Archive for the ‘U.S. Constitution’ Category
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Yesterday, the Second Amendment was preserved. At least it was somewhat preserved. The Supreme Court decided in District of Columbia v. Heller (PDF) that it was the right of individuals to "keep and bear arms" individually. SCOTUS had never decided on this aspect of the Second Amendment and I think ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, second amendment | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Filed in Detroit in 2006, the challenge was brought on behalf of several Michigan attorneys and Muslim leaders who thought they may be the targets of domestic spying by the U.S. government. They claimed that a program by the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without court approval violated ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
It can't. The numbers simply don't add up. Normally, you can't give money to people that you don't have but when you are able to print more of the stuff, why should conventional wisdom apply? When members of Congress become concerned about losing seats, they temporarily forget that ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
"I am disappointed in the way the Congress compiled this legislation, including abandoning the goal I set early this year to reduce the number and cost of earmarks by half. Instead, the Congress dropped into the bill nearly 9,800 earmarks that total more than $10 billion. These projects are ...
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