by Robby Soave. The High Court plays politics. In his 1946 essay, Politics and the English Language, George Orwell observed that “the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” Today is Orwell’s birthday; it’s also the day the Supreme Court released its 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell, which preserves ... MORE
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Scalia's Impossible Possiblity: High Court Resigns Duties, Tortures English Language In Order To Save ObamaCare
by Robby Soave. The High Court plays politics. In his 1946 essay, Politics and the English Language, George Orwell observed that “the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” Today is Orwell’s birthday; it’s also the day the Supreme Court released its 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell, which preserves ... MOREHouse Bill Would Force Supremes To Enroll In ObamaCare
by Mark Hensch. Justices could be victimized by Congressional ruling. A House Republican on Thursday proposed forcing the Supreme Court justices and their staff to enroll in ObamaCare. Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join the national healthcare law’s exchanges. ... MOREDamon Root: 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch In June
High Court to rule on Obamacare, gay marriage and more. The Supreme Court's 2014-2015 term will soon reach its finale. By the
end of June, when the justices depart for their summer break, the Court
is expected to issue a series of blockbuster decisions, including
rulings on gay marriage, death penalty drugs, and Obamacare. Here are
five ... MOREOnly One Supreme Court Justice Believes Government Should Not Be Able To Tell Private Business Who To Hire
Kudos to Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday for a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch wearing a black headscarf. The justices said that employers generally have to accommodate job applicants and employees with religious needs ... MOREDamon Root: Property Rights Vs. USDA Crop Seizures
Gov't takes without paying just compensation. According to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the government must pay just compensation when it takes private property for a public use. Three years ago, in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that command, declaring that ... MOREDamon Root: How Libertarians Are Changing Conservative Views on Economic Liberty And The Constitution
A long overdue return to the Founder's vision. This month marks the 110th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Lochner v. New York,
in which the Court struck down an economic regulation on the grounds
that it violated the 14th Amendment right to liberty of contract. In the
early decades of the 20th century, Lochner ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Shooting Themselves In The Foot
Next time, consult the Constitution. The turmoil over the efforts by the State of Indiana to make lawful the decisions by operators of public accommodations to decline their services based on their stated religious views has died down because the legislature amended the offending parts of its legislation so that the new law prohibits denying services ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Indiana And The Constitution
Clarifying the law of the land. The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015 is constitutionally infirm and legally troublesome. The circuitous constitutional route that brought about this statute began in 1990 when the Supreme Court ruled that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment may not be used as a defense to violating the ... MOREUnited States Supreme Court Refuses To Protect The Right Of Students To Wear American Flag T-Shirts To School
High Court rules against right of free expression. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case in which California public school students were prohibited from wearing American flag t-shirts to school, allegedly out of a fear that it might be disruptive. In refusing to hear the appeal without giving any reason for the decision, the Supreme ... MOREAmericans Get It: Record Low Confidence In Government
by Emily Swanson. Is the sleeping giant waking up? Americans' confidence in all three branches of government is at or near record lows, according to a major survey that has measured attitudes on the subject for 40 years. The 2014 General Social Survey finds only 23 percent of Americans have a great deal of confidence in the Supreme ... MOREIlya Shapiro: Clearly Worded Contracts Should Be Enforced
A concept that escapes some courts. Freedom of contract—the right of individuals to manage and govern their own affairs—is a basic and necessary liberty. The appropriate role of the government in contract-law disputes is to hold parties to their word, not to enforce its own policy preferences. The New Jersey Supreme Court recently struck a ... MORESupreme Court Upholds Auto Stop With No Traffic Violation
by Marjorie Cohn. Ignorance of the law is no excuse -- that is, unless you're a police officer. For the first time, in December, the Supreme Court upheld a traffic stop even where there was no traffic violation. The court, in Heien v. North Carolina, continued its steady erosion of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and ... MORERadley Balko: The Supreme Court's Massive Blind Spot
What can't be seen looking down from high. This term, the Supreme Court heard two cases involving the actions of police officers during traffic stops. How the court comes down on the two cases will likely have significant repercussions far beyond the facts of the cases themselves. The court’s decisions could affect how police target ... MOREEnd Obamacare And People Could Die -- That’s Okay
by Michael R. Strain. We make such trade-offs all of the time. Say conservatives have their way with Obamacare, and the Supreme Court deals it a death blow or a Republican president repeals it in 2017. Some people who got health insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act may lose it. In which case, liberals like to say, some of ... MORE
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