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By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyU.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito likely spoke for millions of Americans Wednesday when he decried the strategy, tactics and motives of Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church zealots, who picket military funerals to express their virulent anti-gay views. But on the Court, Justice Alito spoke alone. Related Stories Supreme Court Upholds Westboro Baptist Church's Right to Military Funeral Protests Westboro Church Protestors -- Ignore Them Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funeral of 9-Year-Old Arizona Shooting Victim Bill Would Ban ...
Amid Closings and Cutbacks, a Modest Proposal to Save Our Courts
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyFederal court administrators announced a few weeks ago that they want to help their colleagues in courthouses around the country improve the quality and consistency of judicial websites, which have been notoriously user-unfriendly for years. This is a good step, and a needed one, and I wish court clerks and judicial technology experts everywhere much good luck with the coming transition. Easy, accessible websites are one of the most cost-effective ways in which the courts can remind people of the vital importance of the judiciary in their lives. That goal means more than ever now, at a time ...
Year in Review: Legal Stories We Should Have Heard More About in 2010
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyIn this three-part series, Politics Daily's legal analyst Andrew Cohen takes a look at the year in the law. Part 1 focuses on the 2010's most under-reported legal stories. Part 2 will focus on the year's most over-reported legal stories. And Part 3 will wrap up the year-ender package with a look at major legal events and issues. The Five Most Under-Reported Legal Stories of the Year No. 1: United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's emergence as a conservative firebrand. The year started off with a bang for the 2006 appointee of President George W. Bush when he visibly scoffed at ...
Thanksiving Dinner at the Supreme Court: A Fantasy Feast for the Ears
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe nine learned Americans, six men and three women, six Catholics and three Jews, all of them over 50 and one of them black, sat down for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. They said their prayers, they shook hands, they passed around the food, and then, as is their custom, they took turns speaking. There was no one else in the room. "We have a lot to be thankful for," John said solemnly. "We've survived another year, we've done our work as best we can, we still generally like each other on most days, and the Republic has not fallen apart. It's a shame our brother John, Mr. Stevens, isn't ...
Channeling Glenn Beck, Alito Tries But Fails to Define 'Judicial Activism'
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyU.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. generated a ripple last week when he announced in a speech to the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research that he would likely not attend next January's State of the Union Address. At this year's edition of the venerable speech, you may remember, Justice Alito appeared visibly perturbed when President Barack Obama, standing just a few feet away on Capitol Hill, sharply criticized the Court's 5-4 newly minted ruling in the Citizens United case. That ruling, you also may remember, upset decades of legal precedent limiting the breadth of ...
Supreme Court Ruling Backs Individual Gun Rights
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe U.S. Supreme Court declared Monday that individual gun rights under the Second Amendment apply and may be used to block enforcement of certain restrictive state and local gun control ordinances. By a 5-4 vote along the court's familiar ideological lines, the justices jeopardized two Illinois ordinances and threw hundreds more around the nation into doubt. At the same time, however, the court reiterated its view that lawmakers could continue to impose certain reasonable restrictions on gun ownership and possession. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion in McDonald v. Chicago ...
'Crush' Video Ruling: Another Supreme Court Power Grab
By Bonnie Erbé - Politics DailyMost of the reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to throw out a federal law banning videos of dogfights and other acts of animal cruelty has been over the lopsided 8-1 ruling. The lone dissenter, Justice Samuel Alito, an otherwise fierce conservative ideologue, stood up for animals, as few arch conservatives are prone to do. According to the common wisdom, Justice Alito did so because he owns a dog. I'm not sure of Justice Alito's motivation. Nonetheless, he took a bold stand against the so-called "crush" videos while brandishing his conservative colors by claiming the ban would not ...
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