(AP) Wyo. lawmaker proposes firing squads for executionBy BEN NEARYAssociated PressCHEYENNE, Wyo.A Wyoming lawmaker is pushing to allow use of the firing squad to execute condemned state inmates if constitutional problems or other issues ever prevented the state from using
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether President Barack Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are unconstitutional. The case will probably be a lopsided defeat for the president, with his own Supreme Court appointees expressing
During oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tore into President Obama’s decision to appoint officials to government agencies during a pro-forma Senate session that was not in recess. Scalia told US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli that the
(AP) President’s recess appointment power at high courtBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama and Senate Republicans are squaring off at the Supreme Court over the president’s power to temporarily fill high-level positions. The high court is hearing arguments Monday in
Conservatives are eagerly anticipating the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’s hearing later this year of a lawsuit, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, brought by a group of public school teachers against the state’s powerful union over the collection of dues
By MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court is refereeing a politically charged dispute between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over the president’s power to temporarily fill high-level positions. The case being argued at the high court Monday is the first
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been on a tear about the rule of law lately. It’s something he doesn’t think the American people should be willing to surrender. He was as emphatic on the point as I’ve ever heard in
Many–if not most–of those following the unfolding drama surrounding New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are having a hard time making heads or tails of the reason behind the act. Rachel Maddow is one of them, presenting a convoluted theory involving
On Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow suggested that Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office may have caused traffic jams in Fort Lee last year to retaliate against the leader of the Senate Democrats in the administration’s ongoing feud
A debate is shaping up over a $40 million barrier system that would encircle the 16-acre World Trade Center site. The barrier would include static barriers and sally ports, where booths control barriers screening vehicles attempting entry. Residents of the area
Newly-elected New York City Council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito once lobbied on behalf of five Cuban agents who were convicted of spying against the United States, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five Cubans, was
Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm penned a highly offensive oped for US News and World report entitled, “The Catholic Supreme Court’s War on Women”, enraging scores of readers who are currently venting their disgust in the comment section. Her screed is completely
The first attorney in history to receive admission to a state bar association despite being in America illegally says practicing law isn’t the limit for him; he might run for governor of California. Sergio García, who was brought into the
I’m old enough to remember watching the 1992 convention speech by Pat Buchanan in which he described a culture war taking place in America. Twenty-two years later, are those battles on their way to being settled? That night in Houston
A federal judge ruled Monday that Chicago’s ban on the sale of guns within city limits is unconstitutional. According to the Chicago Tribune, U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang issued a 35-page ruling in which he wrote: Chicago’s ordinance goes too
AP- The Supreme Court has put same-sex marriages on hold in Utah, at least while a federal appeals court more fully considers the issue.The court issued a brief order Monday blocking any new same-sex unions in the state.The order follows
(AP) Sex offender seeks admission to Kentucky barBy BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky.Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith graduated in the top third of his law school class at the University of Kentucky, but the state Supreme Court blocked him from taking the bar
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3 (UPI) —The Minnesota Vikings said there will be an independent investigation into a former player’s charge the team cut him for his outspokenness on same-sex marriage. Punter Chris Kluwe, an eight-year NFL veteran, said in a post
Updating our earlier story on 2013 highlights from the Supreme Court of the United States, we predict that Americans should expect 2014 to be a big year at the Court. The Supreme Court began its annual Term on Oct. 7,
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has offered pro-lifers a glimmer of hope as the Obama administration urges the Supreme Court not to exempt Roman Catholic nuns from the Obamacare mandate to provide birth-control and abortion-related coverage. The Little Sisters of the Poor
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is leading a class-action lawsuit with hundreds of thousands of Americans against President Barack Obama’s National Security Agency (NSA) over its spying on the American people, Breitbart News has learned. Sen. Paul will be discussing the
Does Obama have any idea how bad this looks? Polls already show that most Americans oppose the HHS contraception mandate. Moves like this one – trying to force The Little Sisters of the Poor (!) to comply with a policy that
(AP) Gloomy Americans foresee a downhill slide to 2050By CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTONAsk people to imagine American life in 2050, and you’ll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority
(AP) California grants law license to immigrantBy JASON DEARENAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe California Supreme Court granted a law license on Thursday to a man living in the United States illegally who graduated from law school and passed the state bar exam.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who used his authority to permit the implementation of Obamacare, robbing Americans of their freedom and their money, used his end-of-the-year report to lament the effect of sequestration on the judicial system. Calling for
