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Supreme Court

You Asked for It

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
-Aesop

Barack Obama is our president-elect. As such, he has my respect, my prayers, and my hopes for leadership that is best for America. That said, his victory does not chage who he is. While many have been afraid of what Obama secretly is (you know [...]

Election Eve Thoughts and Predictions

Well here we are on the eve of—wait for it—the most important election of our lives. I know, I know. It’s a tired old expression we get every cycle. It’s a presidential election. It’s as important as the last one and the next one. And as a presidential election, there’s a lot at stake.
And rest [...]

Fred! Helping McCain with Judiciary

My primary choice this year, Fred Thompson, writes in a piece at The Politico:
…an issue McCain has asked me to help his campaign with — the federal judiciary — is one that disturbs voters to the point of having enormous electoral possibilities. The federal judiciary is the Democratic Party’s vehicle of choice to enact policies [...]

Scalia Dissents

The big news today is that the Supreme Court has issued a 5-4 decision bestowing habeas corpus rights on enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The liberal wing of the court has struck down many precedents and shifted more power from the Executive and Legislative branches to the Federal Judiciary.
The best way to get [...]

Supremes OK Lethal Injections

The U.S. Supreme Court has been considering the constitutionality of the lethal injection as a means of capital punishment. The Court today released its opinion in BAZE ET AL. v. REES, COMMISSIONER, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.
The plurality opinion of the Court (7-2) ruled that lethal injection is allowable. Ginsburg and Souter filed a [...]

UPDATED: It’s Official: OK Supremes Have Worst Sense of Timing. Ever.

[Update]
Monday, March 17, Freedom of Information Oklahoma awarded the Oklahoma Supreme Court its inaugural Black Hole award for its new rules.
The justices received the award for roadblocking freedom of information by establishing new rules addressing content on the Internet.
[Original Post Below]
Today begins what is known as Sunshine Week. From the Sunshine Week website:
Sunshine Week [...]

Just Scratch Behind the Ear(mark)s

The Wall Street Journal reports that President Bush will have a big decision to make this week. When he signed the earmark-laden omnibus spending bill last a couple weeks ago, he remarked that he was going to have his budget director
“…review options for dealing with the wasteful spending in the omnibus bill.”
After a bit of [...]

Victim of Statistics

The only Oklahoma Supreme Court justice I voted to retain, Marian Opala, has lost his legal battle against the other members of the state supreme court, as the US Supremes have refused to hear the case. The US Supreme Court decides which cases it will and will not take, and it opted not to look [...]

The Other Shoe Drops

When I read the initial story about Justice Scalia "flipping off" a reporter the other day, I knew there had to be more to it than was being reported, so I reserved comment. Breitbart reports today that it was a totally different gesture, it is not obscene, and J. Scalia is taking on the irresponsible [...]

I Agree with Joe Biden (Gasp!)

For the first time in my life, I can say I agree with Joe Biden. In regard to the Judiciary Committee’s hearings of Supreme Court nominees, he said (as quoted in Newsday.com):
"Just go to the Senate floor and debate the nominee’s statements," the Delaware senator said, "instead of this game."

For once, ole Boss Joe [...]