One of the greatest risks of the current Lame Duck Congress is the possibility of Senate confirmation of Obama's radical appointments to federal courts, boards and agencies. Nominees hoping for confirmation include the radical redistributionist … [Read more...] about Lame Duck Judges Should Not Be Confirmed
Prepare for More Problems with Judges — April 2010
Supreme Court Needs At Least One Veteran For as long as we can remember, the U.S. Supreme Court has included at least one military veteran. Recent examples include Republican-appointed Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died in 2005, and Justice … [Read more...] about Prepare for More Problems with Judges — April 2010
Cut the Power of the Family Courts
Do you think judges should have the power to decide what religion your children must belong to and which churches they may be prohibited from attending? We have long suspected that family courts are the most dictatorial and biased of all U.S. courts, … [Read more...] about Cut the Power of the Family Courts
Harold Koh Is Too Dangerous for America
Does Barack Obama really want to make Americans subject to foreign law and courts? That is the question Senators should ask when they vote on his nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, former dean of the Yale Law School, to be the top lawyer at the State … [Read more...] about Harold Koh Is Too Dangerous for America
David Souter’s Departure
On his 100th day in office, President Barack Obama started campaigning for reelection in 2012. He went to a small town in Missouri, a red state he didn't carry last year, and boasted that "we've begun the work of remaking … [Read more...] about David Souter’s Departure
Ginsburg’s Judicial Activism Goes International
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn't dozing off when she appeared recently at a symposium at Ohio State University's School of Law. Credited with writing several feminist precepts into U.S. constitutional law based on the spurious … [Read more...] about Ginsburg’s Judicial Activism Goes International
Yes, Marriage Can Be Saved From the Gay Lobby
Since the April defeats for traditional marriage in the Iowa Supreme Court, the Vermont legislature, and the Washington, D.C. city council, Americans in the other 48 states are quietly stress-testing their legal defenses against the spread of … [Read more...] about Yes, Marriage Can Be Saved From the Gay Lobby
The Court’s One-Two Punch
Dwight Eisenhower reportedly admitted that he made two big mistakes as President: his two appointments to the Supreme Court, Earl Warren and William Brennan. One day it might be said that George W. Bush got two things right as President: his two … [Read more...] about The Court’s One-Two Punch
Lessons of The Gun Decision
The liberals are trying to spin the Supreme Court's dramatic decision in the gun case as creating a "new" constitutional right. They couldn't be more wrong; the Supreme Court simply restated the individual right that the Founding … [Read more...] about Lessons of The Gun Decision
Judicial Supremacy Strikes in Oklahoma
The elected representatives in Oklahoma passed a law to stem the tide of illegal aliens and, faster than you can say "judicial supremacy," a federal judge blocked its enforcement. The court suspended key sections of the law even before it … [Read more...] about Judicial Supremacy Strikes in Oklahoma
