Posts Tagged ‘supreme court’
Amateur’s take on McDonald Second Amendment arguments
I enjoyed listening to the audio of the Heller arguments but unfortunately, they did not release any audio for today’s arguments. This afternoon I posted the full text of the oral arguments within a few minutes of being released and I’ve taken the time to read through the 77 pages during some free time tonight.
Read MoreFull text of arguments: McDonald v. Chicago
Here’s the full text for the arguments from today’s Supreme Court session concerning McDonald v. City of Chicago. I”ll consider posting a full HTML version if it is made available, but this one is a PDF file.
Read MoreSupreme Court arguments – McDonald v. Chicago Second Amendment incorporation
SCOTUSblog is covering the Supreme Court this morning, starting with release of opinions and followed up by arguments in the McDonald v. Chicago Second Amendment incorporation case.
Read MoreDemocrats freak about SCOTUS decision – party with lobbyists in Miami Beach
Less than a week after President Obama and other Democrats slammed the Supreme Court’s decision to discard portions of campaign finance legislation, 12 Senators spent the weekend in sunny Miami with 108 high-dollar lobbyists.
Read MoreShame on you, Mr. President
As my brother isn’t ranting as much these days, perhaps I should step in. President Obama’s comments Wednesday during the State of the Union address concerning the Supreme Court were nothing short of outrageous.
Read MoreEleventh hour stay of execution
Monday the Supreme Court granted a stay of the Chrysler bankruptcy court’s order approving the “sale” of Chrysler to Fiat. In layman’s terms, that means no “sale” will occur until the Supreme Court says so. The case arrived at the Supreme Court because the Attorney General of Indiana filed an appeal on behalf of three Indiana…
Read MoreSotomayor is (gulp) … a Catholic – Part 3
It’s now officially out of hand. We saw this coming a week ago when we just happened to catch liberal talk show host Bill Press bring it up. We made fun of it then, hardly believing that this would either be a plus in bringing Catholics on board … or a minus. But we so…
Read MoreSotomayor: She may be Catholic … but rest easy … she doesn’t attend Mass.
Well the mainstream media has finally caught on to what we at RVO have already blogged on twice. Once here and here … although I must admit both posts were to point out the absurdity of it all. Now the AP has noticed … but don’t worry … Sotomayor isn’t one of those “church going…
Read MoreRush … taken out of context … is labled a racist.
This was just too much to pass up. Former New York State Supreme Court Judge Leslie Crocker Snyder is asked to comment on comments made by Rush Limbaugh in which Limbaugh calls Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a reverse racist.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court: a trial lawyer’s perspective
If you have never had the opportunity to be present during an oral argument before the Supreme Court, I should explain that it is one of the more awe inspiring things you will ever experience.
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