Posts tagged 'judge'

Arizona Immigration Law Blocked by Rogue Judge

by SteveK @ Saturday, July 31st, 2010. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Judicial Tyranny

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked most of the new Arizona enforcement law from taking effect in what is being described as a victory for opponents (read pro-illegal immigration).
Arizona Gov. Brewer called Bolton’s decision halting the law “a bump in the road,” and her spokesman said they plan to appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit [...]

Friday Funny – Judge Susan Bolton on Illegal Immigration

by SteveK @ Friday, July 30th, 2010. Tags: , ,
Filed under Humor

Activist Judge Sotomayor Confirmed 68-31

by SteveK @ Thursday, August 6th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, History, Judicial Tyranny, Media

With the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the media and president Obama are hailing it as something to celebrate. But the truth is, they are happy about another very liberal justice, not so much that she is Hispanic. First and foremost she is on the political left; her race matters very little [...]

The Second Amendment and Judge Sotomayor

by SteveK @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Judicial Tyranny, Legal, Second Amendment

In Maloney v. Cuomo, Sotomayor joined a three-judge panel concluding that the Second Amendment right to bear arms does not apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. She also argued that the right to bear arms is not a “fundamental right.”
In a very brief opinion, she cites Presser v. Illinois as the basis for [...]

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: Behind the Mask

by SteveK @ Tuesday, July 14th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Judicial Tyranny, Legal

Now that we’ve had some time to hear her statements and responses, we can safely surmise that she is being deceptive.
She tried to make excuses for her “wise Latina ” comment and downplay it. Just ask the simple question of whether or not a white male could have made a similar comment and got away [...]

Republicans Should Filibuster Sotomayor, But Unlikely

by SteveK @ Saturday, June 6th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Legal

Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell thinks it’s a “bad idea” to use Senate rules to block judges, but it’s a tool that “may or may not be employed at some point.” Other top GOP senators have said they don’t anticipate a filibuster.
What we know so far about Sonia Sotomayor:

She expressed activist beliefs about courts ‘making [...]

Friday Funny – Obama and Sotomayor, What Constitution?

by SteveK @ Friday, May 29th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Humor

Democrats apparently believe that a “compelling life story” and irrational emotionalism makes for a better Supreme Court justice than sound judicial philosophy grounded in a respect for the Constitution and the proper role of the courts.

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