Tag archive for ‘Constitution’
In the end - does Nancy Pelosi decide who’s the next President?
This entire election comes down to the electoral outcome of three states - Colorado, New Hampshire, and Virginia. Virgina’s 13 delegates, New Hampshire’s 4 delegates, and Colorado’s 9 delegates, mean the difference between Obama being elected by 8 delegates, or McCain being elected by 2. Moreover, there is a very distinct possibility that the next [...]
What’s next for Guantanamo?
I spent the majority of my time last week up on Capitol Hill attending a seminar on intelligence operations and Congress. It was a fascinating seminar put on by the people at the Georgetown Institute. These are great courses (and I encourage any policy governmental employees to check them out) because they get members of [...]
America the Beautiful - Happy Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is without question the most important nonsecular holiday in the United States. It is the day we celebrate what is the most successful and important experiment in self-governance in the history of Mankind. No country has been as successful, as powerful, and as advanced as the United States.
For most of us, [...]
Law and Politics: Where is the Supreme Court?
Without question, this term of the Supreme Court has been a roller-coaster. This term, the Supreme Court overturned the Federal sentencing guidelines, empowered 401(k) holders to sue their employers for mismanagement of their retirement funds, ruled that lethal injection was not cruel and unusual punishment, required voters to present ID before voting, struck down a [...]
Death is an appropriate sentence for the rape of a child…
The Supreme Court declared today in Louisiana v. Kennedy that execution is an excessive punishment for child rape, despite the “years of long anguish” for victims. Truly amazing - child rape does not warrant the death penalty.
The court’s 5-4 decision struck down a Louisiana law that allows capital punishment for people convicted of raping children [...]
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