June 29, 2010
The answer is “no”

Absolutely unbelievable. If there was any doubt that Elena Kagan believes the government has the power to force you to buy health insurance – or eat your fruits and vegetables, then that doubt is gone. Just watch, next you’ll be forced to buy only GM cars.

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June 29, 2010
Barack Obama, Destroyer of Jobs

I'm trying out a subscription to Audible.com so I can listen to books on my iPod while I take my daily walks. The last time I listened to an audiobook it was actually a book on tape -- my college roommate and I listened to "The Fellowship of the Ring" on the ride back from […]

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June 29, 2010
More on CLS v. Martinez

For those interested in the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez ruling, there’s an extensive Q&A with the Alliance Defense Fund’s David French here. The headline says it all: “You Cannot be and Equal Participant in the Marketplace of Ideas.”

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June 28, 2010
Sotomayor’s true colors

Justice Sonia Sotomayor lied in her confirmation hearing to be a Supreme Court justice. Gary Marx presents the evidence. On the use of foreign law, Justice Sotomayor stated, “I will not use foreign law to interpret the Constitution or American statutes. I will use American law, constitutional law to interpret those laws, except in the […]

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June 28, 2010
Unbelievable

Today the Supreme Court held that universities can require student organizations to require that student groups must accept “all comers” for membership and leadership positions, even if those people oppose the group’s main purpose. You can find the opinion here, and I’ve only just read the syllabus, but the court has gutted the Constitution’s freedom […]

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June 24, 2010
Sue them professionally and personally

This video is just outrageous. Apparently Dearborn, Mich., is a lot like Saudi Arabia. Generally, you can’t sue cops personally for things they do in the performance of their duties. It’s called qualified immunity, but it is qualified. The defense of qualified immunity protects "government officials . . . from liability for civil damages insofar […]

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June 23, 2010
Something to ponder

In all likelihood, in the coming weeks the Justice Department will announce that they are suing to overturn Arizona’s illegal immigration law. One of the arguments that the department will almost certainly put forward is that Arizona’s law usurps federal authority with regard to immigration law. Hold that thought in your head for a moment. […]

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June 23, 2010
Governing is hard

It wasn’t unexpected today when President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of command of the Afghanistan war effort. The president had every right to do it, and few will fault him for making the decision he did. At the same time, Obama “demoted” Gen. David Petraeus from his perch as head of U.S. Central Command […]

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June 22, 2010
Dissent and the media

As I outlined in the post below, President Obama has every right to sack Gen. Stanley McChrystal. If that happens, what will be interesting to watch over the next several days and months is how McChrystal is treated by the media. Take the case of Gen. Eric Shinseki who was made a cause célèbre after […]

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June 22, 2010
Gen. McChrystal’s fate

You can find the Rolling Stone article everyone’s talking about here. In the article we learn a lot of things we already know: Vice President Joe Biden is an idiot. Rolling Stone doesn’t realize that Biden is an idiot. Rolling Stone tries to make hay out of the fact that McChrystal and Biden disagree on […]

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