Again Justice Antonin Scalia gives reason for a judicial malpractice clause in our Constitution. In a recent interview, this is what Scalia had to say: In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don’t think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly […]
Wow – this sounds like something right out of a Hollywood screenplay: Last fall, a woman went to court in the Bronx to testify that she had been violently assaulted by a top aide to Gov. David A. Paterson, and to seek a protective order against the man. In the ensuing months, she returned to […]
And this time it is the one of her many suits that got the furthest. The ruling is a slam in the face to Taitz and the whole birther movement. I love this part here: Interpreting the Constitution is a serious and crucial task with which the federal courts of this nation have been entrusted […]
Smoking Everywhere, one of the nation’s largest distributors of electronic cigarettes, has filed for an injunction against the FDA for stopping their shipments from coming in over seas. The suit claims (and rightfully so) that the FDA is overstepping their bounds. The FDA is attempting to classify Electronic Cigarettes as a smoking cessation/nicotine replacement device. […]
This is legislation we really need passed, and Waxman is considering it: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has primary jurisdiction over the executive branch, is considering legislation to eliminate Karl Rove-type advisers in future administrations. The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hints broadly that such a bill could ban the use […]
That’s right, we have self proclaimed lawyers on the right, and they are not happy with a judge’s decision yesterday to allow Dennis Kucinich in tonight’s MSNBC debate: However, the judgement is absurd on its face. In the first place, the state courts wouldn’t have jurisdiction for a national broadcast. Constitutionally, this case belonged in […]