Tag: supreme court
Breaking down the Murthy v. Missouri Supreme Court Ruling
June 28, 2024 | Post
The Murthy v. Missouri case exposed the Biden Administration’s efforts to control public discourse, highlighting a crucial battle for free speech rights.
The libertarian position on gay marriage: a matter of expression?
December 15, 2022 | Post
While it would be unfair to say that libertarians hold some kind of monopoly over the fight for gay marriage, but there is no denying the great contribution made by libertarian logic to this movement. Marriage is individual expression; it is not the faculty of anyone else to restrict it.
How would Neil Gorsuch rule on One Person One Vote?
April 5, 2017 | Post
Judge Neil Gorsuch may soon join the Supreme Court, taking the seat formerly held by Justice Antonin Scalia. If so, Gorsuch will have an opportunity that Scalia was deprived of, to shape the future of the Court’s “One Person, One Vote” (OPOV) doctrine.
The Filibuster: A Primer
March 28, 2017 | Post
Most legal scholars agree that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has the necessary experience, expertise, and temperament to be confirmed as Justice Scalia’s replacement. But suppose the Democrats decide to filibuster the nomination and Republicans can’t get the 60 votes needed to break the filibuster? If that happens, you can expect the Republicans to “go […]
The right to hope for jury nullification
March 2, 2017 | Post
Jae Lee came to the United States legally as a child but never became a citizen. In 2009, he pled guilty to a drug crime after his lawyer assured him that he could not be deported as a result. The lawyer was wrong, because the conviction made Lee subject to mandatory removal. When Lee learned […]
Was Marbury v. Madison a judicial power grab?
February 28, 2017 | Post
Judges’ duty is to interpret the law, discover the facts, and apply the Constitution — no exceptions.
Trump's order on sanctuary cities is dangerous and unconstitutional
January 26, 2017 | Post
Trump’s executive order is exactly the kind of high-handed coercion of states that outraged conservatives under Obama.
You Have a Constitutional Right to Record Public Officials in Public
October 12, 2016 | Post
The first amendment protects the rights of individuals to record the actions of government officials in public. US Customs and Border Protection disagrees.
Supreme Court Opens Door for More 'Stop-and-Frisk'
June 24, 2016 | Post
This week, in a 5-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained in unlawful stops can be admitted in court if the person being searched has a warrant out for their arrest. This contrasted the lower court’s decision, which stated that the 4th amendment prevents illegally-obtained evidence from being used at trial. The […]
These 1970s Court Cases Give Police Your Location Data With No Warrant
June 3, 2016 | Post
An appeals court ruled recently that police don’t need a warrant to access your cell phone’s location data. Several cases challenging law enforcement’s warrantless access to location data have come up in recent years as cell phones technology advanced. The recent ruling, despite dealing with new technology, is based on a precedent set by court […]
Claim: The Supreme Court Has Let Billionaires Run America
May 28, 2016 | Post
Corporate America can basically decide the outcome of an election because of the resources it can pour into campaigns. Basically, billionaires run our country and destroy our democratic process—and a 2010 Supreme Court ruling on a case called Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission is at fault. Or so the argument goes. What critics of […]
The Supreme Court Will Rule on Your Fourth Amendment Rights
April 27, 2016 | Post
It all comes down to one question: where do we draw the line between citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights and the rights of the government to conduct warrantless searches?
Supreme Court Questions Constitutionality of Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration
April 26, 2016 | Post
The Supreme Court is currently considering the legality of President Obama’s executive action on immigration that grants legal status to an estimated four million undocumented immigrants who have children who are U.S. citizens and no criminal record. The debate has divided those who love liberty, because while the policy—ending forced deportations of upstanding parents of […]