Posts Tagged ‘courts’
TV Network Started by Cloistered Nun Sues Sebelius
TERRENCE P. JEFFREY, CNSNEWS.COM Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)--founded in 1981 by Mother M. Angelica, a cloistered Roman Catholic nun belonging to the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration--has filed suit against Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other senior officials in the Obama administration arguing that a [...]
E.J. Dionne Gets It Wrong on Citizens United, Again
Liberty Alerts, Paul Sherman, Institute for Justice Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne has been complaining about Citizens United v. FEC since before Citizens United was decided. In his latest attack on that ruling, Dionne argues that the decision doesn’t work “if you think we are a democracy and not a plutocracy.” As famed First [...]
“Money Isn’t Speech” and “Corporations Aren’t People”—So What?
FIRST AMENDMENT, PAUL SHERMAN Most of the popular arguments against the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC boil down to two sound bites: “Money isn’t speech” and “Corporations aren’t people.” Both of these statements are obviously true. But neither has anything to do with whether political spending—even [...]
Global Warming Approved by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
COURTS/ENVIRONMENT, PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is dominated by Democratic-appointed judges, and many of its decisions have been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Ninth Circuit is even more liberal than the Obama Administration. A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel struck down a plan by the U.S. Fish & [...]
Judicial Watch Sues Obama Admin for Secret Settlement Documents With Mortgage Lenders
Obama DOJ and HUD Ignore Freedom of Information Act Requests on Effort to Extract $20 Billion from Banking Industry (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on January 3, 2012, against the Obama Department of [...]
Canadian Court Affirms Traditional Marriage
By Phyllis Schlafly The Canadian courts have legalized same-sex marriage. Will they legalize polygamy, too? After all, if consenting adults should be able to marry anybody they like, then why should same-sex marriage be allowed but not polygamy? Many libertarians now insist that government should get out of the business of marriage, and not [...]
While You Were Fleeing… — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Sandra Bullock played a woman in love with a stranger who happened to fall into the path of an oncoming train in the movie, While you were sleeping. Things got out of hand when she told the nurse at the hospital she was his fiancé and the story took off from there. Eventually she had to fess up for her actions; but [...]
Holder’s Political Prosecution of Pro-Life Educator Fails
Judge suspects conspiracy between Eric Holder’s DOJ and abortion clinic to violate pro-lifers’ First Amendment rights RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY COUNSEL We have successfully defended Mary Susan Pine. A federal judge has ended Attorney General Eric Holder’s two-year political prosecution of this pro-life educator. Holder accused Pine of [...]
“Compelling National Interest” or “Pressing Public Necessity”?
CARL L. BANKSTON III Larry Purdy, one of the attorneys for Barbara Grutter in the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger case, argues here (1) that the Supreme Court should accept Abigail Fisher’s petition for certoriari and use the Fisher case to overturn Grutter. The earlier Supreme Court decision accepted the use of race-conscious admissions policies [...]
Georgia Must Reform Corrupt Civil Forfeiture Laws
PROPERTY RIGHTS, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Arlington— Last Thursday , a coalition of civil rights groups from across the political spectrum is calling on legislators to reform Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws, which are among the worst in the nation. Civil forfeiture allows the police to seize your home, car, cash or other property upon the [...]
Court Asked to Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking to Deny Maryland Voters Right to Vote on Dream Act
LIBERTY ALERTS, CORRUPTION CHRONICLES (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today announced that its client, MDPetitions.com, has asked a Maryland Circuit Court to dismiss a lawsuit that would deny Maryland voters an opportunity to consider “tuition benefits” [...]
America’s Culture War and How to Fight It: Curbing the Courts, VIII
Eagle Forum, Court Watch, Virginia Armstrong Does our Constitution REALLY still begin with the words, "We, the People of the United States . . ."? It DOES, as we declared in our last Briefing; yet we see federal courts now entertaining cases attacking the fundamental institution of marriage (the attacks on DOMA) and cases restructuring a [...]
ACLJ Prepares to File Brief Challenging ObamaCare at SCOTUS
LIBERTY ALERTS, ACLJ The New Year will begin with the focus directly on the constitutional challenges to ObamaCare. As I write this, we're putting the finishing touches on our amicus brief to be filed within days at the Supreme Court - the first of three briefs we will file challenging ObamaCare. This first brief, to be filed on January [...]
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Property Owners and Renters
LIBERTY LETTERS, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Red Wing, Minn.—Yesterday the Minnesota Supreme Court handed down an important victory for Red Wing property owners and renters and for citizens across the state of Minnesota. The court allowed a property rights case to go forward that had been tied up by procedural hurdles for more than five years. The [...]
Cape Cod Wind Farms Blown Away
By Phyllis Schlafly "Wind farms” consist of many large wind turbines, or windmills, which try to generate electricity. They are an eyesore and stand motionless on a calm day. They are not as efficient as other energy sources, and are often noisy. But the “green energy” crowd pushes wind power at taxpayer expense, and a massive offshore [...]
KC Johnson Weighs In On Keeton and More
LIBERTY ALERTS, THE TORCH Over at Minding the Campus, KC Johnson has an excellent piece entitled "Emmer and Keeton-Two Terrible Decisions on Academic Freedom." As the title suggests, the piece is about the cases of Tom Emmer at Hamline University and Jennifer Keeton at Augusta State University. Of particular note is Johnson's close read of [...]
Appeals Court Upholds $37.6 Million Fine Against Trudeau
By Dennis Behreandt A federal appeals court has upheld a $37.6 million fine leveled against infomercial kingpin Kevin Trudeau, author of numerous “self-help” books including The Weight Loss Cure “They” Don’t Want You To Know About. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the case resulted when “Mr. Trudeau violated the [...]
Americas Culture War and How to Fight It: Curbing the Courts
Eagle Forum, Court Watch The last time I read the U.S. Constitution (which was quite recently), the document still began with the words, "We, the People of the United States . . . ." If this declaration means anything today, it means that the American people have a right to know — necessity of knowing — the basic philosophical and [...]
Lawsuit Seeks to Set Aside New York Same-Sex Marriage Law Over Open Meetings Violations
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Livingston County, NY – In response to the flagrant violations of the New York state constitutional and legal procedures, Liberty Counsel has filed a law suit in the New York Supreme Court (the trial court) for declaratory and injunctive relief against the same-sex marriage law (the “Act”) which was signed [...]
Commentary: Shepard v. Madigan
Commentary, Constitutional Law DISCLAIMER: Democratic Thinker is a member of the National Rifle Association whose dues support this lawsuit—and Democratic Thinker supports the right of all citizen to defend themselves during all lawful activities anywhere they find themselves; be it public places, highways and byways, business establishments, [...]
Victory in Wisconsin, But the Fight Goes On
Mike Brownfield, Heritage Foundation Consider it a victory for taxpayers and for the rule of law. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the state’s new collective bargaining law, reversing a lower court decision that sought to stamp out the will of the people, the authority of the legislature, and a major [...]
Court Rules For Fuzzy Math
School Days, Education Reporter The Discovery series of math textbooks, based on "fuzzy" or "discovery" principles, started appearing in classrooms across the nation in 2007. By the time the school board in liberal Seattle was considering adopting the series for high school students, enough parents in the area were aware of its failures to [...]
Of Fallible Judges and Rogue Empires: Laband
Free Enterprise Zone, The Freeman, David N. Laband There is a striking similarity between blown calls by umpires in baseball and blown calls by judges in our legal system. We now know, unambiguously, that umpires make mistakes—sometimes excruciatingly costly ones. According to baseball purists, those mistakes “are part of the game.” [...]
The Modern Elite Ruling Class Notion of Justice: Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Victims
By Lester Jackson, Ph.D., Guest Contributor ____________________ “he death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Not for those on death row but for the families of their victims” —— Report on Connecticut Families’ Call for Death Penalty Repeal "What I would like … is not the law, but enforce the [...]
Proposition 8 Motion Asks Court to Toss Out Ruling
Liberty Alerts, WND.com Lawyers fighting in the courts on behalf of California's voter-approved Proposition 8, which was adopted by voters in 2008 and defined marriage as being between one man and one woman, today filed a motion asking that the trial court ruling from homosexual ex-Judge Vaughn Walker be tossed out. The motion explains that [...]
Whitehouse Arrogance: Administration to Defy Court Ruling on Obamacare
Liberty Alerts, Penny Star, CNSNews.com White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com today that the administration will "rightly" continue to implement the Obamacare law even though the federal judge who sided with 26 states in declaring it unconstitutional said that his ruling was “the functional equivalent of an injunction” [...]
Dismissal of Mississippi Case Did Not Dismiss Unconstitutionality of Obamacare
By Sheryl Devereaux It was not surprising that the latest court case against the federal Healthcare Law in Mississippi was dismissed, even though I had not read the brief yet. (But be assured that, as customary before writing, I have since read the brief.) In truth, it is not only fully understandable; it would not have been prudent to do [...]
America’s Culture War and How to Fight It
Facing the Facts in 2011 Liberty Alerts, Eagle Forum As America enters the year of 2011, new government officials are taking their seats all over the nations, at all levels of government. If our nation is to survive and thrive (neither of which has been happening in recent years), we must all face certain fundamental facts and act accordingly. [...]
Virginia AG Wins Court Challenge To ObamaCare
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of America Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli won a major victory today when a federal judge in Richmond ruled ObamaCare's individual mandate unconstitutional. Of course, this battle over the anti-gun national heath care law -- which could allow the government to disarm many gun owners based on medical [...]
Court: State Must Keep Financing Illegal Aliens’ Education
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles States cannot be prevented from giving illegal immigrants public benefits that aren’t extended to all American citizens, according to a California Supreme Court ruling that’s likely to have nationwide impact. The case involves discounted tuition at public colleges and universities in the Golden State. [...]
Supreme Court Weighs Tax Credits for Arizona School Choice
School Days, Liberty Counsel Washington, DC – Tomorrow the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Kathleen M. Winn. This case involves a challenge to an Arizona school choice law that provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits to taxpayers who make contributions to independent [...]
House Considers Resolution Condemning Mojave Memorial Theft
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel stands in support of U.S. House Resolution 1378, which condemns the theft of the Mojave Desert Cross Memorial. The House is discussing the Resolution today and is scheduled to vote on it tomorrow. First erected in 1934, the memorial was simply a cross placed in the Mojave [...]
1st Circuit Hears Arguments in Pledge Case
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has heard oral arguments on an important case involving the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase "under God." As you may recall, the ACLJ, which has been active in protecting the Pledge in court challenges nationwide, [...]
Killer of Nun Twice Convicted Illegal With Fed Work Permit
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles The drunken illegal immigrant who killed a nun in Virginia last month was not only released by federal authorities after previous arrests, he was issued a special Homeland Security work permit after two criminal convictions. Just when you thought that government negligence had plateaued in the tragic [...]
9th Circuit Urged to Uphold AZ Immigration Law
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice We have just filed a critical amicus brief for 66 members of Congress - a brief that urges the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold the Arizona immigration law. As you may recall, a federal district court judge in July blocked key provisions of the AZ law from being implemented. We were extremely [...]
Liberty Counsel Files Response to Federal Government’s Request to Dismiss Healthcare Suit
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Lynchburg, VA – Today Liberty Counsel has filed a brief arguing that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia should deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit challenging the 2,409-page healthcare bill signed into law on March 23, 2010. Liberty Counsel [...]
UPDATE: Victory Against Planned Parenthood Stands
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued an order confirming the ACLJ’s victory reinstating a massive fraud suit against Planned Parenthood’s California affiliates. The former Chief Financial Officer of the Los Angeles affiliate of Planned Parenthood (PP) had [...]
Gearing Up for New Legal Challenges to Stop Mosque
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice As you know, developments continue to change almost daily concerning plans to build an Islamic mosque at Ground Zero - the site where thousands of Americans were murdered by Islamic terrorists. As you also know, we represent Tim Brown, a New York City firefighter who survived the 9-11 [...]
IJ to Supreme Court: Strike Down Arizona Campaign-Finance Law
Liberty Alerts, Institute for Justice Arlington, Va.—Today (August 17, 2010), the Institute for Justice is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Arizona Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, which upheld Arizona’s unconstitutional “matching funds” provision of the state’s [...]
Unwittingly, 9th Circuit Says Prop. 8 Folks Have Standing
By Bryan Fischer One of the more bizarre parts of Judge Vaughn Walker’s tyrannical ruling, in which he declared the constitution unconstitutional and disenfranchised seven million voters in one breathtaking display of arrogance, is that he tried to deny standing to the supporters of Prop. 8 to pursue an appeal of his ruling. He tried to argue [...]
Appeals Court Rules Against ACORN
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles In a story that not surprisingly got buried by the mainstream media, an appeals court has ruled that Congress can withhold federal funds from a crime-infested community organization famous for voter registration fraud and embezzlement. The crucial decision, recently issued by the 2nd Circuit Court of [...]
Back to Court on Health Care Challenge
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice We have filed a motion for summary judgment in our federal health care lawsuit, requesting that the trial court rule on the merits in favor of our client and invalidate the new health care law and prevent its enforcement. In our motion, we argue on behalf of all our clients that the [...]
Supreme Court Weighs Tax Credits for Donations to Nonprofit Schools in Arizona
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel San Francisco, CA – Liberty Counsel filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Kathleen M. Winn. The case involves parents that challenged an Arizona school choice law that provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits to taxpayers who make contributions to [...]
International War Tribunal A Joke
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles A fashion model’s flirtatious encounter with an African leader and a washed-out Hollywood actress’s recollection of diamonds delivered in the night headlined at the latest United Nations criminal court tribunal. Created by the famously inept world body to punish political and military leaders who commit [...]
Why Judge Walker Should Have Recused Himself
By Bryan Fischer The ultimate issue in the Prop. 8 case has to do with society’s approval of homosexual conduct, and whether it should be treated as the full moral and legal equivalent of heterosexual conduct. This is an enormous public policy concern, and is extremely controversial. This makes it wholly unlike marital intimacy between a man [...]
Grounds for Impeachment: Robbing Seven Million Americans of Their Right to Vote
By Bryan Fischer Were Judge Vaughn Walker to be impeached, as I believe he should, what would be the grounds? Remember that according to the Constitution, federal judges hold office “during good Behaviour.” The question then is, what constitutes bad behavior, behavior that so violates a judge’s oath of office and his public duty that it [...]
Judicial Watch Statement on Federal Court Decision to Dismiss Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed by “Joe the Plumber”
Liberty Alerts, Judicial Watch Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement today regarding a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to dismiss Judicial Watch’s civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of Joe Wurzelbacher, who is otherwise known as “Joe the Plumber”: The implications of this [...]
California Judge Strikes Down Prop 8 Marriage Amendment
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel San Francisco, CA – Today U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that Proposition 8, defining marriage as the union of one woman and one man in the California Constitution, violates the U.S. Constitution. Every court until today has rejected the argument that there is a “right” [...]
ACLJ Poised to File Court Challenge to Proposed Ground Zero Mosque After NYC Declines to Landmark Historic Building
Liberty Alerts, ACLJ (Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which is representing a New York City firefighter who survived the 9-11 terrorist attacks, said today's vote by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is deeply offensive to many of the victims and families of the 9-11 tragedy. By a vote [...]
Health Care Victory in Virginia
Liberty Alerts, ACLJ There's been an important decision by a federal court in Virginia clearing the way for the Commonwealth of Virginia's lawsuit challenging the health care law to move forward. U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson rejected arguments from the Obama Administration that Virginia has no standing to sue over the law and [...]
