While the Senate Judiciary Committee asked questions this week of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama’s choice to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court announced a ruling on an issue Democrats would prefer to avoid; the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. In McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court of the United [...]
Posts Tagged ‘civil liberties’
On Paul and Blumenthal
Two senate races continue to dominate the headlines nationwide. Kentucky was one of the states in which a primary was held on Tuesday. Connecticut features a senate race once competitive until the decision of Chris Dodd to retire at the end of his present term. Both U.S. Senate contests, however continue to generate much intrigue.
Politics of Process and Policy
Democrats will do anything to pass health insurance reform, even, it seems, subvert the constitution. Knowing that they still lack the votes to pass the kickback-filled Senate health reform bill word-for-word, Democrats in the United States House of Representatives have concocted what they think may be a way around having an up-or-down vote on the [...]
President Obama Needs to Lead by Example.
The President of the United States, in an email sent out this week, is encouraging his supporters to fight lies. But, if President Obama is serious about honesty in politics, he should begin with his own administration and past claims. As a candidate for the office he now holds, Barack Obama pledged to use the public [...]