Category Archives: Supreme Court

District Court Rules for Gun Owners on Interstate Handgun Sales

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Dwight just alerted me to the ruling in Mance vs. Holder (decision linked thanks to the indefatigable efforts of the tireless Instapundit) which strikes down the federal ban on interstate handgun sales. The Court concludes that Defendants [Holder at. al.] … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for January 29, 2014

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Lawrence Person

To a certain extent, this Texas vs. California roundup is incomplete, since we’re hot and heavy into the new legislative session and I haven’t had a chance to fully digest the proposed budget numbers yet. By the Legislative Budget Boards … Continue reading →

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Court Agrees to Hearing on Obama’s Amnesty

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has agreed to hear a challenge to Obama’s unconstitutional illegal alien amnesty. In a ruling that could short-circuit one of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, a federal court has allowed … Continue reading →

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DC Handgun Ban Struck Down; DC Police Chief Capitulates?

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Lawrence Person

DC gun ban struck down in federal court: Judge Frederick Scullin concluded that current prohibitions are an unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, in a win for gun rights advocates. Based on previous court rulings striking … Continue reading →

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Breaking: Appeals Court Rules Against Federal ObamaCare Subsidies

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Lawrence Person

D.C. Circuit court rules 2-1 against federal ObamaCare subsidies in Halbig vs. Burwell: In a case with potential to scramble the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that federal subsidies for health insurance were not properly designed. … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for July 16, 2014

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Some other stuff bubbling up, so here’s a Texas vs. California update to tide you over for a while: Former Calpers CEO Pleads Guilty to Corruption Conspiracy. As part of his plea, Fred Buenrostro also agreed to testify to testify … Continue reading →

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Liberal Rage Continues Over Hobby Lobby Decision

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Despite musical advice from that big hit from The Princess Factory, liberals just can’t Let It Go. They’re still in a rage over the Hobby Lobby decision, or at least pretending to be in order to gin up their shrinking … Continue reading →

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The Rank Dishonesty of Liberal Reactions to the Hobby Lobby Decision

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The liberal outrage machine was working overtime yesterday to see who could issue the most hysterical denunciation of the Hobby Lobby decision. Without actually, you know, addressing the language of the decision. First an foremost are the idiots who scream … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Strikes ObamaCare Abortifacient Mandate in Hobby Lobby Case

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The Supreme Court handed the Obama Administration yet another defeat today: 1. For-profit corporations are persons protected under RFRA. (Pp. 16-20.) 2. Closely held for-profit corporations are capable of engaging in an exercise of religion protected by RFRA. (It “seems … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 27, 2014

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Lawrence Person

A small LinkSwarm for a busy Friday: Evidently Obama wants $500 million to arm the Syrian rebels that we’re supposedly trying to fight in Iraq. Oh, the article says he wants to arm “moderate” rebels. Has anyone seen these moderate … Continue reading →

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