Post Tagged with: "Supreme Court"

by Kathleen Hunker: Should Texans be forced to choose between providing for their families and practicing their religious faith? What about their right to free speech or their right against unreasonable searches and seizures? Should the government be able to condition our right to earn an honest living on our […]

by Carolyn Bolton: Sandra Fluke Tuesday said there is no room in the marketplace for business owners with moral objections to employer-provided birth control. This is the latest liberal permutation of Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists in which the Establishment Clause is referred to as a “wall of separation” between church […]

by Josh Carlson: The Myriad decision, a.k.a. the DNA Patent Case, is a victory for human dignity. It reaffirms self-ownership and discourages incentives to experiment with embryonic stem cell research. June has been a bit of a rough month for conservatives in light of some of the Supreme Court’s decision(s).  However, […]

by Ryan Mulvey: Last month, the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) changed its long-standing yet controversial membership policy.  Whereas the BSA previously excluded openly homosexual youth and adults from its ranks—claiming homosexuality to be inconsistent with the principles of scouting—gay youth will now be permitted to retain their membership.  Gay […]

by Clark Neily: I’d like to address the largely misplaced concerns some people have about so-called “judicial tyranny.”  As I understand it, the idea of judicial tyranny is that the judiciary is simply another branch of government and, as such, presents as much of a threat to our liberty as […]

by Kelsey Hazzard Forty years ago, the Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade, which struck down democratically enacted limits on abortion. Ever since, the courts have been a critical arena in the abortion war. Nearly every piece of pro-life legislation is challenged in court by pro-abortion groups like the […]

by Frank Scaturro The presidential election of 2012 passed, as most others have, with little focus by voters on the issue of judicial nominations. Yet there are few other issues nowadays on which a president’s decisions can be so impactful.  The life-tenured judges he appoints continue to impact the country […]

by Casey Mattox If Robert Bork had been confirmed, perhaps this column would have appeared. Supreme Court Justice Robert Bork passed away on Dec. 19 at the age of 84. President Huckabee is expected to announce his nomination to replace Justice Bork in January. Bork was a key part of […]

John D. Shea Part II of II In Part I, Mr. Shea explained that the Supreme Court Jurisprudence avoids the question of fetal person. In Part II, Mr. Shea discusses three of the most prominent strategies aimed at exploiting this gaping hole in the Court’s abortion jurisprudence.  It may come as […]

Part I of II by John D. Shea “Personhood” and its corresponding rights are among the most controversial and yet seemingly illusive topics in current Supreme Court criticism. The Supreme Court’s definition of “Personhood” is like its definition of pornography – “it’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it.” […]