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How the Supreme Court became the most dangerous branch of government | Spectator USA

https://usa.spectator.co.uk/2018/07/how-the-left-captured-the-supreme-court/ Roger Kimball writes: "The distance between saying that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and saying that an interpretation foisted by the Court onto the Constitution is the supreme law is the distance between a government...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 6, 2018 6:15 PM

Answers to All Your Hobby Lobby Questions - Bloomberg View

Answers to All Your Hobby Lobby Questions - Bloomberg View Uncommon common sense from Megan McArdle: "But we extend corporations many of the rights that people get because otherwise the results would be horrifying: The government would have the right...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 3, 2014 10:04 AM

Harvard Law Review Forum: Limits on the Treaty Power

Harvard Law Review Forum: Limits on the Treaty Power Can the President and the Senate override the Constitution by approving a treaty? U. S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) presents a scholarly essay on constitutional provisions and Supreme Court decisions regarding...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 10, 2014 11:24 AM

In Conversation with Antonin Scalia -- New York Magazine

In Conversation with Antonin Scalia -- New York Magazine Fascinating, quotable interview with the jurist who has brought originalism and textualism back to a degree of respectability. "Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change. I mean, the notion that...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 8, 2013 2:11 AM

Gun Shy - Reason Magazine

Gun Shy - Reason Magazine Jacob Sullum is pleased that five Supreme Court justices upheld the individual right to keep and bear arms but worries that four justices believe that democracy should be able to override individual rights: "In their...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 3, 2010 11:18 AM