On Jan. 15, the Supreme Court decided a somewhat quirky case about a floating house. Federal law vests exclusive jurisdiction in the federal courts over maritime cases. As Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the Court, maritime cases concern, “watercraft or
CBS News’ Scott Pelley speaks Bronx-Born Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Justice Sotomayor admits that Affirmative Action “today” is “different” than it was when she was a beneficiary of it. She was given a possible acceptance into Princeton despite the
Just last week Breitbart News reported on the threat to religious liberty from the HHS Mandate: starting today, Hobby Lobby is subject to penalties of $1.3 million per day for its owners refusing to violate their Christian beliefs after a
Late Sunday evening, Federal Judge Lawrence Zatkoff of Michigan ruled that Domino’s Pizza would not have to provide contraceptives or abortion services to his employees under Obamacare. Zatkoff wrote that the founder of Domino’s, Thomas Monaghan, had “shown that abiding
“We must obey God rather than men!”–Acts 5:29. Now that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied Hobby Lobby’s application for an emergency injunction protecting them from Obamacare’s HHS Mandate on abortion and birth control, Hobby Lobby has decided to
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied Hobby Lobby’s emergency application to be exempted from the HHS Mandate on abortion services, but that should not be considered a sign that the HHS Mandate will survive its legal challenges in the
(Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has refused to block enforcement starting next week of a requirement in President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul that some companies provide insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. In an order
In an eloquent, heartfelt and powerful op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal titled “What is the American Creed,” David Gelernter, a professor of computer science at Yale, delineates the ideas that distinguish American exceptionalism and exactly how they are abused
Compelling objecting employees to fund political speech for government unions violates the First Amendment even if you later refund that money to those employees, the Supreme Court held in Knox v. SEIU, a case that is a major blow to
Everyone is now waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to hand down its decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, the name of the case frequently referred to simply as “Obamacare.” Lawyers argued four issues before the justices who will decide the
At a forum in Washington D.C. convened to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the nomination of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice Elena Kagan remarked that her job has not changed much between her post as solicitor general
Clive Crook has an interesting post at the Atlantic today arguingthat Obamacare is a “milder dispensation” of government power thansingle-payer. And if single-payer is Constitutional, then stopping theObamacare mandate is really no victory worth having. In other words, thegovernment can
(AP) 4 Republican justices control fate of health lawBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONHere’s a thought that can’t comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices. His most sweeping domestic achievement could
Yesterday, we explored President Barack Obama’s teachings at the University of Chicago Law School from 1996. We explored the first question (and answer) of his December 1996 final exam. Today, we move on to the second question. To recap: question 1
There’s little doubt that Antoine Jones, a Washington nightclub owner was actually trafficking cocaine when a joint FBI-Washington D.C. police team attached a GPS tracking device to his Jeep. They knew that he had stashed his ill-gotten goods somewhere other
Chris Matthews interviews the Soros-funded Common Cause group about their perceptions of impartiality concerning Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It should be noted that the group is not on record opposing Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s involvement as a member of La
Cameras are everywhere today: In convenience stores, at intersections, the workplace, your computer, your cellphone, ATM machines. There’s even been a camera in news anchor Katie Couric. Yet there’s one place cameras have never been allowed: The U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor came off as a 2nd Amendment defender when she was being questioned during her confirmation hearings. She voted the other way when a gun rights case came to The Court. Can we now trust
A favorite tactic of the political left is to declare an opponent racist. Take the recent controversy surrounding Senate nominee Rand Paul. He was attacked as a racist after describing a libertarian view of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Did you ever wish you were one of those big-time journalists in Manhattan, sitting in a nice office, opining on the state of the world each week and getting well paid for it? Would you like to say the same
The newest Supreme Court member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, posed with her colleagues for a new group photograph on Tuesday.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was right down the middle with her ceremonial pitch at Yankee Stadium. The newest Supreme Court Justice, a Yankees fan from the Bronx, threw out the pitch before Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox.
MSNBC: Sonia Sotomayor has been sworn in as the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice. She’s only the third female justice in the court’s 220-year history. Sotomayor took the second of two oaths of office Saturday from Chief Justice John Roberts
WNYW: A night before she is to become a Supreme Court Justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor spent the evening having a dinner party with friends and family. She dined at Shun Lee Palace at 155 East 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan.
