Funny that you bring the UK into it, seeing as how Britain's policies directly led to our Second Amendment...
Um, while denuclearization is wonderful, that doesn't correlate to ceasing to sponsor terrorism. There's something missing here.
I'm okay with that.
I absolutely agree with you Denny that when someone uses a gun to commit a crime, he has precisely inverted the right, and should be punished...
^ Except that they can't outlaw guns absent a Constitutional Amendment, no matter what anyone believes should be the case.
The Opinion is something of a tour de force for Justice Scalia - and it looks like he had Justice Stevens at a disadvantage, considering that the...
The Court got it right!!! It is only fitting that Justice Scalia wrote the Opinion, which I intend to read at my leisure.
^ The support Israel wants from the US is largely political, not military personnel.
Agree with it (or him) or not, this was the right move for him to make if he wants to be elected - and not considered merely a far-left pandering...
^ And yet the Stevens faction will do precisely that... It all hinges upon (ugh) Kennedy...
Some interesting analysis: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>An Analysis of Israel’s Explicit Threat to Strike Iran By Sean...
For the Court to make such a ruling based on a perceived 'national consensus' and 'evolving standards of decency' is ridiculous, but the dissent sets...
Can't argue against the ruling, though the concurrences have some interesting differences. The Opinion is up:...
^ Two young cats are more than enough for me, at present.
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^ It is true that every shade of gray comes into play in a case like this (or <u>Kelo</u>). Nor is it, in fact, the area of Constitutional Law for...
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Incidentally, has anyone else read Judge Posner's take on Kelo? He's the brain to pick if one wants analysis separate from jurisprudential leanings.
^ Are you saying John Yoo was wrong?
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Separate names with a comma.