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In what I consider to be a blow for liberty and fundamental American principles, but which I imagine some of my more conservative readers may not be pleased with, an Oregon District Court judge has ruled two provisions of the Patriot Act unconstitutional… more »

Politico is reporting that Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) "plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with pro… more »

The many liberals, Democrat contenders for the presidency, and Black leaders assailing the recent Supreme Court decision disallowing the use of race alone to assign students to public schools are missing the point…and a very important public policy impli… more »

For the record, the Wall Street Journal disagrees with my view that the recent "enemy combatant" ruling was correct, and they believe it will be overturned: see "Al Qaeda's American Harbor" A bad decision likely to be overturned. Opinion Journal, Ju… more »

In an interesting an important case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (based in Richmond, VA) ruled 2-1 against the indefinite detention in a military prison of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri. You can read the entire decision, as… more »

[This guest posting is my my friend "The Freak", who is an attorney and an expert in Catholicism.] There’s been a tremendous amount of media attention to the recent Supreme Court’s decision of Gonzalez v. Carhart which upheld a federal law banning cer… more »

Last week was a good week for liberty, in particular for our First Amendment freedom of (political) speech. On Thursday, a unanimous Washington State Supreme Court ruled (in a case called San Juan County v. No New Gas Tax) that radio talk show hosts… more »

Yesterday, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote upheld the Federal ban on a particular type of abortion which is usually used in abortions after the first trimester, although it is used infrequently. The vote had exactly who you'd expect to see on each si… more »

Yesterday, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued one of the best and most important rulings I’ve seen from a high court in a long time: It overturned the District of Columbia's ban on owning and registering handguns as unconsti… more »

Everyone should read this and be afraid...very afraid: Let There Be 'Blight' Welcome to the post-Kelo world. BY WILLIAM R. MAURER, Opinion Journal Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST http://www.opinionjournal.com/cc/?id=110009506 more »