Showing posts with label US Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Supreme Court. Show all posts
Friday, June 22, 2018

Changing times, changing minds

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On Thursday, the US Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in the Wayfair  case. In its opinion, the Court held that the physic...
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Narrowly missing the point

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nar·row ˈnerō/ adjective 1. (especially of something that is considerably longer or higher than it is wide) of small width...
Monday, February 19, 2018

The Gun Show

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WNYC began producing a podcast entitled More Perfect  in 2016. It is an exploration into the Supreme Court. Last October they did an episo...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Let them eat cake

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission , the case about the...
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Friday, August 12, 2016

What's in a number?

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Just to let y'all know, there is no constitutional crisis because there are only eight justices sitting on the US Supreme Court. There...
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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Two sides of the same coin

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For the past couple of weeks about all we've heard from the presidential campaign are attacks on the personality and temperment of the c...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

What I've been listening to

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I discovered a new podcast a couple of weeks ago that takes a very interesting look at the U.S. Supreme Court. It's called More Perfect ...
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Friday, June 10, 2016

A common sense decision

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Terrence Williams was convicted of murder for killing Amos Norwood in 1984. Mr. Williams said he did it because Mr. Norwood had abused him w...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Killing the frog one degree at a time

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The other day I was leaving the Montgomery County Courthouse up in Conroe after court and noticed a state trooper behind me. As I turned ont...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

SCOTUS has one more for the road

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Lorenzo and Jose Navarette were minding their own business driving a truck down the highway with 30 pounds of marijuana in the bed of the tr...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

At least it's not a needle

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Police arrest suspect. Police take suspect to jail. Police take suspect's fingerprints when he is booked in for identification purposes....
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Removing all doubt

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Abraham Lincoln supposedly said it was better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. After s...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Supreme Court upholds insurance industry bailout

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Okay, people, it would appear that the world survived yesterday's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act. Of course you coul...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The half-full (or half-empty) glass

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On Monday the Supreme Court, in Miller v. Alabama  (combined with Jackson v. Hobbs ) put the kibosh on mandatory life in prison without paro...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Undermining the rule of law

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The United States Constitution makes very little mention of citizens. It mandates that our elected representatives be citizens and that the ...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Correct me if I'm wrong

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As I drove back in the rain from South Texas the other day I was listening to Talk of the Nation  on NPR. If you haven't tuned in, it...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Bend over, please

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On Monday, in a 5-4 decision that was to be expected, the United States Supreme Court announced that it is subservient to jail guards in im...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hey, kids, get out of my yard!

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Back in 2004, D.C. police decided that Antoine Jones was a bad dude and needed watching. Employing a spy store full of surveillance tools, t...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Update: Perry's death party delayed

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Last night the US Supreme Court put a halt to the State of Texas' attempt to murder Duane Buck . The issue is whether the punishment ph...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Supremes to tackle confrontation again

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The US Supreme Court is set to hear another case on what appears to be the biggest hot button topic in the courthouse - confrontation. In...