Category Archives: Supreme Court

California Ruling Puts President Obama On The Spot

By: Josh Gerstein POLITICO The culture war is back. A federal judge’s ruling Wednesday striking down California’s ban on same-sex marriage is a historic and possibly pivotal legal victory for gay rights advocates, but the decision also poses a formidable threat to President Barack Obama’s strategy of relegating divisive social issues to the back burner. [...]

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Missouri Just Said “NO” to Obamacare!

MISSOURINET.COM Missourians approve Prop C, the Health Care Freedom Act By: Jessica Machetta on August 3, 2010   Proposition C, also known as the Health Care Freedom Act, has been approved by Missouri voters. Prop C was placed on the ballot as a referendum after being passed by the Missouri Legislature and authorizes Missourians to [...]

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Arizona Immigration Decision

By:  Andy McCarthy  NRO On a quick read, the federal court’s issuance of a temporary injunction against enforcement of the major provisions of the Arizona immigration law appears specious. In essence, Judge Susan Bolton bought the Justice Department’s preemption argument — i.e., the claim that the federal government has broad and exclusive authority to regulate [...]

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Obamacare: The President’s Wooden-Headed Interpretation of Our Constitution

By: Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski In chapter 4 of our book, The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency, we make the point that Team Obama would try to pull a fast one when it comes to Obamacare’s individual mandate that everyone reading this blog post needs to buy [...]

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Gun Prohibition, R.I.P.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of Chicago’s handgun ban in McDonald v. City of Chicago is more than a recognition that the Second Amendment applies to the states as well as the federal government. The McDonald decision is a harbinger for the end of gun prohibition as an idea. The simple, undeniable truth is that gun [...]

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Early detection is the key to increasing

The early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are very important to know. Early detection is the key to increasing your chances of survival and getting the necessary treatment for increasing the success rate of cancer treatment. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive and deadliest forms of cancer. No cancer is friendly or forgiving. Most [...]

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As Soon As We Get Past Obamacare & Amnesty, Guess What?

The second-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hatch also said Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, the longest serving member of the court, is “likely” to announce he is stepping down next month. That will allow Obama to name his replacement, and Hatch suggested Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Homeland Security Secretary [...]

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Chief Justice Roberts: State of the Union a Pep Rally (Video)

Justice Roberts: State of the Union a ‘Political Pep Rally’ Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ruffled feathers Tuesday when he criticized Obama for scolding the Supreme Court during his State of the Union address in January. Speaking to law students at the University of Alabama, Roberts called the speech a “political pep rally”: Read More at [...]

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John Roberts Misinformation?

Is Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts stepping down?  The rumor mill is running overtime, Huffington Post citing RadarOnline.com said yes then no.  Meagan Kelly on Fox News briefly mentioned it on air saying it’s not true. Meanwhile Twitter has gone wild.  The 5 – 4 vote is a big issue, and frankly, there is [...]

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Gun case presents quandary for Supreme Court justices

As a member of the Junior ROTC, teenager Antonin Scalia toted his rifle on the subway ride back and forth to Queens. As a hunter, he speaks lyrically of stalking wild turkeys. And as a justice, he may have reached the pinnacle of his more than two decades on the Supreme Court when he wrote [...]

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