To Chief Justice Roberts
We ask the Court to reject the government’s argument and maintain its original landmark decision that the Affordable Care Act was and is constitutional.
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Category: On the Supreme Court
The Bill of Rights and Privacy (Justice Scalia Notwithstanding)
It is not yet clear to me whether the average American should be amused or horrified by the recent statement made by a leading jurist that privacy is not guaranteed in the Constitution, implying that Americans should not assume that they have such a right.
It is prudent to recognize how each amendment anticipates and amplifies the rights found in adjoining amendments and how they in turn reinforce the rights already recognized.
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A Court Gone Berserk
No offense good Americans, but I do believe our beloved Supreme Court has gone berserk! . . . . This is a Court that needs to be reformed and have term limits imposed upon it with terms of no more than a few years per Justice . . . . It’s time to protest this Court and propose substantial changes to its composition and length of appointment. This Court is doing more to destroy the fabric of American democracy than any other institution or social class in recent memory; if we do not stop this Court, it will destroy American democracy!
Read MoreSAME SEX MARRIAGE: THE CALIFORNIA QUESTION
How does one balance the historic right of states to pass laws concerning marriage with the change in public attitudes that is slowly moving toward acceptance of gay marriage, at least according to recent polls? . . . . Meanwhile, another “minority community” has fought its way up from deep beneath the sea of second-class citizenship toward the light of a new and brighter day!
Read MoreVirginia Law Supreme Court 2002
The Court will not entertain as a viable option any proposed limitation on freedom of speech, save that demonstrated to meet the most stringent standards for an “exception to the rule” based on clear constitutional principle . . . . The Klan’s cross-burning in association with violence and crime of this nature is too well documented over the years to become the object of dispute here . . . .To reduce this issue to a legalistic quibble is an insult to the pain and suffering of millions of Americans and their descendants; the Virginia statute is therefore upheld as Constitutional, with the above objections, appendages, and minority reports yet to come, duly noted.
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