The Obama administration is going forward with its plan to engineer local neighborhoods through the executive branch. I wrote about this before at some length, here. It’s a policy that would be highly unlikely to pass Congress, so it’s being … Continue reading →
Religious opposition has blocked the advancement of a right-to-die bill in the very liberal state of California—at least for now: The authors of the right-to-die bill did not present the legislation to the Assembly Health Committee as scheduled because it … Continue reading →
From an article by Howard Slugh in the National Review: In Obergefell, Justice Kennedy made it clear to lower courts that, after he eliminated [the precedent of] Glucksberg, the only remaining limit on new judge-made rights is a judge’s imagination. … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan observes: Not fully acknowledged in the past days of celebration on one side, and profound reservation on the other, is that the court in Obergefell v. Hodges was split 5-4 on same-sex marriage, and that the dissenting opinions … Continue reading →
…illegal immigrants are no-showing their court appearances: Most of the illegal border crossers from Central America who arrived in last year’s surge have skipped out on their hearings, according to immigration court statistics obtained by Fox News. Only about 1 … Continue reading →
SCOTUS refused to hear a case (Kobach v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission) in which Kansas and Arizona were endeavoring to require proof of citizenship in federal elections. A standard form known as the federal form is required in federal elections, … Continue reading →
But unfortunately his accomplice Sweat is still at large. I actually didn’t think they’d ever find the pair, but I guess the search was massive and they got some tips. There is little question that these men were/are extremely dangerous … Continue reading →
One of the most distinctive things about yesterday’s same-sex marriage ruling was the rapidity with which such a huge change came about. It’s something Justice Scalia remarked upon in his scathing dissent: The five Justices who compose today’s majority are … Continue reading →
There has been so much SCOTUS news in the past two days that it’s easy to ignore cases that ordinarily would be of enormous importance but have been overshadowed by others. One is the disparate impact case, otherwise known by … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m writing something quite long on the subject, but I may end up sending it out to another publication, and I’m still in the middle of writing it. Meanwhile, I thought I’d provide this shorter thread for you to … Continue reading →
A dissent has no power except the power of its words and its logic—that is, it has no legal power. So Scalia’s dissent in King v. Burwell (joined by Alito and Thomas) is satisfying only in the rhetorical and intellectual … Continue reading →
We were expecting the ruling in King v. Burwell any day now, and here it is. The vote was 6-3, with swing justice Kennedy and new swing justice Roberts joining in interpreting the statute in a manner that preserves the … Continue reading →