • Racial preferences without end. In 2003, in a panel discussion held by the progressive […]
For the record, I recommend Ed Whelan’s article on President Barack Obama’s nominee to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Goodwin Liu. Having said that, where has lawyer Thomas Goldstein, the publisher of SCOTUSblog, been the past 3 decades? Volkoh Conspiracist Jonathan H. Adler sums up Goldstein’s position on the Liu nomination thusly: Goldstein’s central […]
Well, it’s been 11 days since I’ve submitted it to the local newspaper and it hasn’t appeared in print, so I’m going to assume that it will never appear. It’s funny that for 15 years of my life I couldn’t get a letter printed in the local paper because I worked for the paper, now […]
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that when the First Amendment says “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech” that it actually meant that. At issue was a movie made by Citizens United – a corporation – that attacked Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Because Citizens United is a […]
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing – a fact demonstrated by Mark Sherman of the Associated Press reporting on this morning’s Supreme Court session. Scalia (yes, Scalia) invokes foreign law in court By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jan 12, 2:45 pm ET WASHINGTON – Supreme […]
Last month, I mentioned the case of Rom Houben who was believed to be in a persistent vegetative state for decades, but was in fact conscious for much of the time. One commenter noted that Houben was using “facilitated communication,” i.e. a therapist was helping Houben use a keyboard to communicate, and Houben's consciousness may […]