Every once in a while, the Supreme Court decides to drop a real bombshell. The last big one we got was Roe vs. Wade, but yesterday was another one of those days, with the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission case that was decided yesterday. I think it promises to be the next big Supreme [...]
The supreme court is in session again! And this promises to be one of the most action-packed terms in recent memory. The court has multiple cases about the first amendment and a huge one about the second, among others. Yesterday the court heard a first amendment case: U.S. v. Stevens , which concerns the constitutionality [...]
Any time I read the writings of a member of the Judicial branch, I cannot help but feel terribly outclassed. Everything is meticulously reasoned and supported using the most sophisticated language, and the justices themselves often inject a usually acerbic wit into their arguments; consider the following reasoning from a minority opinion in K-mart v. [...]