I have to say, it didn’t take Chicago Mayor Richard Daley very long after he learned his handgun ban would be overturned by the courts. The Supreme Court handed down it’s decision on Monday, June 28 and on July 1, he is already proposing a new gun ordinance for his city. From everything that...
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After what seems to have been a long prelude, President Obama’s latest nominee to the Supreme Court finally gets her “day in court”, beginning today. Elena Kagan goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee in what is sure to be a set of contentious hearings. Several Republican Senators have already voiced their opposition to her...
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I have held off writing about the progress of campaign finance reform as it wormed it’s way through Congress. Considering  the passage of the DISCLOSE Act by the House of Representatives yesterday, maybe it’s time to weigh in on the subject. The vote was as close as we have all came to expect from...
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Do we have any football fans here? I know of one for sure and that would be my brother, Gary. Mention the Dallas Cowboys or the Oklahoma Sooners and he can probably tell you just about anything you need to know. It’s not much of a secret that professional sports is a big business....
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The Supreme Court issued two decisions on Monday that I find quite surprising and disturbing. Ordinarily I would write up each case separately but the first, involving the decision to allow to stand a law allowing the federal government to extend the “civil commitment” of sex offenders, was handled extremely well here by Steve...
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One of the most lasting legacies a President can leave this country is in who he nominates to the Supreme Court. Some who hold the office never get the chance to do so and it has been 15 years since a Democratic President nominated someone to the high court. Now, in the span of...
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Back in January we managed a pretty civil dialogue on new gun laws enacted in New Hampshire so given some recent developments I thought it was time to renter the murky waters of the Second Amendment while doing my best to avoid the quicksand. There are three things I thought I’d touch upon –...
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Isaiah has already written a very good article about the nomination to the Supreme Court President Obama is about to make. While he focused on the way the Court works, in conjunction to the Executive and Legislative branches of our government, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the nomination...
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When the foundations of the US Government were laid, three branches were established: The Executive, The Legislative, and The Judicial branches. The Executive branch makes sure the laws of the US are obeyed, it is headed up by the President(he has more duties of course, but for the sake of brevity…). The Legislative branch...
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MCDONALD V. CHICAGO This is a story that has failed to catch the attention of a lot of Americans. That is understandable, given the debate over health care reform and the other political news of the day, but it is important, nonetheless. In 2008, the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. came before the...
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