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Arnie's Pitch To SCOTUS.
Paco Villa's Corrections blog | December 24th 2009 by Paco Villa
The Governor made his last, best and final pitch to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) with regards to the 9th Circuit's order to the formerly great state of California to dump 44,000 convicted felons onto the streets in the next 30 mont read more
John Duns Scotus · philosophy
Metaphysical Items & Supplies | December 24th 2009 by Metaphysical Items & Supplies
essay first lays out what is known about Scotus’s life and the dating of his works. It then offers an overview of some of his key positions in four main areas of philosophy: natural theology, metaphysics , the theory of knowledge, and ethics an read more
Emmanuel: Born of a God's Love!
Franciscan Life | December 23rd 2009
Image via WikipediaOne of my memories of the novitiate—a long time ago—was that for a period of about six weeks, one of our sisters would come in each Saturday and talk to us about Franciscan spirituality and theology. I have to admit that a lot read more
SCOTUS holds discovery ruling requiring disclosure of privileged…
The California Blog of Appeal | December 22nd 2009 by Greg May
Richard Westfall at Rocky Mountain Appellate Blog wrote up the first SCOTUS opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, in which the unanimous court (with a separate concurrence from Justice Thomas) holds that a disco read more
Scotus’ Ethics
Medievalists.net | December 16th 2009 by Peter Konieczny
Scotus’ Ethics Wolter, O.F.M., Allan B. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 5 (1988) Abstract Scotus’ ethics may be one of the least well known aspects of his philosophy because of the status of the critical Vatican edition. Though work on read more
Morning News, 12/15/09
Immigration Blog | December 15th 2009
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Dems to introduce amnesty 2. Census: prep almost complete 3. SCOTUS to hear drug case 4. CO court strikes investigation 5. Chicago terror probe widens Read more » read more
SCOTUS Blog's Tom Goldstein Has Some Fun With Tiger Woods & W…
Florida Legal Blog | December 15th 2009 by Jeffrey Kuntz
SCOTUS Blog founder and publisher Tom Goldstein posted an apology video having some fun with the White House crashers and the Tiger Woods ordeal. The video was posted at the SCOTUS Blog and is embedded below: read more
Supreme Court rules torture is a ‘foreseeable consequence’
Allison Kilkenny: Unreported | December 15th 2009 by Allison Kilkenny
Image via Wikipedia The Supreme Court has refused to hear a suit seeking accountability for Guantanamo torture. (h/t Digby) SCOTUS received an assist from the Obama White House, which had asked the court not to hear the case. Today, the United S read more
A Different Interpretation on Chrysler
Fear and Greed Blog | December 15th 2009 by Lawrence D. Loeb
There are two other blogs that I've reviewed that have commented on SCOTUS's decision on Chrysler, The Bankruptcy Litigation Blog and Natural Born Citizen. Both are written by attorneys, each of whom has a stake in either, or both, of GM and Chrysler read more
Last Word On Chrysler
Fear and Greed Blog | December 14th 2009 by Lawrence D. Loeb
The Supreme Court of the United States announced a decision on the Indiana Pensioners v. Chrysler on Monday.SCOTUS granted certiorari, vacated the decision of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, and remanded the case to the 2nd Circuit to be dismissed read more
Tiger, Obama, Health Care and Unicorns
The Classic Liberal Blog | December 11th 2009 by theCL
A Magazine Cover Obama Wishes He Wasn’t On Heh. Ten tips Obama can take from Tiger? Where do the jokes even begin with that? Nope. No health insurance for illegal aliens. There aren’t any anymore! Madam Justice Sotomayor: there are no &# read more
Supreme Court passes on the opportunity to rule on Illinois vehic…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog | December 10th 2009
This Chicago criminal lawyer is dismayed, but not surprised, by the SCOTUS ruling in Alverez v. Smith, a Chicago case. I've posted here, here, and here about vehicle forfeiture now comes news that the Supreme Court tosses a case that was routed in d read more
Supreme Court Decision Regarding Arbitration Requirements Under T…
Florida Legal Blog | December 9th 2009 by Jeffrey Kuntz
Also released this week was the United States Supreme Court's decision in Union Pacific R. Co. v. Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Gen. Comm. of Adjustment, Central Region. SCOTUS Blog had the following blurb today: At JURIST is a piece on the read more
Supreme Court Opinion Regarding Challenging Seizure Of Drug Evide…
Florida Legal Blog | December 9th 2009 by Jeffrey Kuntz
This week, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Alvarez v. Smith. The SCOTUS Blog had the following blurb today: JURIST covers yesterday’s decision in Alvarez v. Smith, holding that individuals whose personal property was read more
Supreme Court Reverses Decision That Death Row Inmate's Lawyer Pr…
Florida Legal Blog | December 9th 2009 by Jeffrey Kuntz
This week, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Beard v. Kindler. The SCOTUS Blog had the following blurb today: An AP article published in the Los Angeles Times reports on yesterday’s decision in Beard v. Kindler, which r read more
Siegelman, SCOTUS, and Hon. Services Statute
at-Largely | December 9th 2009 by Larisa Alexandrovna
Don Siegelman discusses his conviction and his efforts to appeal his case to the Supreme Court [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more] read more
SCOTUS To Decide Case Of LGBT Students Excluded From Christian Gr…
International Portal News | December 9th 2009 by Arizona Madong
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of LGBT students barred from membership in a college Christian group. The Christian Legal Society had appealed a lower court's decision to uphold a California university's denial of recognition over anti- read more
Sotomayor Refuses to Give Government Privilege for Me But Not for…
cloud heat understanding land | December 9th 2009 by cloud heat understanding land
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first opinion, released yesterday, is interesting for several reasons. Clarence Thomas was a predictable asshole to her about her opinion. (h/t fatster) It was the first time anyone has used the phrase “undocumen read more
SCOTUS JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR MAKES HER JUDICIAL DEBUT
The Common Progressive | December 9th 2009 by Jason
Justice Sonia Sotomayor made here judicial debut this week. It didn't take long for the newly minted justice to spar with conservative colleague Clarence Thomas over a decision. Although the court voted unanimously in this particular case, Justice read more
December 7-11
Room 167 High School Social Studies | December 8th 2009 by Lea Hansen Mills
Reading:"A Christmas Carol"Oral Reading every dayVocabulary exercisesMovieU.S. HistoryFramework of the Constitution ActivityPreamble, Articles 1-7, Article I, Article II, Article III, Bill of Rights, Amendments 1-27, Civil War Amendments, Voting Rig read more
EPA Finding Gives It Effective Control of the Economy
The Cynical Economist | December 8th 2009
From NRO by Iain Murray The EPA is about to announce that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, something that has in many ways been inevitable since the boneheaded SCOTUS ruling inMass. vs EPA (which essentially found that the Clea read more
Miranda Rights Rewrite Under SCOTUS Review
Outside The Beltway | OTB | December 8th 2009 by James Joyner
The Supreme Court is considering making the Miranda warning more explicit. The Supreme Court on Monday seemed headed toward telling police they must explicitly advise criminal suspects that their lawyer can be present during any interrogation. The ar read more
SCOTUS: Stop the Beach Renourishment
The Eminent Domain Law Blog | December 3rd 2009
As we noted here previously, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the most recent property rights case to go before the bench Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Environmental Protection.This is the first taking read more
Transcript of SCOTUS oral argument available online
The Eminent Domain Law Blog | December 2nd 2009
The Supreme Court has released the unofficial transcript for today's argument in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection. A pdf of the transcript is available here. More to follow once we have had time to rea read more
Tuesday Links
Cato @ Liberty | December 1st 2009
A glimmer of hope for libertarian public policy in the age of Obama: The War on Drugs may be slowly winding down. “The prospects for reform are better than they’ve been in decades.” An overview of religious liberty around the wor read more
SCOTUS upholds Obama regime's coverup of US war crimes
Deep Politics Monitor | December 1st 2009
Miami Herald"The Supreme Court did all it could Monday to lock up forever some incendiary photos that show U.S. soldiers abusing foreign prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yielding to Congress and the White House, justices took the expected but forma read more
SCOTUS today
Latest news | November 30th 2009 by Evillo
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeAs expected, the U.S. Supreme Court today tossed out a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, which had sought to force the Obama administration to release photos depicting the abuse of detainees overseas. After the lawsuit wa read more
SCOTUS today
Latest news | November 30th 2009 by Evillo
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeAs expected, the U.S. Supreme Court today tossed out a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, which had sought to force the Obama administration to release photos depicting the abuse of detainees overseas. After the lawsuit wa read more
What Will The Democrat Congress Do In 2009? Follow Up
Stop The ACLU.Com | November 30th 2009
By request (Vilmar), following up on some predictions I made on November 16, 2008. When I made these, I didn’t realize how little time he would spend actually being The President, instead of a celebrity. So, how’d I do? Some policy decisi read more
Update On The Chicago Gun Rights Case
The Victorious Opposition Blog | November 24th 2009
The petitioners and their amici have filed briefs with the SCOTUS. A lot of material to read through. I’ve been watching the Chicago gun rights case, McDonald v. Chicago, which addresses whether the 2nd Amendment, and hence the Supreme Court’s He read more
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