In this post I asked the following question about the Charleston shooter: “how did Roof evade the background check if in fact he purchased the gun himself?” Now comes an answer—except it’s not much of an answer at all: The … Continue reading →
The case of the Sweet Cakes bakers in Oregon who were ordered to pay $135,000 damages for not baking a cake for a gay wedding, and to also submit to a gag order, seemed unusually Draconian to me. I hadn’t … Continue reading →
…by firing the police chief: Rawlings-Blake said her motivation for replacing Batts was a spike in murders during the past month and not a police union report criticizing her and Batts for the April riots after Freddie Gray was fatally … Continue reading →
Now, there’s a pleasant subject, you might say (sarcastically, I hope). But I take the topic up as a public service. Let me explain how I came to research this. Sometimes when I’m working, either on the blog or around … Continue reading →
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 →