Limiting the exercise of rights, and the risks of freedom
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitu...
Category: Supreme Court
Concluding the Supreme Court’s 2014 term
One thing that continually amazes me and pisses me off is how seemingly intelligent people can argue that more freedom is somehow a *bad* thing… And IR...
An exchange established by the state
In the currently-pending case of King v. Burwell before the Supreme Court of the United States, many keep misconstruing the portion of the bill that is up for d...
The argument from history doesn’t jive with history
It seems when arguing about our legal system, two things will hold true: a person arguing against capital punishment will bring up the cost associated with it, ...
Amending the constitution, revisited again
Whenever someone calls for amending the Constitution of the United States, we need to look upon their desires with a very, very high level of scrutiny. I’...
SCotUS upholds finality of acquittals
In a per curiam decision decided on May 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States again upheld the finality of acquittals against an attempt at a prosecu...
The finality of acquittals
In the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, a lot of searches brought people to my blog in their attempt to find information on how to overturn that acquitta...
Scalia get’s it right… mostly
Antonin Scalia is a Reagan appointee to the Supreme Court. He’s typically seen as a strict constitutionalist, which is true for the most part. And in rece...
Ron Paul and the Federal courts
I’m surprised that the Republican establishment isn’t more in favor of Ron Paul. He is delivering on a part of the Republican platform that I’...
Public schools and the Ten Commandments
The time has come for another revisit on the First Amendment and public schools, namely the protections of the First Amendment regarding religious freedom. Name...