Shame! Former Justice Stevens calls for repeal of the Second Amendment, completely misunderstanding how it has helped preserve our liberty to the present day.
http://www.liberato.us/rapid-response.html 10A: Orange County to join federal lawsuit against California sanctuary laws; sheriff posts release dates for all inmates. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-anti-sanctuary-movement-in-oc-20180327-story.html +http://freebeacon.com/issues/orange-county-sheriff-rejects-california-sanctuary-law/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=ec2ae4cb17-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-ec2ae4cb17-45628225 15A: federal judge orders Florida to revamp its felon voting rights restoration system; disproportionately disenfranchises blacks http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article207063494.html 10A: federal judge dismisses Tennessee case testing whether federal government can dump refugees on state and expect state taxpayers to pay for them https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/judge-dismisses-tennessee-states-rights-case-on-refugee-resettlement/ 1A: federal judge tosses Dennis Prager censorship lawsuit; YouTube not a public forum. https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/google-conservatives-youtube-lawsuit/2018/03/27/id/851002/ 4A: Constitution-free zone? Border patrol agents can stop people, check IDs, and ask about citizenship 100 miles inside all U.S. borders under federal statute and regs https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/25/two-thirds-americans-live-constitution-free-zone 4A: study validates ‘ACLU effect’; reduction in stop and frisk caused spike in Chicago homicides. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/03/study-chicago-homicides-spiked-due-to-aclu-police-decree.php Non-delegation doctrine: federal judge strikes regulation implementing Obamacare “health insurance providers fee” which gave private entity authority to decide who must pay https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/03/16/states-win-another-major-case-obamacare/ 1A: federal judge dismisses challenge to Ohio law against “invective, ridicule and strong language” on the Internet http://www.tribtoday.com/opinion/editorials/2018/03/ohios-internet-law-contradicts-us-constitution-2/ 1A: Spokane affirms free speech, won’t shut down ‘Patriot Prayer’ event on a guess there might be a disturbance http://reason.com/volokh/2018/03/22/the-city-cannot-prospectively-try-to-gue 1A Religion: ‘reindeer rule’ keeps getting wackier. Nativity scene OK if has nonreligious songs, skits, and mannequins, and no Bible readings. http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2018/D03-21/C:17-1591:J:Easterbrook:con:T:fnOp:N:2126856:S:0 1A Association: state legislature can tell political party how to select its candidates. https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/16/16-4091.pdf 2A: “Democrat Candidate for Sheriff Suggests Killing People to Take Their Guns” http://thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/it-begins-democrat-candidate-for-sheriff-suggests-killing-people-to-take-their-guns/ 2A: Big bank, credit card issuer attempting to de-monetize legal firearms, squeeze gun manufacturers http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27642 5A Takings: The U.S. government has voted to confiscate white-owned land without compensation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg shrieks her approval (‘best constitution ever!’). Then I woke up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mwxodIYs4 6A: 6th Circuit rules no right to counsel prior to indictment http://reason.com/volokh/2018/03/24/does-the-sixth-amendment-right-to-counse 10A: Michigan passes legislation restricting state’s cooperation with federal FISA 702 surveillance https://www.redstate.com/diary/stridentconservative/2018/03/21/michigan%e2%80%99s-tenth-amendment-defiance-trump-gop/ 14A EP: trial lawyers can’t strike potential jurors for race but courts don’t have to inquire why struck some and kept others when same race-neutral reasons apply (5th Circuit) http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/15/15-70012-CR2.pdf 14A DP: Supreme Court reaffirms idea that criminal statutes cannot be overbroad and give prosecutors too much discretion to decide what constitutes a crime http://reason.com/volokh/2018/03/22/the-supreme-court-on-broad-interpretatio Economic Freedom: Louisville jettisons ban on food trucks operating within 150 feet of restaurant selling similar food. http://ij.org/press-release/victory-louisville-food-trucks/ A look at Cooper v. Aaron, 1958 case which announced ‘judicial supremacy’ – Supreme Court can declare ‘supreme law of the land’ beyond litigants at bar https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3142846 “100 French Intellectuals Issue A Warning About Islamic Totalitarianism” – “We want to live in a world where no religion lays down the law.” https://gellerreport.com/2018/03/french-intellectuals-warn-against-islam.html/ Comments are closed.
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