It’s funny how Judge Vinson’s ruling against the constitutionality of the HCR individual mandate has been called “judicial activism” and “overreaching” by the left and the Obama administration. Here’s an article that points out that it’s not really “activist” to … Continue reading →
I was going to write a long post about this today but alas, I already got caught up in long-windedness on another topic, that of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. So I’ll just do a roundup. Putting on my Instapundit hat: This … Continue reading →
Every time these rulings come down, I refuse to get too excited one way or another, because the only ruling that will end up mattering is the one that will one day almost inevitably be issued by SCOTUS—in other words, … Continue reading →
It seems that nearly everyone who came into contact with Jared Loughner during the past year or two sensed that he was weird, perhaps even crazy. Nor did the form his oddity took seem harmless, although as far as we … Continue reading →
Sometimes when murders happen, the neighbors and people in the community who knew the perpetrator beforehand say he’d just been a quiet, nondescript person who’d always minded his own business. Not so Jared Loughner. He was telegraphing signs of distress, … Continue reading →
The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine: A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free ”” if only he would admit … Continue reading →
…but it’s not the stupid thing that some on the right have accused him of saying. First, watch the video: Now, what he didn’t say. He didn’t say the Constitution has no binding power. His statement was in answer to … Continue reading →
There’s a big hue and cry over Obama’s interim appointment of James Cole as Deputy Attorney General. It’s a controversial pick, and the use of the interim method to bypass Congress is obviously a strategic gambit to get him in … Continue reading →
Julian Assange objects to the leak of police files related to the rape allegations against him, published in—of all places (et tu, Brute?)—the leftist Guardian. Actually, it’s his lawyers who object. I’m sure Assange himself would fully support the Guardian’s … Continue reading →
The WaPo offers this fascinating glimpse into why the lame duck sessions of Congress have continued despite the obvious need to stop them. It turns out that the 20th Amendment (passed in 1933) was intended to do just that when … Continue reading →
It was only a Dream. Depending on the source, articles describing the defeat of the Dream Act refer to the young people involved as either illegal immigrants (correct) or undocumented immigrants (annoying euphemism). The measure, which would have granted citizenship … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I have a busy busy day today, and don’t have time to discuss this right now, although I plan to later. But it’s so potentially important that I thought I’d put up a quick post and a link so … Continue reading →