Advantages of the new, bad FISA amendments
Like many, I'm not thrilled with the anti-civil libertarian trends over the past 6 years. More bluntly, with the erosion of constitutional rights and increase in authoritarianism under a silly...
View ArticleDid Supreme Court vacate the circuit court opinion to preserve Bush v. Gore...
Like everyone here, I am totally elated the Supreme Court vacated the GOP's recent win in the lower circuit court opinion that would have effected the Ohio election on the issue of Standing.After...
View ArticleSTANDING OR SITTING LAST NIGHT
When Ronald Reagan tried to lower inflation and raise employment, many Democrats in Congress supported him. When Dwight Eisenhower wanted a national road system which was the largets public works...
View ArticleEverybody stand up. It's time for Bachmann's action plan to kill HCR
Well, I got it. It wasn't easy. But I did it for my country, as I am a patriot and I am grassroots and I stand.I have obtained the next big move in the fight to kill the bill. To Kill it dead. To KILL...
View ArticleThe odd circumstances of Perry v. Schwarzenegger
A reader sent me an email correcting my statement that Judge Walker has "issued a stay pending appeal to the 9th Circuit." The reader is correct. Judge Walker has actually issued a temporary stay...
View ArticleProp 8: What about Standing?
The bare bones allegation that a statute, ordinance or similar legislative enactment is unconstitutional does not allow a federal court to entertain a lawsuit by any party who objects to the law. In...
View ArticleStanding in Perry v. Schwartzenegger (and campaign finance)
In Judge Walker's decision to life the stay on Gay Marriages in California, he doubted that the proponents had standing to appeal the case any higher. When the stay was reimposed by the Ninth Circuit...
View ArticleWhat *are* Obama and Holder up to regarding DADT?
I initially posted this diary as a comment in FogCityJohn's valuable diary on many of the legal issues arising with respect to the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States case, Judge Virginia Phillips's...
View ArticleNinth Circuit half-resolves, half-punts on Prop 8 standing
In a pair of orders today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit determined that Imperial County did not have standing to defend the constitutionality of California's Prop 8, and...
View ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court Hearing on the Standing of Prop 8...
Today the California Supreme Court will be holding a hearing to determine whether the Proposition 8 Defendant-Intervenors would have standing under state law to appeal Judge Vaughn Walker's August 4,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
California Supreme Court grants Prop 8 intervenors standing to defend on appeal
The Justices of the California Supreme Court Back on January 4, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit punted over to the California Supreme Court the question of whether the...
View ArticleSuper PAC lawsuit 201: Standing and jurisdiction
This is an on going educational effort to explain the super PAC lawsuit. If you missed a section please use links below. If you think you might be a party to this suit please start with Notice and...
View ArticleManaging a Riot !
Yes, it is true. We did not incite a riot but we basically let it happen and stood back and watched people stand up to biogotry and racism. The We would be my husband and me. The year was 94 and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The SCOTUS' choice of cases for review of gay marriage and DOMA
As noted earlier, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and marriage equality (specifically the decision to overturn California's Proposition 8 as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supreme Court says FISA spying is 'none of our business'
In a 5-4 decision issued Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that individuals and organizations cannot challenge the constitutionality of FISA's global surveillance...
View ArticleDiet, Exercise, Food Allergies, and Bursitis!
Sounds like a winning combination to me.Actually, I should be honest. I began dieting last May because I was sick and tired of being fat, but I didn't think it would ever work. After all, I do have...
View ArticleDOMA Likely Going Down, With or Without Strong Precedent
Sometimes, a court case is so strong that you don’t need to win on all counts to get the same result. And perhaps the legal precedent you were hoping to set won’t be achieved – because the Justices...
View ArticleNobody "Punted."
This morning, on NPR, David Greene and Nina Totenberg said SCOTUS "ducked" the constitutional question of gay marriage. So did Emily Bazelon in Slate. So did lots of folks. But what SCOTUS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
60 Cases and Counting: What Gun Case Will SCOTUS Take Next?
Two cases are pending this fall which offer the Supreme Court opportunities to delve into Second Amendment rights and the powers of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.The Court's seminal...
View ArticleThe Weekly Weigh-In: New Study on Exercise
One of the debates about our mass media is how much they should hype new scientific studies. An article caught my eye the other day on yet another scientific study, published in the Journal of Physical...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 01/09/2015
Like so many others, I have been following coverage of the terrorist attack on the staff of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.There are many striking aspects to the event, but the one I want to write...
View ArticleFederal judge finds that Texas must issue drivers licenses to deferred action...
No doubt you have all heard about the injunction against the Obama administration's deferred action directive regarding undocumented aliens issued by a Brownsville, Texas federal district judge.While...
View ArticleSCOTUS ACA Decision Omits Discussion, Analysis of Standing
Nowhere in the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell is there any discussion, analysis, reference, or mention of any kind, as to whether the petitioners even had standing to bring the case.I find...
View ArticleWhy do the pipeline protesters at Standing Rock outnumber Democratic campaign...
Even during this lull in the pipeline construction action, there are an estimated 4000 to 7000 water protectors camped out in the middle of nowhere, North Dakota protecting the Missouri River from...
View ArticleMN Democrats Back Standing Rock Water Protectors!
Last night the Outreach and Inclusion Committee of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party passes this resolution of support for the Standing Rock Tribe and water protectors:"The DFL Outreach and...
View ArticleStanding Rock is Staging Ground for Civil Rights
Counting Coup (above photo)The fight at Standing Rock has become the proving ground for an even larger problem in the United States. It is a fight between the will of our citizens and native Americans...
View ArticleViolating the Constitution on Day One
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take the oath of office and become the 45th president of the United States. That oath states:I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the...
View ArticleStanding Rock Sioux Tribal Council Urges Shutdown of All Protest Camps Near...
Yesterday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe made the following announcement on their Facebook web page:For Immediate Release. 1-21-17The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is grateful to all who have stood with us...
View ArticlePlease Share: Our NoDAPL TV Spot Hits Hard and Exposes Hypocrisy
xYouTube VideoTo our netroots relatives:We want you to know that, despite the raids clearing the frontline camps, our movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t over by a long shot. Oil has not...
View Articlewho has standing ?
Yesterday in a major ruling the Supreme Court allows Trump to build his border wall because the plaintiffs do not have standing.Before that the Appeals Court rejects the Emoluments case because the...
View Article1974: “The System Worked”—2019: ?
Forty-five years ago, when the Watergate scandal had led at last to President Nixon’s resigning from the presidency, rather than face certain impeachment and removal from office, it was said by many,...
View ArticleThe DC Circuit Will Not Compel Former White House Counsel Don McGahn to...
In a 2-1 Decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the Federal Courts will not compel former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in front of...
View ArticleWrong, Senator Hawley ! One of these is not like the others - 2020 =/= 2004...
Senator Josh Hawley has tried to justify signing onto a written objection to the electoral college vote count by tweeting that it is just like what happened in 2004 and in 2016. I don’t believe that he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garland, Biden, Standing and the Texan Anti-Abortion Law
Attorney General Garland is clearly not a politician, or he never would have advanced a statement that included a weak sounding warning that the State of Texas is “not to go too far “ in relation to...
View ArticleAbortion and Women's Personage -A Zero-Sum Game: Women Lose
Despite a claim by Fox News that the final version of the impending Supreme Court decision regarding abortion is dropping on May 23, that move is likely still weeks or months away. Rumor aside, only...
View ArticleThe Fox News/Dominion Suit and the Issue of “Standing”
[This piece will be running as an op-ed in newspapers in my very red congressional district in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and Lynchburg.]*******************************The legal idea of “standing”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Standing Was Never an Issue in 303 Creative v. Elenis. It was Decided,...
Lorie Smith petitioned the Supreme Court not to allow Colorado to force her to create websites for gay marriages. It turns out that a customer request was fake. That discovery has let loose fury here...
View ArticleTrump knew- (1) told by his people (2) told by Rs in state government (3)...
UPDATE: Sunday, Aug 27, 2023 · 1:12:22 AM +00:00·DemFixed some grammar/usage errors. It's not necessary to show that Trump knew that he lost for him to be convicted of some of his charges as several...
View Article