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.
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Federal E-verify bill to limit state protections
H.R.2164 forbids the states from using their constitutional power to revoke licenses from businesses that hire illegal aliens unless there has been “a showing by the Secretary of Homeland Security, by clear and convincing evidence, that the employer had knowledge that an employee is an unauthorized alien.” There is no likelihood that an Obama Administration will prosecute employers who use E-Verify but fail to fire the illegals, or who contract out part of their workforce to circumvent the system.
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.
Chris Christie “You are not the money tree”
Christie explains the Supreme Court decision requiring New Jersey to spend $500 million more that it does not have on specific failing school districts even though those districts already get a disproportionate share of funding.
The Constitution Failed
The problem is our limited government has become unlimited and does whatever it wants. How can I say, “The Constitution Failed”? What I am saying is our system is broken, it is no longer functioning as designed, and we need a re-set button.
Republicans Should Not Play Nice on Judicial Nominations
The President has seriously nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Stephen Six, whose prints are all over the obstruction of justice in an investigation of an alleged systematic statutory rape cover-up at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Kansas.
U.S. Supreme Court: “Hateful Speech” at Military Funerals Legal
Distasteful as it may be, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday by an 8-to-1 decision that Americans have the right under the First Amendment to “even hurtful speech” by those who seek to protest at the funeral of soldiers killed in combat.
Justice Department Resists Releasing Records That Could Shed Light on Whether Justice Kagan Needs to Recuse Herself from Obamacare Case
The U.S. Justice Department is contesting in federal court a Freedom of Information Act request filed by CNSNews.com that seeks department records that could shed light on the question of whether Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan needs to recuse herself from legal challenges to the health-care reform law President Barack Obama signed last March.
Supreme court justice Breyer doesn’t care what the Constitution says
Discussing the 2nd amendment Justice Breyer shows that he does not care what the Constitution says. This type of judicial tyranny is why we need limits on the judges.
Eight Supreme Court Justices Hear Arizona Law on Hiring Immigrants
Janet Napolitano signed this Arizona bill into law and now as Obama’s open borders advocate fights it in the courts. This bill punishes businesses for hiring illegals and is separate from the more famous Arizona 1070 bill allowing local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws.