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An Eight-Member Court Can Work
by Dr. John A. Sparks
Most of its decisions will not be close.
Tag: "U.S. Supreme Court"
Antonin Scalia’s Death: Inestimable Loss for Constitutionalism
by Dr. John A. Sparks
Requiescat in pace.
Obamacare Subsidies and Justice Anthony Kennedy
by Dr. John A. Sparks
There are two things wrong with Kennedy’s speculations.
Scholars Say Obama Contraception Mandate Violates Int’l Law
by Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
Beer companies want gay pride on display at St. Patrick’s Day Parades. Coca-Cola wants to save polar bears. Hobby Lobby Stores wants to protect unborn children. While each is exercising corporate social conscience, the one motivated by religious beliefs may be fined $1.3 million per day. President Obama’s contraception mandate, a provision in his health […]
Supreme Court Considers Landmark Case on Public Prayer
by Thaddeus Baklinski
The Supreme Court is hearing a landmark case whether public meetings may begin with prayer, but it could have wider implications on the foundational American principle of freedom of religion. The town of Greece, New York, opens its public meetings by allowing citizens to voluntarily deliver prayers. In February 2008, Americans United for Separation of […]
Mock ‘Marriage’ and the Death of Freedom
by J. Matt Barber
While poorly decided U.S. Supreme Court cases are a dime a dozen, prior to last Wednesday, two stood out among the most wretched and constitutionally groundless in American History. First was the 1857 Dred Scott decision. Among other things, it robbed African-Americans of both their U.S. citizenship and their dignity. Next came the 1973 ruling […]
GOP Elites and the Abolition of Marriage
by Jeffrey Lord
Well, this is helpful. A clutch of Republican elites have run to the Supreme Court demanding the judiciary shut off debate on gay marriage. The story has predictably been front page news at the New York Times and in the world of the liberal media, the Times leading with this: More than two dozen Republicans […]
March for Marriage Planned as Supreme Court Hears Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Case
by Kirsten Anderson
On March 26, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Hollingsworth v. Perry case, which will determine if Proposition 8 – the 2008 ballot initiative protecting traditional marriage in California – is constitutional or not. Their decision will have grave implications for the entire nation. A decision against Prop 8 would set a precedent for […]
It’s the Devil, Stupid
by Val Bianco
Like it or not, our country was founded on and sustained by the notion of a Creator. Furthermore our founding documents affirm that this Creator endowed us with certain inalienable rights. Our system of jurisprudence was rooted in English common law, which itself was dependent upon the informed discretion of individual judges to establish legal […]
