Is anyone paying attention to these? Also, I just caught Tunch trying to escape again. Apparently he jumps up on a laundry hamper in my bedroom, and then pushes a screen open and jumps out the window. Devil.
Activist Judges!
Siegelman Vacated
This is interesting: The US Supreme Court has ruled to vacate the a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who was convicted of bribery charges in 2006 in a case that was widely seen as politically motivated. The ruling was vacated in light of another recent ruling …
Good News From the Supreme Court- Barely
Of course, with one more “originalist” judge just calling balls and strikes, there might have been a different outcome: A public law school did not violate the First Amendment by withdrawing recognition from a Christian student group that excluded gay and lesbian students, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 5-to-4 decision. The case, …
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Now There is a Hot Scoop
The Politico: Still, Republicans have settled on a strategy of painting Kagan, who has never been a judge, as a politically driven ideologue. They insist they haven’t ruled out a filibuster, though that seems highly unlikely. I’m sure you are shocked by this.
Good Thing His Ruling Went This Way
Otherwise he’d be an activist judge: A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Shares of drilling services companies jumped on the news. Obama temporarily halted all drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet on May 27 to …
Al Franken Is Shrill
All Franken is in the American Constitution Society’s base and killing their doodz. The speech is here, and can not be embedded. Note to absolute morons- this is how you move the Overton window. Full-throated attacks on conservative nonsense from the left. (via)
The Sounds of Silence
Another small step towards getting rid of Miranda all together: A Michigan man will continue serving a life sentence for murder after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that he gave up his rights against self-incrimination because he did not explicitly tell police he wanted to remain silent after his arrest. *** Justice Anthony Kennedy, …