Antonin Scalia

Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor, which wrongly removed the ability of Congress to define marriage policy in federal law. We also condemn the Supreme Court’s lawless ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which in the words of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, was a “judicial Putsch” full of “silly extravagances” that reduced “the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall (Lopez). Reply 1: Every human being has a right to choose whom they love, build a life with and, be themselves with.…

commonly referred to as the “Court packing plan”, but his attempts were rejected by the Senate. The Supreme Court has remained at nine justices. However, the Court currently has only eight justices and one vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, 2016. President Donald Trump, who is looking to restore the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, met with key senators on Tuesday and promised to unveil his nominee next…

The United States Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the country. The SJC is the most important part of the Judiciary Branch of the United States Government. It is one of three branches that make up the Government, the others being the Executive Branch (President) and the Legislative Branch (House of Representatives and the Senate). It rules on very specific federal court cases that come up from the appellate courts from around the country. Unlike the other appellate courts, the…

WOOSTER — A meeting with U.S. House Republicans and Vice President-elect Mike Pence has two area congressmen feeling upbeat about the new administration’s priorities. Republicans Bob Gibbs (Lakeville) and Jim Renacci (Wadsworth) were among those attending a meeting with Pence, who said President-elect Donald Trump wants to make sure his administration keeps its promises made to Americans during the presidential campaign. “It was a good meeting,” said Gibbs, whose 7th Congressional District…

The Government violated DLK’s Fourth Amendment rights. They did not get a warrant to do search and seizure on DLK’s property. DLK should not be convicted of growing marijuana in his home because the technology that the Government used goes against the five senses rule, the device (thermal imager) that they used in not open for use in the general public, and last, DLK had an expectation of privacy in his own house. One reason that DLK’s Fourth Amendment right were violated is because the thermal…

issues, particularly abortion, and Trump campaigned on being pro-life and promised he would nominate a pro-life justice. He ended up with selecting Judge Neil Gorsuch, a character similar in ideology to the one he is replacing, Antonin Scalia. It should be noted that Scalia shared pro-life ideology and it was important that Trump nominated a pro-life person. Gorsuch is assumed to share similar beliefs, but he had never publicly made a comment on abortion. According to CNN’s Ariane de Vogue…

On the opposing side of this argument is those who steadfastly defend video games. At this time all the research has failed to show a definite link to between violence in the world and video games. Instead they argue that any correlation can be explained by them being drawn to violent entertainment. At a very young age, kids are introduced to violence. It can be found everywhere. If the violent video games cause kids to commit crimes, then why has the juvenile crime rates significantly decreased…

Did you know that “The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000 guns, which is the highest total and per capita(by or for each individual person) number in the world? 22% of Americans own one or more guns (35% of men and 12% of women)” The problem with guns is not the gun themselves is the regulations that follow them. There are so many different gun regulations such as magazine capacity restriction and much more. although they are different in every state they still…

Jeff Cowen Mr. Fenster AP Government and Politics 2 March 2015 The Ever-Changing Constitution: The Philosophy of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Stephen Breyer was born to Jewish parents in San Francisco, California on August 15, 1938. He attended Stanford, Oxford, Magdalen, and Harvard Law. After graduating law school, Breyer clerked for Justice Arthur Goldberg. Breyer taught law at schools including Harvard Law, his alma mater, and he gained valuable attention and respect. Such recognition…

The seat was left open with the death of Antonin Scalia during the final year of former President Obama’s second term in office. The senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and the senate republicans prevented a vote on former President Obama’s nomination. The action paid off with the election of…