Tag Archives: Supreme Court

NEWSFLASH: Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire

“Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he will retire from the Supreme Court, providing President Trump the opportunity to ensure a conservative majority on the Court.” Kennedy’s retirement date is July 31. Yet another reason to be thankful that Hillary … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Strikes Down Public Employee Union Fees For Non-Members

In a 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court has struck down the compulsory collecting of public employee union dues from non-members for collective bargaining, ruling that it violates non-members’ First Amendment rights. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Upholds Trump Travel Ban

In a 5-4 decision (Roberts writing the majority opinion, joined by Kennedy, Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch), the Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban from terrorism-supporting countries: Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, foreign nationals seeking entry into … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Validates (Most) Texas Redistricting

“Most” in this case means that the Supreme Court sided with Texas in Abbot v. Perez for 10 out of 11 disputed districts: Extinguishing the possibility that Texas could be placed back under federal electoral supervision, the U.S. Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 22, 2018

The whole “OMG, we lock up illegal alien kids!” panic the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) have ginned up is a sign of just how good the economy is under President Donald Trump, and just how desperate … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS: States Can Force Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax

In a 5-4 decision that broke across the court’s usual ideological lines (Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Ginsburg, and Gorsuch in favor, Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting), the Supreme Court has ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair that states can force … Continue reading →

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My Hovercraft Is Full Of Moose

When you see a phrase like “Moose vs. Hovercraft,” you think it’s probably about some ironic iPhone game you can back on Kickstarter. (That, or a SyFy movie, in which case it would be Giant Moose vs. Megahovercraft.) But today … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Religion 1, Social Justice Warriors 0

In a broadly-shared 7-2 opinion on narrow technical grounds, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the christian baker in the Masterpiece Cakeshop “gay wedding cake” case. Let’s look at the text of the decision itself: That consideration was compromised, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 1, 2018

We told liberals they wouldn’t like the new rules being applied to them, but they didn’t listen. Liberals get Roseanne Barr fired, conervatives get Samantha Bee’s sponsors to pull out. (Disclaimer: I didn’t watch either of their shows.) How #NeverTrump … Continue reading →

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The Mask Slips

Finally! Finally, a high ranking Democrat finally has the guts to say what lies near and dear to the cockles of the vast majority of their party’s heart: “Repeal the Second Amendment.” Thanks you, John Paul Stevens, for not just, … Continue reading →

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