What kind of party (or movement or whatever), especially one that claims to be radically transforming the political landscape at the most basic constitutional and philosophical levels, "does not take a position on social issues"?
Entries Tagged as 'Constitutional Issues'
DOMA: Is the Tea Party "Mute" Dumb or Just "Stupid" Dumb?
July 13th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Updates
Some Thoughts on the DOMA Rulings
July 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Some hasty stitches about Gill v. OPM and Massachusetts v. Sibelius.
Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law
Justice Harlan, Meet Speaker Pelosi
March 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Contrary to the hopes (or fears) of many, the Presentment Clause has not been repealed.
Tags: Constitutional Issues · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Socialized Medicine
In Defense of Full Corporate Rights
September 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
It is absurd in the extreme to suggest that two free individuals acting jointly can somehow have "less rights" than those two same free individuals would have acting individually.
Tags: Constitutional Issues · Law · Libertarianism
A "Baker v. Nelson" Primer
July 18th, 2009 · Comments Off
There's been yet another Outbreak of Stupid™ in the gay blawgosphere — and, this time, in the Senate Judiciary Committee — so let's pause to get it right.
Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
Gay Bloggers Turning Against Gay Activists Over Olson/Boies
July 9th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Some very misinformed gay bloggers are completely misunderstanding, and misreporting, the news that Lamba Legal, the ACLU and other major gay advocacy groups are petitioning to intervene in the controversial "Olson/Boies" lawsuit challenging Proposition 8.
Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
On No-Fly and Emanuel & Lautenberg's "New Due Process"
July 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Remind me again how Obama and the hyper-liberal Congress were going to usher in a new civil libertarian paradise where basic constitutional rights are actually acknowledged and respected?
Tags: Law Enforcement Abuses · Libertarianism · Politics · Terror v. Civil Liberties
Yet Another Hillbilly Decalogue Lawsuit
July 7th, 2009 · Comments Off
What is it about Kentucky and the Ten Commandments?
Tags: First Amendment - Religion · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
Kip Clip — Special Independence Day Edition
July 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Please take a moment to pause from enjoying the bread of your holiday idleness to recall the ("compromised") document behind the holiday, and the one that succeeded it.
Tags: Constitutional Issues
Two SCOTUS Victories, But With Missed Opportunities
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off
What the Court got right — and missed altogether — in Safford and Ricci.
Tags: Equal Protection · Law Enforcement Abuses · Student Rights




