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Posts Tagged ‘supreme court’

• State of Disunion

  Posted March 11th, 2010 at 2:00pm in Rule of Law with 3 comments

  President Obama has received criticism from yet another Supreme Court justice concerning his inappropriate and unprecedented chastisement of the Court during the State of the Union address.  Obama criticized the Court’s recent campaign finance opinion while six of the justices sat before him, obviously unable to respond to the criticism during the address. Tuesday, Chief Justice [...] More

• The Law is Unchanging

  Posted March 5th, 2010 at 12:00pm in Rule of Law with 2 comments

  The false alarm concerning the possible resignation of Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. sent shockwaves throughout the blogosphere and media outlets yesterday afternoon.  Those of us who respect the Chief’s service to our country and fidelity to the Constitution were relieved when the rumors were false. But this fire drill served as a reminder of the [...] More

• The Case for Justices Staying Home

  Posted February 5th, 2010 at 12:00pm in Rule of Law with 17 comments

  The New York Times highlighted a speech that Justice Clarence Thomas delivered at a Florida law school in which he defended the Supreme Court’s recent campaign finance decision in Citizens United v. FEC.  In that speech, Thomas also addressed why he chose to forgo the president’s state of the union address: “I don’t go because it [...] More

• The Truth About President Obama and Citizens United

  Posted January 28th, 2010 at 6:24pm in Rule of Law with 44 comments

  I have to admit that if I had been sitting in the House chamber during President Obama’s State of the Union address, I would have had to fight the urge to have a Joe Wilson moment when the President unjustly criticized the Supreme Court, six of whose members were there. Why? Because the two [...] More

• Pregnancy Care Centers: Serving Mothers and Communities

  Posted January 22nd, 2010 at 9:34am in Family and Religion with 2 comments

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• Citizens United v. FEC: A Landmark Decision in Favor of Free Speech

  Posted January 21st, 2010 at 7:34pm in Rule of Law with 63 comments

  The “First Principles” on which this country were founded are the principles that the Heritage Foundation works to advance everyday. In today’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision of Citizens United v. FEC, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court upheld some of the most important principles: the right to engage in free speech, particularly [...] More

• Supreme Court Already Overturning Prop 8 Judge’s “Eleventh Hour” Decisions

  Posted January 15th, 2010 at 11:01am in Family and Religion, Rule of Law with 6 comments

  On Monday, The New York Times carried an op-ed by Heritage Foundation scholar and former US Attorney General Ed Meese titled “Stacking the Deck Against Proposition 8.” In that piece, Mr. Meese criticized a series of pre-trial rulings issued by Judge Vaughn R. Walker in the landmark same-sex marriage case currently underway in [...] More

• Morning Bell: Obamacare is Seriously Unconstitutional

  Posted December 10th, 2009 at 9:16am in Health Care, Rule of Law with 72 comments

  On October 23rd, a reporter asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?” Speaker Pelosi shook her head and before moving on to another question replied: “Are you serious? Are you serious??” Pressed for a more substantive response later, Pelosi’s [...] More

• New Fall Foundry Series: Adult Time for Adult Crimes

  Posted October 16th, 2009 at 3:35pm in Rule of Law with 11 comments

  On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral arguments, JLWOP: Faces & Cases will be an on-going series on The Foundry that will tell real stories about juvenile offenders who are currently serving LWOP sentences.Life without parole for [...] More

• Morning Bell: Adult Time for Adult Crimes

  Posted August 21st, 2009 at 8:52am in Rule of Law with 26 comments

  This fall the Supreme Court will hear two cases from Florida challenging a state’s ability to sentence violent juvenile offenders to life without the possibility of parole. Long unquestioned, life without parole for the very worst juvenile offenders only recently came under fire after Justice Anthony M. Kennedy reasoned in the majority opinion in Roper [...] More