In Defense Of The First Amendment
Our wonderful colleague Salome Valentine, hot on the heels of this week’s ruling in Snyder v. Phelps (holding WBC’s picketing of a military funeral to be Constitutionally-protected speech), highlighted...
View ArticleWestboro Wins: A Look At The Supreme Court’s Decision
As previously reported, the Supreme Court decided Wednesday in favor of dismissing the monetary judgement against the Westboro Baptist Church. This piece is light on commentary and heavy on...
View ArticleMonday Political Sausage
Oh the times, they are a’ chagin’.As previously mentioned, I’m going to be doing something new with the Sausage. One of the comments that came out of the Writers Workshop was that the “shotgun”...
View ArticleThe Hilarious Twitter Response to CNN’s Epic Fail in Today’s SCOTUS Ruling
So, CNN had one doozy of a “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment today. Haha! No, seriously that’s patently terrible. You CNN people are supposed to report the news. No one cares if you’re first to report it...
View ArticleYour Prop 8/DOMA Open Thread Part Deux
Yesterday we heard the oral arguments for CA’s Prop 8 which audio of can be found here and a transcript here. I would write a recap, but I’ll be the first to admit that 1) I suck at translating legal...
View ArticleSCOTUS October Term 2012 Decision Watch (Updated 6/26)
There were 77 cases argued before the US Supreme Court in the 2012 October Term. The Court announced the decisions in the last 3 cases on June 26th. 6/26 Update: The Court announced decisions in the...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Reasoning Slipping Away
The internets, how do they work? The already ridiculously old and technologically impaired Supreme Court of the United States of America has come down with a bad case of link rot. The NY Times brings...
View ArticleDoes the Definition of Conception Really Matter?
After yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling in the matter of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., wherein the highest court in the land decided 5-4 that “closely held” for-profit corporations have a right to...
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