Judiciary
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on the Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Opinion
Today, the Supreme Court issued two opinions on vaccine mandates. One, a 6-3 opinion against the employer mandate. In the other, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh joined the liberal justices to form the majority in upholding the mandate for Medicare and...Justice Sotomayor shows exactly why we can't count on the federal courts to limit federal power. @mmaharrey10th#constitution #scotus #libertarian #10thAmendment pic.twitter.com/1zvmMGMW71
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Justice Sotomayor Reveals the Flaw in Counting on the Court to Limit the Federal Government
During oral arguments on Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed the fatal flaw in relying on the Court to limit the power of the federal government. In a word – precedent. Justice Sotomayor shows exactly why we...
Independent of Heaven Itself: Antifederalist Brutus No. 15
Warning that the federal judiciary would be much more than just “independent,” the antifederalist writer Brutus predicted that it would instead be supreme over the other branches rather than co-equal. This, of course, would lead to consolidation, and a destruction of...
Subject to no Control: Antifederalist Brutus No. 13 and 14
Continuing his warnings about the power of the federal judiciary, Brutus not only opposes appellate jurisdiction as one of the “most objectionable parts” of the Constitution, but raises additional concerns that are extremely similar to what ended up in the 5th and 6th...