Posts tagged 'supreme court'

Elena Kagan Confirmed for Supreme Court

by SteveK @ Thursday, August 5th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Legal

The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court’s 112th justice and fourth woman. Reports have praised her confirmation as one of “selecting a scholar with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal legal bent.” Calling her a brilliant scholar is a bit of stretch to say the least.
She [...]

Chicago Mayor Vows to Fight Against Second Amendment Rights

by SteveK @ Thursday, July 1st, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Legal, Second Amendment

Following the Supreme Court’s recent Second Amendment decision, the mayor of Chicago vowed to keep the city’s 30-year old ban on handguns. Mayor Richard M. Daley said officials are working to rewrite the city ordinance in accordance with the new ruling while protecting Chicago residents from gun violence. But if he were serious about protecting [...]

Obama’s Supreme Court Nominees are Inexperienced With Life

by SteveK @ Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Judicial Tyranny

When considering someone for the Supreme Court, Obama said he wanted a nominee who could “relate to the real world and how the law affects ordinary Americans.” He supposedly wanted a champion of the “little guy,” yet he nominates the exact opposite.
People with lives in academia and perpetual paychecks cannot understand “the little guy”, or [...]

Friday Funny - The Ideal Nominee To Represent American Women

by SteveK @ Friday, May 14th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Humor

If Obama Nominated Elena Kagan, Then Her Views Are No Mystery

by SteveK @ Thursday, May 13th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Judicial Tyranny

The media is putting up a smokescreen with depicting Elena Kagan as a “moderate” or of “unclear ideology.” Some have even gone so far as to suggest she may be “conservative,” which is a bizarre claim considering who nominated her. Why else would Obama choose her if not for the fact that she shares most, [...]

President Obama, Justice Alito, and Citizens United Free Speech Case

by SteveK @ Thursday, February 4th, 2010. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Legal

President Obama, an expert at condemning partisanship before practicing it himself, thought it proper to lambast the Supreme Court’s recent First Amendment decision in front of the country and the Justices sitting not ten feet away.
Liberal media pundits immediately ran to Obama’s defense, criticizing Justice Alito for shaking his head and apparently mouthing the response [...]

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 [...]

Confirmation Hearings: Ten Questions for Sonia Sotomayor

by SteveK @ Sunday, July 12th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Legal

In light of so much controversy surrounding a nominee with a record many see as radical, I found some excellent questions that judge Sotomayor should be forced to answer. I have re-posted these questions in their entirety.
Question #1: Policy-Making from the Bench
During a Duke University panel discussion in 2005, you made a statement that raises [...]

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