by George Will. Never has American freedom of speech been attacked so flagrantly, promiscuously and on so many fronts. The most egregious examples come from campuses and Congress. On campuses, censorship proliferates as political advocacy is confined to designated spaces. In Congress, 54 Democratic senators voted last year to amend ... MORE
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A Threat To Freedom Of Speech At The Supreme Court
by George Will. Never has American freedom of speech been attacked so flagrantly, promiscuously and on so many fronts. The most egregious examples come from campuses and Congress. On campuses, censorship proliferates as political advocacy is confined to designated spaces. In Congress, 54 Democratic senators voted last year to amend ... MORESupreme Court Considers Boundaries For Legalized Theft
by Doug Mataconis. How much of your stuff can government without conviction of a crime? Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Luis v. United States, a case that deals with the issue of whether, and when, the government can seize assets prior to conviction when those assets are being used to pay for a Defendant’s criminal defense: ... MOREGeorge Will: Supreme Court Picks Will Be Critical
Slowing the rate of tyranny. A supremely important presidential issue is being generally neglected because Democrats have nothing interesting to say about it and Republicans differ among themselves about it. Four Supreme Court justices are into the fourth quarters of their potential centuries — Stephen Breyer (77), Antonin Scalia (79), ... MOREEminent Domain: A Million Homes Taken Since Kelo
by Mark A. Calabria, CATO. It has been just over a decade since the Supreme Court decided in Kelo v. New London that local governments can take private property by eminent domain under a very broad reading of “public use”. Cato held an event earlier this year to examine the legal impact of Kelo, featuring remarks from George Mason Law ... MOREYes, The Second Amendment Protects Individual Rights
by Damon Root. What the New Yorker gets wrong about guns and the Constitution. In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court recognized
what numerous historians and legal scholars have been saying for many
decades: Namely, that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
secures an individual right—not a collective one—to keep and bear arms.
Yet despite ... MOREKeith Crosby: Stand Up Now Or Kneel Forever
Judge wisely. In the United States a jury of 12 has much more power than the attorneys or judges want you to know. I urge all who are honored to serve either as a Grand Juror or Petit Juror to study and know this power before appearing to serve. John Jay, the first chief justice of our Supreme Court and a Founding Father, said, "It is presumed that ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Sheep Led To The Slaughter
The muzzling of free speech in America. “If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” —George Washington The architects of the American police state must think we’re idiots. With every passing day, we’re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Slaughter Of Babies
Is the fetus in the womb a person? The recent broadcast of videotapes taken of persons employed at Planned Parenthood — the prolific and notorious abortion provider — has brought the issue of abortion to the national consciousness again and front and center to the Republican presidential primary campaign. The tapes were made secretly ... MOREKen Armstrong: How The Supreme Court Has Made It Legal For Cops To Pull You Over For Pretty Much Anything
Ignorance of the law by cops not a problem for High Court. Legal principles can be complicated, but
in most courts, until eight months ago, there was a pretty simple one:
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Then came
Heien v. North Carolina,
decided by the US Supreme Court in December. Now the principle is: Ignorance
of the law is no ... MORE
Supreme Court Gets Lowest Favorability Rating In 30 Years
by Jennifer Harper. Even politicians in robes are having a bad year. “Following major, end-of-term rulings on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage, unfavorable opinions of the Supreme Court have reached a 30-year high. And opinions about the court and its ideology have never been more politically divided,” reports the Pew Research ... MORE110 Year-Old Case Still Inspires Supreme Court Debates
by George Will. What potential nominees should be asked. Today's most interesting debate about governance concerns a 110-year-old Supreme Court decision. Two participants in this debate are the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a justice on the Supreme Court of Texas. The latter is trouncing the former. In his same-sex ... MORESupreme Court May Curb Power Of Public Employee Unions
by Michael Hiltzik. The author thinks this is bad news. To all those who detected a shift toward progressive thinking in the Supreme Court's rulings last week protecting the Affordable Care Act and legalizing gay marriage: You should stop celebrating now. That's because the court has taken up a case that poses a mortal threat to the cause of collective ... MORER Watson And J Burnham: Separation Of Powers, A Primer
Learn the Founder's vision. Constitutional concepts like free speech or the right to bear arms are ingrained in our popular culture, but just 36% of Americans can name all three branches of the federal government. Even fewer understand why and how our Constitution allocates power among the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches. As we ... MORECautious Effort To Legalize Marijuana In California In 2016
by Steven Greenhut. By ballot initiative. Regardless of one's take on the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision on
Friday forbidding states from banning same-sex marriage, it's clear the
ruling didn't come in a vacuum. Analysts said the court "created" a new
civil right, but public attitudes have shifted dramatically in recent
years. The court simply gave its blessing ... MORESupport Grows For States To Ignore The Federal Courts
from Rasmussen Reports. Following last week’s controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings on
Obamacare and gay marriage, voters believe more strongly that individual
states should have the right to turn their backs on the federal courts. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 33% of
Likely U.S. Voters now believe that ... MORE
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