THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION The national debate on immigration and immigration reform has reached a pinnacle point in the American political process. Since Barack Obama modified the procedures for deportation of immigrants to the United States, Ten ICE agents filed suit, an election season was littered with accusations of amnesty, insensitivity, and racism, …
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A bit more than a month ago, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in T-Mobile South, LLC v City of Roswell. The rule of law is accredited doubly: when denying cell phone towers, localities must provide “reasons” for the the tower was denied, reasons which are “simply clear enough to enable judicial review”; and that …
Continue reading “For those who consider legislative history relevant…”Welcome back to the David Dorer Show! This week is the “Neutrality – The Net, Politics, and the Media” Edition where we will discuss the overwhelming vote by the EU in favor of Net Neutrality, the consequences of the McCutheon v. FEC Decision, and the varied ways in which the media reports the new job numbers. …
Continue reading David Dorer Show: Neutrality – The Net, Politics, and the MediaListen Live at 6PM TODAY! CALL IN 478-227-3879! This week is all about sequels! We have resident David Dorer Show financial analyst Helmet Smith to discuss the financial consequences of the government shutdown and the looming fiscal cliff 2.0. Then, my panel (T-Bone, E, and Nixrilla) will discuss the Dumb Greek Life Emails 2.0, Government Shutdown 2.0, and Citizens United …
Continue reading David Dorer Show – The Electric Boogaloo EditionConservatives are upset following the admission of IRS Commissioner Steve Miller that the department intentionally targeted businesses with “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in their name during the 2012 tax year. Marco Rubio even called for Miller’s resignation. The President apologized for the conduct of the administration, sort of. And, of course, Mark Levin is taking credit …
Continue reading IRS Targets Tea Party — Or… Does Its Job.Since Mapp v. Ohio, the United States Supreme Court has held that evidence obtained as a result of a violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in any criminal prosecution of a defendant. This is called the exclusionary rule, and it encompasses both the “primary evidence obtained as a direct result of an illegal search …
Continue reading An Invalid Stop Can Still Lead to Admissible Evidence?“Financial markets in the United States are the largest and most liquid in the world.” Which makes sense. After becoming back-to-back World War Champs, America set up the system of international finance that endures to this day. Except that we’re no longer on the gold standard (this is an argument for another piece). You would think …
Continue reading We’re too big to fail, so you’re too small for us to careIn the most aggressive criminal motion I have ever seen in my life, (and I’ve challenged the constitutionality of the move over law in traffic courts), a criminal defendant in California is challenging the constitutionality of the scheduling of marijuana as a schedule I narcotic. A hearing was held on the motion, which is …
Continue reading Hearing on Schedule Classification of MarijuanaLanguage is what bogs down our country’s people’s road to freedom, liberty, and uniform rights. This is why “separate but equal” was the law of the land until 1954 when it was declared “inherently unequal.” The law that African Americans used to achieve their accomplishments in the civil rights movement is the same law that …
Continue reading An Argument of Language – Hollingsworth v. Perry, SCOTUS and Gay Marriage