Think a University of California degree is worth its weight in gold? Think again. According to a new study, you might want to rethink that second mortgage needed to send junior to a UC campus. The California Association of
The Supreme Court narrowly sided with police, holding on April 2nd that the Fourth Amendment allows strip searches for anyone taken to jail if that person will mingle with the other inmates. Years ago, an arrest warrant was issued against
As the nation directs its attention to the events taking place at the United States Supreme Court, specifically, the oral arguments surrounding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, now may be a good time to evaluate some of
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider taking another bite of the corporate political free speech apple recently, accepting a petition asking justices to summarily overturn a Montana Supreme Court decision petitioners say flies in the face of Citizens United.
The furor surrounding President Obama’s recent comments about the authority of the United States Supreme Court to overturn enacted legislation brought consternation from many a constitutional scholar as well as at least three federal appeals court judges from the Fifth
By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISSen. Richard Lugar sounded wistful in his gratitude when he thanked supporters packed in the skybox of the Indiana Pacers’ home court, as though he could see the approaching end of a political career that has spanned
If you want to know what Catholics think about something, listening to what they have to say might be a good place to start. With two Roman Catholics currently in the race for the GOP presidential nod – former Speaker
Joseph Curl at the Washington Times shares our conclusion about the real aim of President Barack Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court: So why on Earth would he say it? Why would he lecture the top jurists in the land —
Today, Lawrence Tribe, President Obama’s constitutional law professor in his days at Harvard Law School, tried to help his former pupil walk back his ridiculous statements about the Supreme Court. Somehow, Tribe climbed inside Obama’s head, at least from his
Congressman John Larson (D-Connecticut) dismissed concerns on Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court will declare the president’s signature health care law unconstitutional. Mr. Larson, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, said that he was “rather confident” that the justices would not strike
In a stunningly arrogant move, President Obama, the leader of one of the co-equal branches of the United States Government, intimated that, should the United States Supreme Court rule the individual mandate included in the Patient Protection and Affordability Care
For those who have paid attention, President Obama has a knack for saying one thing and doing another altogether: a knack for claiming one position while actually occupying another. We first saw this when he was campaigning for president in
(AP) Holder: Justice Department will respond to judgeBy CARLA K. JOHNSONAP Medical WriterCHICAGOU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will respond “appropriately” to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing federal courts’
Barack Obama’s comments about the Supreme Court’s supposedly “unprecedented” behavior should it choose to strike down Obamacare may be a political gambit designed to set him at odds with the Court pre-emptively. Or, it could be an attempt to sway
White House press secretary Jay Carney addressed President Obama’s controversial comments on Monday regarding the Supreme Court, in which Obama questioned judicial review and suggested that the Court’s exercise of it with regard to Obamacare would be “unprecedented.” And, naturally,
Today, the White House released its “Federal Taxpayer Receipt for 2011” tool, allowing Americans to see what percentage of their tax dollars are spent where. But this year, the White House decided to do something special. As White House Regional
President Obama this week took advantage of the fine spring weather and a meeting with Canada and Mexico’s leaders to make an extraordinary statement in the White House Rose Garden. He responded to questions about his health care takeover. ObamaCare
On Tuesday, a federal court chucked out Colorado’s “Amazon Tax” law, with U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn writing that “the veil provided by the words of the act and the regulations is too thin to support the conclusion that the act and
Prof. Thom Lambert of the University of Missouri Law School has responded with alarm to President Barack Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court and the power of judicial review by recalling his own days as Obama’s student at the University
In continuing his attack on the Supreme Court on Tuesday, President Barack Obama made a mistaken reference to the Lochner decision–an error that suggests just how deeply Derrick Bell affected his thinking about the Court and the Constitution. James Taranto
Much of the left seems inclined to shrug at President Barack Obama’s pre-emptive rebuke of the Supreme Court yesterday. One Democrat even urged Obama to attack the Court on the campaign trail if it overturned Obamacare. A few liberals, however,
President Obama’s favorite word, as we’ve learned repeatedly, is “I.” He uses it on a constant basis. He uses it to claim credit and to assign blame. He uses it to cajole and to threaten. He uses it to plead
Trying to predict Supreme Court decisions from the questions justices ask during oral arguments can be a bit like reading tea leaves. But after three days of grueling questioning by U.S. Supreme Court Justices, this much can be said: the Supreme Court’s
MILWAUKEE, April 3 (UPI) —Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum faced a close race in the Wisconsin Republican primary Tuesday, while Romney was favored in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He trailed Romney by several percentage points in most polls
