Here’s a little more, as follow up to my last post, on why the courts just aren’t where we should put all our faith in the idea of getting rid of Obamacare. Here’s Randy Barnett at Cato @ Liberty – who knows a thing or two about how the courts don’t care much about the [...]
Apr 06, 2010 | Categories:Health Care, Judiciary | Tags: Lawsuits, Obamacare, Randy Barnett | Leave A Comment »
Not a common thing these days, but a Federal judge ruled against the federal government on NSA wiretaps. From The New York Times: WASHINGTON – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, rejecting the Obama administration’s effort to keep shrouded in secrecy one of the [...]
Apr 02, 2010 | Categories:Judiciary, Law | Tags: Courts, NSA, Privacy, Spying, Wiretapping | Leave A Comment »
So many official conservatives fall into the category of double agents for the regime: Sarah Palin, Dick Armey, Glenn Beck, and so on. And here Antonin Scalia denies secession. He is replying to a screenwriter’s query about a possible court case on secession: I am afraid I cannot be of much help with your problem, [...]
Feb 19, 2010 | Categories:Judiciary, Law | Tags: Scalia, Secession | 7 Comments »
“To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for power, and the [...]
Feb 10, 2010 | Categories:Constitution, Judiciary | Tags: Judges, thomas jefferson | 2 Comments »
