justice scalia

A survey of Barack Obama’s pragmatic moves:

Here's an interesting piece (from American Spectator) about the Democratic Party's response to the Heller decision. From the article:

THAT BRINGS US to the most prominent Illinois Democrat of them all.

If you have a beef with the election fiasco of 2000, Justice Scalia wants you to talk to the hand — of Al Gore:

The U.S. Supreme Court has released its opinion in Kennedy v. Louisiana, regarding the constitutionality of sentencing a person to death for the rape of a child in which no murder occurs. Patrick Kennedy is the first person in the country in the modern era of the death penalty to receive such a sentence.

By Blake Wylie

I was watching the SCOTUSBlog Live blog this morning. I was hoping that the long awaited Heller opinion was going to be released today, but it looks like it's a no go.

One of the more striking things about the decision yesterday was just how unhinged, almost Malkin or Limbaugh-like Scalia sounded:

Sadly for us parents, this is the last week of school before summer vacation begins. Yes, I love having a week or two that I don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn, but the thought of 2 1/2 loooong months of kids at home fighting fills me with dread.  Here’s my vote for year-round school!

Nice piece I just heard on NPR this morning, centering on Justice Scalia.

Just to remind everyone about what’s at stake in November, we have these pearls of wisdom from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia:

“Is it really so easy to determine that smacking someone in the face to determine where he has hidden the bomb that is about to blow up Los Angeles is prohibited in the constitution?" he asked.