ADF Seeks Supreme Court Review for Christian Student Groups
Last week the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) requested review by the U.S. Supreme Court in Alpha Delta Chi v. Reed, a case involving two Christian… Read More
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The Trial of Alleged Wikileaks Informant Bradley Manning
Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly leaked classified information to WikiLeaks, starts his trial process today with an Article 32 hearing at Fort Meade… Read More
Judicial Hellholes: 10 Places Not to Do Business in the United States
Given the sad state of our economy, the bad investment climate, and the danger posed by profligate federal spending and ever-increasing government regulation, American entrepreneurs… Read More
The Hunt for a Missing Government Witness In a Criminal Prosecution
Critics of the Supreme Court of the United States sometimes say that the Court is hopelessly divided on the issues and does not mean what… Read More
Morning Bell: Illegal Aliens, In-State Tuition and the Law
Consider it an illegal fringe benefit for illegal immigrants. Today, 12 states allow individuals who are in the United States illegally to pay the same… Read More
No Need to Muddy Criminal Law in Order to “Clean Up Government”
With their institution at all-time lows in public popularity and trust, it is no wonder that members of Congress are looking to improve the body’s… Read More
Fixing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act—The Right Way
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is a well-meaning law that is hopelessly overbroad. It starts from an unobjectionable premise—there ought to be a… Read More
Dixon Gives Up the Ghost – And It’s Admissible
In a case decided yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously reversed a judgment of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth… Read More
What We’ve Learned About Terror Trials From the Underwear Bomber
It was supposed to be the second full day in federal court for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The so-called “Christmas Day bomber” aka “The Underwear Bomber” faced… Read More
Religious Freedom under Attack in Supreme Court Today
Today the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in what the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is calling “the most important religious liberty case in twenty… Read More
Morning Bell: Come Clean and Cut Funding
What did the President know and when did he know it, goes the old Washington adage. Thus did the American people learn yesterday in separate… Read More
Federal Judge Upholds Part of Alabama Immigration Law
There is more good news today in the fight against illegal immigration at the state level (and bad news for the Obama Administration’s policy against… Read More
Military Commissions Just Became More Transparent
The Office of Military Commissions quietly launched a new website this past Monday that was a year in the making. Located at www.mc.mil, it is… Read More
Troy Davis’s Claims of Innocence: “Smoke and Mirrors”
Troy Davis, convicted cop killer, was executed last week by the State of Georgia for the 1989 slaying of Officer Mark MacPhail. Anti-death penalty activists… Read More
Confronting Terror: A Special Book Event on Remembering 9/11
With the 10th anniversary of 9/11, some touching remembrances have been written, but also an increasing number of op-eds, editorials and blog posts, the theme… Read More
Case in Point: When the Law Is Used to Limit America’s Freedom of Action
The law, increasingly, is becoming a tool used by opponents of American power to harass American officials and, through the courts, limit America’s freedom of… Read More
The Uproar Over Voter-ID Laws
The left is in an uproar over new voter-ID laws passed by states including Texas, Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island. Their complaint?… Read More
Enhancing Public Safety By Giving Criminals a Pass
Just imagine if a President announced that his administration would not be prosecuting anyone for violating the following federal crimes currently on the books: (1)… Read More
The Worst Thing that Anybody Can Do to You is Take Away Your Freedom
How much danger does the federal government’s unprincipled, out-of-control body of criminal law pose to, say, the average American small-business person? Well, suppose you were… Read More
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Overcriminalization Victimizes Animal-Loving 11-Year-Old and Her Mother
Last month, a hyper-aggressive U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent, accompanied by a Virginia state trooper, arrived at Alison Capo’s door to announce that our… Read More
Wall Street Journal Exposes Federal Overcriminalization
Aspiring inventor Krister Evertson received a two-year sentence for allegedly abandoning materials that he had stored in sealed, stainless-steel containers, thus doing no harm to… Read More
Criminalization without Justification
The Wall Street Journal this weekend documented several sad features of the federal government’s proliferation of poorly written criminal laws, many of which leave it… Read More
Law of the Sea Treaty Offers Few Benefits, Harms U.S. Interests
The Obama Administration is working hard toward the ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) in the U.S. Senate. The treaty offers little… Read More
The Court Battle Over Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
In a victory for common-sense and a serious set-back for the Holder Justice Department, a three-judge panel of the federal Court of Appeals for the… Read More
The DOJ’s Unprofessionalism in Its Attack on Traditional Marriage
First the Obama Justice Department defended the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA,” which defines marriage as between a man and a woman for the purposes… Read More
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Supreme Court Rules on Violent Video Games
Today’s Supreme Court decision in which it struck down California’s law restricting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors (PDF) is an… Read More
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The Supreme Court Refurbishes the First Amendment in Arizona
The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, issued an outstanding decision today (PDF) properly applying the First Amendment when it struck down as… Read More
Supreme Court: Save Wal-Mart, The Economy Lives Better
The Supreme Court’s 9 to 0 decision today in Wal-Mart v. Dukes stopped an abusive class action lawsuit and should bring a huge sigh of… Read More
The Supremes Chill Global “Warming” Alarmists
Common sense prevailed this morning when the Supreme Court dismissed a frivolous and novel global “warming” lawsuit. If you are a radical environmentalist, you know… Read More
Convicted Murderers to Be Freed if California State Senator Gets His Way
A warning to Californians: dangerous convicted criminals are coming soon to a neighborhood near you. That’s because last week, in the case of Brown v…. Read More
