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As much of the country rejoices in the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, others are shaking their heads. This second group has bothered to read Sotomayor’s statements and decisions, a record that not only should disqualify her as a justice of the nation’s highest court but also preclude her acceptance [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Best Of the Web, Judicial Activism, Obama Presidency, Rule of Law at 10:27 AM UTC
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I was going to write my own piece on Barack Obama’s Supreme Court appointee, Sonia Sotomayor, but the following video, and the article by Donald Wildmon, say it all. Judge Sotomayor is a racist who, by her own admission, will not render judgments based on law but on her “experiences as a woman and [person] of [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Best Of the Web, Judicial Activism, Obama Presidency, Rule of Law, Video at 2:40 PM UTC
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Overturning decades of legal precedent, a bitterly divided United States Supreme Court today gave aid and comfort to the enemy by declaring unconstitutional a 2006 law stripping “Guantanamo prisoners of the right to file so-called habeas corpus petitions,” reported Bloomberg news today. Justices John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter supported Anthony Kennedy’s opinion [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Judicial Activism, Rule of Law, War on Terror at 2:12 PM UTC
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The California State Supreme Court yesterday ended the state’s ban on marriages between couples of the same sex. The 4 to 3 vote is receiving widely differing responses. Homosexual groups and supporters are expressing emotions bordering on euphoria, but traditional marriage proponents are vowing to continue the fight with a ballot issue this November. Leaving [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Ethics, Judicial Activism, Rule of Law at 3:12 PM UTC
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”So, just what is a conservative anyway? Is it true conservatives don’t want anything to change?” My questioner, a pleasant enough young CPA, along with his wife and six other people my wife and I didn’t know, were seated together as guests at a mutual friend’s 25th wedding anniversary celebration. The small talk had turned to politics, and as is my [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Illegal Immigration, Rule of Law at 4:36 PM UTC
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Rule of Law is fundamental to an egalitarian society, and, like Individual Liberty and Limited Government, a recent addition to the political scene. Rule by Man has held sway over most of humanity for most of history. For millennia, law was created by small ruling elites — often one man — who could [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Core Values, Rule of Law at 12:27 PM UTC
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