Archive for Category: "Judiciary"

October 24, 2011 05:24

Rolling back judicial tyranny

Newt Gingrich describes his plan to roll back 50 years of judicial subversion of the constitution. “Let me be clear. Judicial supremacy is factually wrong, it is morally wrong, and it is an affront to the American system of self-government.”

August 31, 2011 06:01

Activist Judge Blocks New Pro-Life Texas Ultrasound Law

“The well-known pro-abortion judge claimed that he’s not going to allow politics in his court. I guess what he really meant was any politics that differ from his own.” – – LifeNews.com

August 29, 2011 06:16

Lawsuit-Happy Nation – a new lawsuit every 2 seconds

[T]here are over 1.2 million lawyers in the United States. That’s one attorney for every 254 Americans, which also makes some of the stunning statistics (and what a waste of resources) illustrated in the infographic below somewhat “logical”:

August 15, 2011 06:46

Court cites Heritage Foundation’s 1989 support for healthcare mandate in decision

Even though the 11th circuit struck down the constitutionality of Obamacare’s requirement to purchase health insurance it cited Heritage Foundation “expert” Stuart M. Butler from 1989 The Heritage Lectures 218: Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans.

July 19, 2011 06:45

Chicago Still Pushes Defacto Gun Ban

Chicago’s ordinance first mandates that would-be gun owners receive training at a firing range but then prohibits firing ranges from operating in the city.

July 15, 2011 06:51

Freedoms, Supreme Court Balance Could Pivot on 2012 Election

Take away any one of those Justices, and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is no longer an individual right, but a collective one. These narrow rulings serve once again to highlight the precarious balance of this generally conservative Court.

July 7, 2011 07:30

EPA Funds Green Groups That Sue The Agency To Expand

The EPA even tacitly encourages such suits, going so far as to pay for and promote a “Citizen’s Guide” that, among other things, explains how to sue the agency under “citizen suit” provisions in environmental laws. The guide’s author — the Environmental Law Institute — has received $9.9 million in EPA grants over the past decade. – IBD

July 6, 2011 06:23

Racial quotas, speech codes and the thought police

The proposition that a state’s voters cannot ban racial discrimination seems palpably absurd. … Discriminating by race is racial discrimination, even if your intention is to help black people.

June 28, 2011 07:03

Supreme Court rules “no consensus” on warming

The justices of the United States Supreme Court [last] week became the world’s most august global warming skeptics.

June 16, 2011 05:35

Delusional Ruling in Prop. 8 Case

The judge did not have the legal ability to marry; after his ruling, he does!