AP is reporting today that the Senate rejected expanded background checks, ostensibly making the pushes for gun control regulations following Sandy Hook dead. I was under the impression that in the early 90’s the NRA supported universal background checks. Apparently, those facts were skewed by Joe Biden. I did a little research on the Republican platform on Gun …
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Before oral argument started for Hollingsworth v. Perry yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down it’s decision in Florida v. Jardines. The crux of the decision is this: a warrant is required when law enforcement use drug-sniffing dogs on a citizen’s property. The true question before the court was whether or not a “dog sniff” obtained by …
Continue reading Warrant Required for Drug-Sniffing DogLanguage 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 MarriageToday the Supreme Court heard two oral arguments. One, Bowman v. Monsanto, I covered last week. The other, Millbrook v. U.S. was argued this morning and is about whether the Federal government waives sovereign immunity for intentional torts committed by security guards. Millbrook was an inmate at Lewisberg Federal Prison. While incarcerated, Millbrook alleged in a complaint that he …
Continue reading Police Brutality and the Supreme Court, Oral Argument over Oral SexIn January, the Supreme Court ruled that Superior Court Judges cannot issue wiretap warrants outside their respective judicial circuits. The General Assembly, as they are want to do, are attempting to circumvent the ruling of the Supreme Court by legislative action. Yesterday the Georgia House of Representatives voted on House Bill 55. By 48 to …
Continue reading Hide Your Secrets From Yourself – Georgia General Assembly Broadens Scope of WiretappingNext week the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of Bowman v. Monsanto. The argument is that when a farmer plants a genetically altered seed, grows a crop, harvests the crop, and collects the seeds from the harvested crop, he should have a right to plant those harvested seeds without paying the patent-holder a …
Continue reading Food and Thoughts – SCOTUS Sorts out Monsanto’s Suit Against FarmerTrump sued Maher this week. The complaint arises out of Maher demanding that Trump prove his mother isn’t an orangutan. This of course, to sensible people, is a mockery or parody of Trump’s “birther” argument. It’s a silly battle between comedians, whether or not Trump is willing to admit he’s a clown. Ridiculousness of the …
Continue reading Trump Should Fire Lawyer For Suit Against MaherTHE 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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