

Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Filibuster
An attempt to declare the filibuster unconstitutional has ended in failure.
An attempt to declare the filibuster unconstitutional has ended in failure.
Based on its recently passed platform, the Democratic Party has given up any pretense of putting civil liberties ahead of “national security.”
What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?
From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.
The history of the DREAM Act underscores the significance of the 60-vote Senate.
Unsurprisingly, the Department of Justice confirms that it supports Marbury v. Madison
The 5th Circuit has demanded a report from the president on his views about the power of the courts.
Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.
Some questions for opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.
Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.
Newt Gingrich last night declared that he would abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
A Federal Judge has blocked a new FDA rule that would have placed these labels on cigarette packaging.
Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.
Last week’s opinions from the Fourth Circuit provide an avenue for the Supreme Court to avoid an early ruling on the individual mandate.
In the book he released last year , Rick Perry advocated far reaching changes to the Constitution.
Stephen Bainbridge has a new e-book out about a 25-year-old Delaware Supreme Court case.
The Netherlands is considering a new animal cruelty law that would effectively ban kosher and halal slaughter practices.
Dennis Kucinich and nine other Members of Congress are suing the President. They won’t get very far.
A very provocative decision on same-sex marriage from an unlikely source.
The challenges to the Affordable Care Act will remain in the Courts of Appeals for now, but they’re still on a pretty fast track.
Once again, President Obama has ignored Candidate Obama’s promises to reign in the Presidential powers assumed by George W. Bush.
The Obama Administration has given up on the idea of trying the September 11th suspects in a civilian court. Considering how much that trial would have perverted the justice system, that’s a good thing.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak responded to mass unrest by cutting off his people from the outside world. Do we really want an American President to have the same power?
The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ends with the Defendant being acquitted on all but one charge, and shows us why the entire process is little more than a show trial.
A Federal Judge in Florida has handed a significant, albeit procedural, victory to the opponents of ObamaCare.
The Obama White House is asserting that the President has the authority to issue assassination orders against American citizens, and that no Court has the authority to review his decision. If that doesn’t worry you, it should.
Taking a short trip back in time via Instapundit’s archives reveals a September 11th post that turned out to be prophetic.
The Obama administration has persuaded the nation’s most liberal appellate court that the executive branch’s right to secrecy trumps the rights of people claiming they were tortured by the United States Government.