The Supreme Court released a new ruling that takes an interesting stand for the judgment of the jury. From The Christian Science Monitor (...
Judicial Activism: Articles
Dec
17
2010
Restrained by the Constitution
By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Dec-17-2010
"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of ...
An appeals court has made permanent their injunction against a federal judge whose ruling blocked federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The court had ...
Not surprisingly, the Obama administration is embracing the Bush-era practice of expanding federal preemption. In short, federal preemption is the idea that any federal law ...
Aug
13
2010
Which Is To Be Master?
By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Aug-13-2010
In a breathtaking act of judicial overreach, a federal judge in the Golden State overturned California's Proposition 8 recognizing "marriage" as valid only ...
Jul
17
2010
Our Living, Breathing Constitution
By William Best | Posted in CJS Forum, Featured Post | Jul-17-2010
The argument that the Constitution is a living document that may be reshaped from time to time to keep it relevant to a rapidly changing ...
In the hub-bub surrounding any Supreme Court nomination, people consistently focus on how the nominee interprets the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence is largely ignored, ...
Jun
30
2010
Kagan Wrote the Book on Partial-Birth Abortion
By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Jun-30-2010
I'm surprised to read this commentary by Wesley J. Smith at First Things. Smith links to a NRO article by Yuval Levin that relates ...
Jun
14
2010
Judicial Activism and “The Living Constitution”
By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog, Featured Post | Jun-14-2010
For several days I've been mulling over this article on Justice Souter by Dahlia Lithwick. Lithwick commends Souter for calling Americans to "grow up" in ...
May
14
2010
Constitution, Not Court, Is Supreme
By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | May-14-2010
"The democratic integrity of the law . . . depends entirely upon the degree to which its processes are legitimate. A judge who announces ...