Partial Birth Abortion Ban Upheld
18 April 2007In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court today upheld the federal ban on partial birth abortion. For the first time since Roe v Wade, conservatives and the pro life movement have something to cheer about in the abortion arena. Still, it must be recognized that this decision may not be the last word on the [...]
Giuliani on Judges
5 April 2007Rudy Giuliani has given conservatives more ammunition. In an interview on CNN Giuliani expressed his view of “strict constructionist” judges.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nljnl922-Q
As you can see, Giuliani’s idea of strict constructionist doesn’t exactly match up with most conservatives. In his view, as with so many others on the court today, stare decisis trumps the Constitution! So bad law [...]
Co-Equal Branches of Government
6 February 2007Much is being said in the halls of Congress these days about the “fact” that Congress is a co-equal branch of government. As such, the argument goes, Congress has the authority to reign in the President’s plans with respect to the Iraq war. There have even been plans floated to limit the number of troops [...]
What Lies Ahead
9 November 2006The elections are over. For politicians it’s time to start working on ‘08. But what about the rest of us? What do we do now?
‘08 is a long way off. I don’t know about you but I’m not prepared to spend two years in campaign mode. While the ‘08 elections are important, there is little [...]
McCain Feingold Revisited
11 August 2006Back in 2004 I wrote a piece on campaign finance reform that rightly pointed out the unconstitutionality and hypocrisy of that legislation. It is a well documented piece and worth reading again.
Now that we are approaching another election season, the problems and conflicts that legislation creates are before us once again. Well blogger Kim du [...]
