Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=55664As the third branch of government, the politics of the judiciary are often underappreciated. When laws ar poorly written, it is often up to judges to sort it out. Other times, judges invent laws they wish were on the books. They risk their lives just by hearing cases. In many ways judges can be view...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5566438013210TimFHHS Anti-Conscience Mandate: Challengers Get Federal Appellate Court Victory Dominique Ludvigson December 3, 2012 at 3:56 pm A family-owned business with religious objections to the conscience-crushing Obamacare mandate got a temporary reprieve last week. A three-judge panel of the Eighth C...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289543716/16/2013 8:07:53 AMgreatplains_guyOn judges, President Obama forgets his Senate votes June 6, 2013 | 9:00 pm The issue of judicial nominations causes an outbreak of hypocrisy in both political parties, and President Obama isn't immune. In fact, he seems to have come down with a particularly bad case lately. On Tuesday, the president went to the Rose ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289416206/9/2013 1:07:38 AMTimF Prosecutor in Zimmerman case tried to hide evidence At some point when does this hiding of evidence and other games go to far (see several stories here)? From the Miami Herald: A court employee who retrieved photos and deleted text messages from Trayvon Martin's cellphone has...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289247795/31/2013 12:14:57 AMTimFFirst Circuit Rules That Police Need a Warrant to Search A Cell Phone Incident to Arrest Orin Kerr • May 17, 2013 4:26 pm I’ve blogged a few times about the substantial lower court division on whether the police can search a seized cell phone incident to arrest without a warrant under the Fourth Amendment. Today t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289059225/20/2013 11:55:12 PMgreatplains_guyThomas Perez Makes a Deal How Obama’s Labor nominee made a Supreme Court case disappear May 27, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 35 By TERRY EASTLAND On November 7, 2011, the Supreme Court decided to hear Magner v. Gallagher, a case about racial discrimination in housing. Oral argument was scheduled for February 29, 2012. But short...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289040355/20/2013 12:27:55 AMTimFMust Public Schools Collect Dues for Public School Employee Unions? Jonathan H. Adler • May 15, 2013 11:23 pm Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided an interesting case concerning the collection of union dues for public school employees in Michigan. In Bailey v. Callaghan, a divided p...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288992865/16/2013 8:28:32 PMTimFNew Prenda letter threatens to tell neighbors about porn accusations Sprawling case may be porn troll's "last stand," but it looks massive. by Joe Mullin - May 13 2013, 4:00pm CDT Despite the fact that four of the lawyers linked to porn-trolling enterprise Prenda Law have been forwarded to crimi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288923885/13/2013 10:09:53 PMPeter DierksPigford Forever A Massive Obama Administration Con By The Editors April 29, 2013 4:00 AM At the time of his premature death, the great provocateur Andrew Breitbart was more than a year into a grinding crusade to bring attention to a little-known class-action settlement called Pigford, which had begun with plausi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288643044/29/2013 10:51:40 AMgreatplains_guySupreme Court's Stephen Breyer Falls Off Bike, Breaks Shoulder It's his third major accident By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Apr 27, 2013 3:14 PM CDT (Newser) – One of Stephen Breyer's Supreme Court clerks might gently suggest that it's time to put away the bike: Breyer broke his shoulder today after taking a s...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288629714/28/2013 11:05:30 AMTimFYouTube still protected under DMCA, says Judge, Viacom sent packing By Sean Buckley posted Apr 18th, 2013 at 6:50 PM 0 YouTube trends may have changed over the last few years, but the company's legal standing hasn't: according to a federal judge, the DMCA still protects the ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288481054/20/2013 10:25:42 AMgreatplains_guyThe Clock Ticks on Racial Preferences The Supreme Court may soon rule that universities cannot anymore use race as a factor in admissions—some 15 years sooner than Justice O'Connor predicted in 2003. March 28, 2013, 6:02 p.m. ET. By JAMES TARANTO It has been a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the University...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288056153/28/2013 11:56:37 PMPeter DierksPolygamists are waiting for the ok from the SCOTUS. If they issue a ruling favorable to HBTs it may open the door for HBTPs. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288040103/28/2013 10:54:07 AMTimFThis article makes a better argument than the last one IMO. It addresses the legal arguments more directly rather than saying "you can't prove it won't cause harm, so we can't allow it'.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288038913/28/2013 9:54:53 AMTimF The conclusions in the research literature typically amount at best to claims that a particular study found "no evidence" of bad effects from child rearing by same-sex couples. One could just as easily say that there is no reliable evidence that such child-rearing practices are beneficial or harmless. And that is ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288038863/28/2013 9:52:57 AMPeter DierksAmanda Knox—Tabloid Sensation, Global Legal Bellwether Transnational law and the convicted, acquitted, now un-acquitted defendant.. By ALAN DERSHOWITZ March 27, 2013, 8:19 p.m. ET Italy's highest court may have begun a diplomatic and legal tug of war with the United States on Tuesday when it reversed the 2011 acqui...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288038493/28/2013 9:38:56 AMPeter Dierks'Til the Supreme Court Do Us Part The Justices are rightly wary of redefining marriage for 50 states.. March 27, 2013, 7:40 p.m. ET The Supreme Court wrapped up its second day of oral argument on a pair of gay marriage cases Wednesday, and Justices on the left and right seemed genuinely discomfited by the radicalism...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288038423/28/2013 9:35:46 AMPeter DierksA Social Experiment Without Science Behind It Advocates of same-sex marriages can't back up claims about positive long-term effects. . Updated March 26, 2013, 8:39 p.m. ET By Nelson Lund The Supreme Court is hearing two cases this week that represent a challenge to one of the oldest and most fundamental institutions...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288016513/27/2013 9:07:13 AMPeter DierksThe Economic Truth About Lying How much money could be saved if perjurers feared being held accountable for their words? March 25, 2013, 7:06 p.m. ET By MATTHEW L. LIFFLANDER Every day, in courtrooms across America, crimes are committed in front of judges and juries. The crime is perjury, intentionally giving false...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287997623/26/2013 8:29:50 AMgreatplains_guySupreme Court May Put an End to Government's Raisin Takings The justices consider an "outdated" New Deal-era farm control law. Baylen Linnekin | March 23, 2013 Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Horne v. USDA. I watched the case in person at the Supreme Court—the first time ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287951173/23/2013 9:37:10 AMPeter DierksThe Constitution and Same-Sex Marriage Next week the Supreme Court will be asked to decide an issue in an area in which it has said it has no jurisdiction.. Updated March 21, 2013, 7:37 p.m. ET By MICHAEL MCCONNELL For most Americans, the Supreme Court cases being heard on Tuesday and Wednesday next week are about ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287929603/22/2013 8:32:30 AMTimFFifth Circuit Strikes Down Casket Sales Limit on Rational Basis Grounds Eugene Volokh • March 20, 2013 4:44 pm The decision is St. Joseph Abbey v. Castille (5th Cir. Mar. 20, 2013), and it strikes down “rules issued by the Louisiana Board of Funeral Directors granting funeral homes an exclusive right to sell cask...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287904833/21/2013 7:51:32 AMgreatplains_guyThe Talented Mr. Perez How Obama's Labor nominee muscled a city to drop a Supreme Court case. March 18, 2013, 7:28 p.m. ET. President Obama nominated Thomas Perez on Monday to run the Labor Department, praising him as "a consensus-builder" who passed the nation's "first statewide living-wage law" in Maryland. That i...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287861673/18/2013 10:10:08 PMgreatplains_guySupreme Court could force President Obama to act on voting rights February 27, 2013 | 6:00 pm The Supreme Court on Wednesday cast doubt on a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 intended to ensure there's no racial discrimination at the polls, and President Obama is already suggesting he may seek new federal e...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287510702/27/2013 11:50:32 PMgreatplains_guySupreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Challenge: Constitutional Clash of Titans Shannon Goessling Feb 17, 2013 In late February, the United States Supreme Court will consider a case that invokes American history, constitutional meaning, and the realities of present-day voting in a large portion of our nation. Shelby C...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287437142/24/2013 1:03:48 PMPeter DierksFix the Law to Fix America By Robert Potts February 22, 2013 Federal law is a confused mess. Under the fog of that confusion, new laws are written that expand, duplicate, and complicate government. Since reading the law is nearly impossible for the average citizen, we rely on the "explanation" from Washington ins...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287404462/22/2013 9:19:34 AMPeter DierksBeyond the Limits of the Constitution A leading liberal law professor abandons the Constitution in the name of understanding it. Damon W. Root from the March 2013 issue America’s argument over the meaning of its Constitution started before the document was even ratified. Between October 1787 and May 1788, Alexander Ha...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287403932/22/2013 8:53:05 AMgreatplains_guySupreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Challenge: Constitutional Clash of Titans Shannon Goessling Feb 17, 2013 In late February, the United States Supreme Court will consider a case that invokes American history, constitutional meaning, and the realities of present-day voting in a large portion of our nation. Shelby C...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287310932/17/2013 10:36:13 AMTimFThe Third Circuit is wrong: RFRA protects corporations, without any carve-out of for-profit corporations from its protections February 9, 2013 by Kevin C. Walsh A split panel of the Third Circuit recently joined the minority of federal courts that have denied preliminary injunctive relief to for-...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287220882/12/2013 6:51:53 PMTimFUS Attorney Carmen Ortiz May Appeal Carswell Forfeiture Case Ilya Somin • January 28, 2013 10:45 am The Boston Herald reports that controversial US Attorney Carmen Ortiz may be planning to appeal her trial court defeat in United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, the highly abusive asset forfeiture case I blogg...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286940111/29/2013 3:17:20 PMTimFProperty Owners Prevail in Important Asset Forfeiture Case Ilya Somin • January 25, 2013 3:02 pm A federal district court in Massachusetts has ruled in favor of the property owners in United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, an important asset forfeiture case. This is the case where the federal government sou...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286939421/29/2013 2:46:04 PMPeter DierksCourt Finds NLRB Unconstitutional, NLRB Ignores Court & Constitution January 26, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield [graphic] Who needs a document written by some old dead white guys anyway? Certainly not the lawyer for a mobbed-up union appointed unconstitutionally by Obama to act as the hatchet man for the unions. Forget ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286931251/29/2013 9:09:13 AMgreatplains_guyDOJ Seeks to Stall JW Lawsuit Seeking Access to Fast and Furious Records January 17, 2013 Judicial Watch Files Brief Opposing Government Stonewalling: Justice Department “has disparaged the public’s right to request records of its government” (Washington, DC) –Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a brief o...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286882991/25/2013 10:55:23 PMTimFMay Plaintiff Cut off a Poor Defendant’s Appeal, by Having the Sheriff Sell off Defendant’s Right to Appeal?Eugene Volokh • January 11, 2013 3:12 am That is the question I’m facing with the latest twist in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, a pro bono First Amendment case that I’m litigating before the Ninth Circ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286778361/21/2013 2:25:14 PMPeter DierksSupreme Court to hear case on Obama's alleged forged documents By: Marv Dumon January 10, 2013 On Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court scheduled a case brought on by Orly Taitz which calls into question Barack Hussein Obama's eligibility to be president of the United States. Dr. Taitz, a lawyer f...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286671281/16/2013 9:56:20 AMgreatplains_guyFederal Government Loses Big in Supreme Court Property Rights Case Damon W. Root Dec. 4, 2012 12:08 pm The federal government suffered a major defeat today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. In their unanimous decision, the justices rejected the government’s sw...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2859431612/9/2012 11:24:51 PMgreatplains_guyFighting Obama’s Next Supreme Court Nominee By Ed Whelan November 8, 2012 2:55 P.M. In the wake of President Obama’s re-election, there are a lot of articles about Obama’s possible opportunity to transform the Supreme Court during his second term. That possibility is a very real one, as I’ve discussed. I’m surprised...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2853499711/8/2012 11:03:07 PMTimFVictory for the Monks in Federal Court of Appeals Restricting Right to Sell Caskets Was Either Unconstitutional or an Egregious Abuse of Power Unauthorized by Louisiana Law ij.org  newmarksdoor.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2853472611/8/2012 8:44:07 PMgreatplains_guyD.C. Circuit Breakers Liberals try to intimidate judges who review regulation. November 6, 2012, 6:49 p.m. ET. Federal regulators have been watching in horror as some of their best-laid rules are overturned in court. You might think the sensible response would be to rewrite those rules to comport with the law. Inst...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2852861511/7/2012 1:47:22 AMTimFRe: Libertarian Law Professors and Presidential Candidates Jonathan H. Adler • October 25, 2012 9:13 am I think David is absolutely correct in his post below that judicial appointments are a big issue for most libertarian-leaning law professors, and on this issue Republican presidents (and their judicial nominee...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2850172910/26/2012 1:13:21 PMTimFSeventh Circuit Blocks Indiana Law Defunding Planned Parenthood Jonathan H. Adler • October 23, 2012 10:51 pm The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed aspects of a district court injunction against an Indiana law barring Planned Parenthood from participating in Medicaid. The opinion, written by...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2850169810/26/2012 1:03:17 PMTimFMagistrate Judge Denies Court Order Application for Cell Tower Dumps Orin Kerr • October 23, 2012 10:39 pm The decision is In re U.S. ex rel. Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 2703(d), 2012 WL 4717778 (S.D. Tex. September 26, 2012) (Owlsey, M.J),, and it rejects an application under the Stored Communications Act...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2850169110/26/2012 1:02:28 PMTimFE = mc^2 + 50 Eugene Volokh • October 17, 2012 9:55 pm Where did he get that 50, you ask? Well you might. Lawyers ask similar questions when judges making common law or constitutional law draw numerical lines, though sometimes there are plausible answers to such questions. Hebrew University of Jerusalem v. Gene...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2850157210/26/2012 12:40:30 PMTimFNo, the Officer Doesn’t Have to Announce the Offense When He Makes An Arrest (UPDATE: Although Some State Laws May Require Such Notice) Orin Kerr • September 26, 2012 11:28 pm This video of columnist Mona Eltahawy being arrested after she vandalized a subway advertisement and spray-painted a woman in her way bri...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284382769/27/2012 6:19:04 PMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284334909/25/2012 6:37:30 PMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284334849/25/2012 6:32:52 PMPeter DierksDoes Government Have the Right to Mislead? When Government Distorts the Truth by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) Is the state violating the First Amendment rights of tobacco companies? September 4, 2012 The past sever...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283879879/6/2012 8:40:54 AMTimFThe Zombie Cases: Why Defending Employment Lawsuits Can Be So Expensive ctemploymentlawblog.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283177058/6/2012 1:41:03 PMTimFCourt Rebuffs Labor Dept. On Sales Rep Overtime The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday delivered a strong rebuff to the Obama administration’s effort to broaden the reach of federal labor laws, rej...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283176288/6/2012 1:01:16 PMTimFJudge: Netflix can be sued for streaming uncaptioned films by Walter Olson on June 25, 2012 As I note in a new Cato post, a judge ruled last week that Netflix is a “public accommodation” and can be sued for not offering closed captioning on all its streamed films for the convenience of deaf customers. (...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283162768/5/2012 3:35:56 PMgreatplains_guyThe Real Reason John Roberts Upheld ObamaCare? By Selwyn Duke July 10, 2012 It's now well-established that Chief Justice John Roberts had ulterior motives for upholding ObamaCare. The usual theories involve his being concerned about the Court's, or maybe even his own, losing respect by seeming to operate in a part...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282586827/11/2012 2:01:43 AM