Archive for the ‘US Courts’ Category

State Court influences elections?

September 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, US Courts

Not sure if this is a good thing or not.
WSJ  9/4/2019   BY BRENT KENDALL A panel of state-court judges struck down North Carolina’s legislative districts Tuesday, ruling that Republicans improperly gerrymandered state voting lines to provide an enduring political majority for the GOP. The case highlights the new legal playbook for critics of gerrymandering after... Read more

Unfinished Preet Bharara Business

April 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom, US Courts

If 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 Courts

So 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 Courts

My 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 Courts

If 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 Courts

Nice 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

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