Category Archives: JURISPRUDENCE

MAYBE IT IS TIME TO PUT THE “POOR WEE THING” THAT IS THE U.S. CONSTITUTION OUT OF ITS MISERY

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! June 28, 2013 4:30 PM The Simulacrum of Self-Government We might as well put the Constitution out of its misery. By Mark Steyn THE NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE   Wednesday, June 26, 2013 — just another day in a constitutional … Continue reading →

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SHARIA AND SAME-SEX ‘MARRIAGE’

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! More than 500 imams join unprecedented protest over gay marriage     I can take no comfort in the realization that all of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s pro-LGBT majority opinions (Sullivan, Lawrence, Doma, etc.) will mean nothing in the long … Continue reading →

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“WELL IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE,” NO IT COULD NOT, IT ONLY DELAYED THE INEVITABLE

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! MARRIAGE AND JUSTICE ARE WOUNDED, BUT NOT FATALLY June 27, 2013 Matthew J. Franck http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/06/marriage-and-justice-wounded-but-not-fatally You know that someone has bad news to relate when he begins by saying, “well, it could have been worse.” That is what the … Continue reading →

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THE PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR REQUIRES US TO AVOID HARMING THE POOR WHILE TRYING TO HELP THE POOR

Posted on June 21, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! A Compassionate Case Against the Immigration Bill June 20, 2013 Pete Spiliakos http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/06/a-compassionate-case-against-the-immigration-bill?utm_source=Newsletter+6-21-13&utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a news release in support of the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal. The problem is that the Gang of Eight … Continue reading →

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TEXAS IS ABOUT TO FACE ANOTHER CRISIS IN ITS HEALTH CARE

Posted on April 8, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! The Legislature of the State of Texas meets every two years and 2013 is going to see the Legislature wrestle with a lot of issues that concern different groups.  In the months when the Legislature is not in session … Continue reading →

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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ERIC HOLDER?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Columnist Andrew McCarthy gives us what probably is the most important question regarding the upcoming presidential election.   If Mitt wins the nomination, I will enthusiastically support his candidacy. For my friends who have hesitation on that score, I’d … Continue reading →

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GOD BLESS JUSTICES SCALIA, KENNEDY, THOMAS AND ALITO

Posted on July 7, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Cite as: 567 U. S. ____ (2012)    1 SCALIA, KENNEDY, THOMAS, and ALITO, JJ., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ Nos. 11–393, 11–398 and 11–400 _________________ NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, ET AL., PETITIONERS 11–393    v. KATHLEEN … Continue reading →

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MEET JOHN ROBERTS, POLITICIAN

Posted on July 7, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS HAS CREATED THE ONLY TAX IN U.S. HISTORY THAT EXCEEDS ITS OWN CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS !!!! A VAST NEW TAXING POWER The Chief Justice’s ObamaCare ruling is far from the check on Congress of right-left myth. … Continue reading →

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IF ONE ARMY IS SHOOTING BLANKS, AND THE OTHER IS USING LIVE AMMUNITION, THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE IS EASY TO PREDICT

Posted on July 6, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! On The News Chief Justice Roberts and his conservative defenders: too clever by half By Phil Lawler July 05, 2012 10:53 AM http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=924     In the week that has passed since the stunning Supreme Court decision on Obamacare … Continue reading →

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A STROLL IN THE LAND OF THE SOPHISTS

Posted on July 3, 2012 by abyssum

!!!!   The seduction of a chief justice By Wesley Pruden | July 3, 2012 The much-anticipated operation was a brilliant success, but the patient died. Courtesy United States Mission Geneva Chief Justice John Roberts is a clever surgeon, and he … Continue reading →

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