Unfinished Preet Bharara Business
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom, US CourtsIf this doesn’t give you the creeps about what the Gov can do, it should. ======= WSJ 4/20/2017 President Trump dumped Preet Bharara as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the celebrity prosecutor is conducting another media vindication tour. But a few problems from his tenure are left to resolve, including the ongoing legal crusade against David Ganek. When... Read more
Supreme Court Hearings
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The Left, US CourtsSo why are Democrats so up in arms against the current nominee? ==== WSJ 3/25/2017 From the 1986 Senate confirmation hearing of Judge Antonin Scalia, nominated to the Supreme Court: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.): Judge Scalia, if you were confirmed, do you expect to overrule the Roe v. Wade? Scalia: Excuse me? Kennedy: Roe v. Wade Do you expect to overrule the Supreme Court decision... Read more
Another Judge Is Unpersuaded
November 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Obama, US CourtsMy guess is Mr Obama will explain this at his next news conference. ====== WSJ 11/19/2016 The Obama Administration’s executive overreach received another rebuke on Wednesday, this time from a federal court in Texas. In National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Perez, Judge Sam Cummings granted a motion for summary judgment and rejected the Labor Department’s attempt to stack another deck for unions. The... Read more
Reign In the Prosecutors!
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | Law, Losing Freedom, The Left, US Constitution, US CourtsIf the targets of the prosecutors were leftists, or Democrats, I’m afraid there would have been a lynching long ago. ====== WSJ 8/19/2016 We wish we could stop writing about Wisconsin’s abusive prosecutors, but conservatives in the state are still fighting to have their rights vindicated in court. Readers are familiar with the secret John Doe probe by Democratic prosecutors that targeted conservative groups,... Read more
Why Checks & Balances?
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom, Obama, The Left, US CourtsNice example of the Executive Branch not doing their homework and blaming the Judicial for ‘not playing nice’. Also nice example of how the Obama wing of the Democrat party like to operate. They want to write, interpret, enforce and adjudicate everything. ========== WSJ 4/9/2016 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and his media bodyguards are still pouting over his courtroom defeat in the MetLife... Read more