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US Supreme Court on Religion and Marriage
We live in a very interesting time—a time when the very moral foundation of this country is being challenged. The general American feeling of “live and let live” has come directly up against a culture and morality that would have been foreign to the founders—and those very founders are being trotted out as accepting and [...]
If The Baby Can Feel Pain…
North Dakota has led the way in terms of chipping away at abortion rights. Along with Mississippi and other Bible Belt states, North Dakota has sought time and again to test the Supreme Courts ruling that has allowed women in the United States to kill their unborn children at any stage of their pregnancies.
Another Activist Judge
A judge in Dallas ruled on Thursday that the Texas’ ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional1—which is quite absurd when you think about it. Judge: Texas Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional – NBC [↩]
Sotomayor: Ratings and Tactics
Rewind the clock back a few years and recall the last change of a Supreme Court Justice. Then President George W. Bush nominated one of his friends—Harriet Miers—to the bench with problems on both sides of the aisle. Judge Sotomayor—a judge with a much longer record in jurisprudence and who is about to enter the [...]
Standing strong on pro-life legislative efforts
There’s an argument going around that says that the pro-life cause is legislatively lost, whether it is McCain or Obama who wins the White House. Dr. Albert Mohler writes about it here. The supporting logic continues to say that we should rather vote for the social policies of Barack Obama, because they will improve the [...]
When Judges Become Legislators
Back when we were having the debate over Capital Punishment one of the areas that always comes up is whether it is just, and the fact that God has a bunch of rules in the Old Testament that have, as their sentence, death. At that point, I hadn’t even realized that up until yesterday six [...]
California, New York, and Same Sex Marriage
The past few weeks has seen a flurry of activity in the area of same-sex marriage. Specifically, the Supreme Court of California ruled that same-sex couples should have equal protection rights under the California Constitution to marry, and have instructed the state to do so starting in the middle of June.
Libel? On the Internet? Say it ain’t so!
According to the California Supreme Court, it ain’t so. Monday’s ruling from the California Supreme Court allows broad immunity from libel prosecution due to the Communications Decency Act of 1996. To briefly summarize the case, an email was sent to a health advocate (Ilena Rosenthal) who published the email on her website. The email contained [...]
A Cross We Want to Bear
This cross has quite the history: The cross was erected on city property in the 1950s as a tribute to veterans from both world wars and the Korean War. It was uncontroversial until 1989, when Mr. Paulson and his supporters sued to have it removed from public land. In 1991, U.S. District Judge Gordon Thompson [...]
Harriet Miers Withdraws
From the Chicago Tribune: Harriet Miers withdraws Associated Press Published October 27, 2005, 7:59 AM CDT WASHINGTON — Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice today in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications.Details to come. *** Update *** From FoxNews: WASHINGTON — Harriet Miers withdrew her [...]
Judge Judy for Supreme Court?
This is by far the funniest pick for Supreme Court yet. Back when we first got married and had TV, Virtuous Blonde and I saw her and Judge Joe Brown on and off. Could you imagine Judge Judy replacing Sandra Day O’Conner? Her original comment was “I prefer not to rule by committee.” She said [...]
Supreme Court vs. the Constitution
It seems that this round goes to the Supreme Court against the Constitution. In a set or rulings, the courts determined that 10 Commandment displays inside a court house– even if they include other historical documents– are against the Constitution, The same displays are legal outside the court house! Cable companies don’t have to share [...]
Continuing the Court Discussion
Strangecloud posed a very interesting dilemma to my idea in the last post. His point was that Judicial Review was put into place as part of checks and balances in the government. If I remember my history correctly, Judicial Review was actually a creation of a certain Supreme Court (I want to say Marshall, but [...]
CBS and the Courts
I have a solution for the whole Dan Rather crisis. I think that CBS should get a new line at the beginning of 60 Minutes. “One of these stories is false, can you guess which one?” Then at the end they could tell you which one. That way, people could be skeptical, trying to guess [...]
Judicial Tyranny
What gives the rights to the nine men and women in robes to determine right or wrong? Certainly not the Constitution of the United States. It declared that the function of courts was to interpret the law, but these courts have gotten out of hand. When courts can find an imaginary right to privacy in [...]
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