Archive for the 'Law' Category

Thoughts on the Immigration Protests

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

First off, let’s be clear. What these people are doing is not protesting illegal immigration; they are protesting the fact that America has finally decided to enact effective immigration policies which will (hopefully) secure our southern border. Next, take a look at this flyer which was distributed at the protests in Dallas: This is why [...]

Yet Another Reason to Love Scalia

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Seems that a kerfuffle has broken out over a gesture made by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in response to a reporter’s question: Smith was working as a freelance photographer for the Boston archdiocese’s weekly newspaper at a special Mass for lawyers Sunday when a Herald reporter asked the justice how he responds to critics [...]

This Is Why We Need A Wall

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

This is an image from one of the many immigration protests this past weekend: Do we really want people who do things like this to become citizens?I don’t know about you, but the last thing I want happening is the U.S. Government letting people who obviously hate America become citizens. I don’t even want them [...]

ACLU: Lethal Injection Violates First Amendment

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

In yet another attempt to use semantics to overturn the death penalty, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit in federal court claiming that the method of lethal injection used by the State of California violates the First Amendment: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union claimed Wednesday that California’s lethal [...]

Peter Biondi Has Lost His Mind

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Republican Peter Biondi of the New Jersey Legislature has proposed a bill which would allow people who believe they have been damaged by a posting on an Internet forum to sue the operator of the web site for damages: This bill would require an operator of any interactive computer service or an Internet service provider [...]

Alito Confirmed by 58-42 Vote

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Samuel Alito was confirmed as the Supreme Court’s 110th Justice: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sharply divided U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, backing a second conservative nominated by President George W. Bush in his effort to move the nation’s highest court to the right. The largely party-line vote was 58-42 [...]

Ted Kennedy Channels Howard Dean

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Honest to God, I thought Ted Kennedy’s head was going to explode and cover the entire Senate floor with bourbon: KENNEDY: The march towards knocking down the walls of discrimination that permitted us to pass a 1964 civil right act in public accommodations so people whose skin was not white could go into restaurants and [...]

Democrats Start to Back Away from Roe v. Wade

Friday, January 27th, 2006

If you haven’t already, you should go read Ann Coulter’s latest column entitled Abortion Stops A Bleeding Heart because it appears NARAL is being thrown under the bus: It’s been a long time coming, but the Democrats are finally throwing the NARAL ladies off the boat. One by one, the Democratic Party keeps having to [...]

Return of the Gorebot

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Al Gore has crawled out from whatever rock he is hiding under these days, and he still hasn’t learned anything about the government and how it works: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Al Gore called on Monday for an independent counsel to investigate whether President George W. Bush broke the law in authorizing domestic [...]

Town May Make Carrying Condoms Mandatory

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Yes, this is as stupid as it sounds: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – A western Colombian city councilman wants to require everyone in town 14 or older to carry a condom to prevent pregnancy and disease, outraging local priests. William Pena, a councilman in Tulua, said Wednesday he will present a formal proposal to force all [...]

Watching the Democrats Eat Their Own

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

When I read this story, I was reminded of all the times in my youth when the entire family would gather in front of the television on Sunday nights to watch Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. You know, the episode when a group of starving jungle animals start to attack and eat each other: The [...]

That Sound You Hear from the South is Mexico Whining

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Vicente Fox and his crybaby friends are turning up the volume on their whining campaign: Diplomats from Mexico and Central America on Monday demanded guest worker programs and the legalization of undocumented migrants in the United States, while criticizing a U.S. proposal for tougher border enforcement. Meeting in Mexico’s capital, the regional officials pledged to [...]