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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has spent weeks throwing political punches at the Obama administration’s six-month freeze on deepwater oil-and-gas drilling, alleging it will wreak havoc on the region’s already battered economy. Now, Jindal is battling the moratorium in the courtroom, too.

It what may be the greatest violation of the constitution yet by a judge, Hispanics were allowed to vote 6 times each to insure election of an Hispanic. This sets a dangerous precedent if it allowed to stand. Is every minority guaranteed a representative of their particular race or ethnicity?

“This case is as much about whether our government is of, by, and for the people as it is about marriage,” Raum said. “Just imagine how our country would change if every state constitutional amendment could be eliminated by small groups of wealthy activists. It would no longer be America, but a tyranny of elitists.”

We sat in stunned silence, watching a miscarriage of justice occur before our very eyes as the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Robert Chatigny’s nomination out of committee on a party line vote of 11 to 7. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) was present, but declined to vote. So now Robert Chatigny, defender of sexual sadists, rapists, and murderers, will get a Senate floor vote.

U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny of Connecticut took what many considered extraordinary judicial actions in 2005 to prevent the execution of a serial killer, and the judge also has a record of lenient sentencing for sex offenders.

Two senior Republican senators criticized Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Thursday for memos she wrote as a young law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, saying the papers suggest she lets politics dictate her legal decisions.

We have filed an important amicus brief – representing members of Congress and more than 70,000 Americans – who are opposed to the federal health care law approved by Congress.

Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has harsh words for Democrat-controlled Washington

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans question Judge Chatigny (nominated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals) on his empathy for, and his actions to keep the “Roadside Strangler” off death row.

All seven members of an advisory panel charged with reviewing nominations to New Jersey’s Superior Court resigned Wednesday, with six saying they objected to Gov. Christie’s decision not to renominate Justice John Wallace Jr. to the state Supreme Court.