You probably haven’t heard of Moore v. United States, a little-known case working its way through the courts that could have major implications for America’s savers and business owners. The case revolves around the government’s power to tax unrealized gains. These are gains on assets that an owner hasn’t locked in yet, and which could […]
A Desperate Progressive War on the Supreme Court
Money – the Heart of the Problem “All these breathless ‘investigations’ amount to nothingburger concern-trolling of justices whose opinions progressive activists don’t like,” said Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute and author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court. The left, continues Mr. Shapiro, “simply can’t stand […]
Obergefell, Not a Victory for a Live-and-Let-Live America
Justice Alito’s Warning In Massachusetts, a Catholic couple has been deemed unfit for a foster-care license because the couple’s beliefs are “insufficiently progressive.” The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families’s decision to deny Michael and Kitty Burke’s foster-care application comes less than a decade after the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that […]
Death Came to Affirmative Action
An Unconstitutional Aberration It was “inevitable,” writes Victor Davis Hanson. In the American Conservative. The only surprise is why did it take so long? You might have your own list, but here, Mr. Hanson presents his 10 points on why the court finally stepped in to end this unconstitutional aberration. Awakening to Woke Push Back: […]
Happy Days: Democracy Is Not in Danger
In what Peter Van Buren calls “tutorials” from Scotus, the two recent Supreme Court cases, he maintains, prove the system is “flexible for the times and robust in defending the most basic freedoms a democracy is built upon.” Lucky us. Rights are for everyone. Free speech sometimes protects speech you don’t like yourself. Affirmative Action […]
Fear and Loathing at SCOTUS
Impressive Mental Contortions There is nothing complicated about the thinking of a liberal Supreme Court justice, submits Francis Menton in his Manhattan Contrarian: Each of these dissents follows the same rote formula: the heart of the opinion is an appeal to fear and/or guilt, completely divorced from anything about the law. The basic argument is […]
The Decision Everyone Is Debating …
… Systemic Racism The Federalist reports, the Supreme Court determined that race-based admissions violate the 14th Amendment for colleges and universities to prefer some races over others. A Concept Known as Racism Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion, “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” Smoke from Wildfires, Heat Wave Across the South, […]
The Greatest Intrusions on Civil Liberties in Peacetime History
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s statement accompanying the Supreme Court’s unanimous May 18 order that halted a lawsuit challenging the end of Title 42 Covid emergency deportation authority: Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country. Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a […]
An Unconstitutional Gotcha
It would be easy to dismiss the accusations hurled at Clarence Thomas as “too thin to matter.” But don’t do that, advises the editors of the WSJ. That, they say, would be a mistake. This is a political project, and hyped accusations will continue to be asserted as if they are serious. “Ethics” is a time-honored […]
Sen. Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Stop Biden’s Supreme Court Packing Scheme
Originally posted March 30, 2023. The Biden administration and Democrats have regularly toyed with the idea of packing the Supreme Court with radical leftist judges in order to rubber-stamp their unconstitutional policies. Now, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a plan to fight back. The Hill’s Stephen Neukam reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a constitutional amendment in […]
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