In June, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, D.C. v. Heller. So far, the victory hasn't turned out exactly as the gun rights folks had hoped.
The cases won't go anywhere but that's less important than the attention, publicity, and mischief making that the frivolous Obama hounders can cause.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. He's on solid ground, and he can take comfort in modern Texas political history, odd as that may seem.
Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.
The harebrained lawsuit demanding disclosure whether President elect Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen or not was laughed out of New Jersey courts in...
Now that gun confiscation is off the table, maybe we can start finding some areas of agreement that will help make us all safer.
The Roberts Court might not just be moving in the wrong direction, but in a direction that presents a direct threat to the rule of law and our very democracy.
Because of the Supreme Court decision, the gun violence prevention debate has shifted from the extremes to the middle.
There are some striking similarities between the Heller decision and Bush v. Gore. In both cases, the Court articulates a "new" right to be recognized by the Courts.
Last week a mix of water and sanitation experts gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden to mull over the world's biggest public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people paid attention.
In the interest of saving America from bin Laden, we have shown a terrifying willingness to strip away more and more of the founding virtues that make America worth saving in the first place.
For the Supreme Court not to have liberal justices within its inner counsels undermines the Court's mission and leaves it intellectually crippled. It is flying on one wing.
Instead of being a beacon of pride for young black kids that, like him, might have been raised in poverty, he is an embarrassment.
Incredibly, the responsibility for creating lethal injection procedures is often delegated to prison employees without discussion, meaningful study, or oversight by elected representatives.
Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.
The irony that the same Mormon religion that has battled for the rights of the polygamous was at the forefront of Prop 8 aside, the Supreme Court ruled in Reynolds v. United States that the law of the land superseded the mores of a religion.
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Remember that old horror movie series, where the psychotic killer, who ran around in a hockey mask, kept reappearing, even though everyone thought he was gone for good? Well, that is an apt metaphor for the GOP/neo-con way of thinking.
Before everyone becomes to content and self-congratulatory, please remember that in California (California!) the gay marriage Proposition 8 law passed with a simple majority. Folks, the U.S. is still right of center enough to provide hope for the Repuglicans.
Well-said.
A while back, The Economist magazine remarked that the Republican party had fashioned itself as the "white trash pride" party. As you so perfectly put it, the GOP is now absurdly out of touch with most of the country. And I might add, the world.
Well-written assertions that are astutely supported.
I think 17% of those white bean-counting Democrats in Congress should put their money where their mouth is and resign their seat to black people, cause apparently that's the standard of qualification: whether or not you represent a parity of pigments.
Nice analysis Paul,
good read.
Thaqnks, Ambivalent guy - I'm posting the article to my blog and your reasoned comment is excellent - Peace.
It's nice to see the decline of the
Dixiecrats and the GOP in the South.
Fortunately (and unfortunately) i believe that
the White Christian program of social engineering
will continue to be a focus of the GOP.
It's hard not to think of the GOP as a hate group right now,
especially with the quality of conservative punditry available.
Thank you. We might have much to discuss.
Would you mind giving a link to your blog?
I couldn't sort it out from th