The Supreme Court is not expected to rule on the U.S. healthcare law's contentious individual mandate for another three months.
But that did not stop partisans on both sides of the political battle from claiming - or at least trying to salvage - an early victory in the court of public opinion on Tuesday...
The United States Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a Bronx church’s appeal of a city ban on holding worship services in public schools...
Long but very good clip of a Boston Legal case being argued in front of the Supreme Court.
Quoted from http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/24/60-minutes-scalia-on-bush-v-gore-2000-get-over-it/:
Crooks and Liars » 60 Minutes: Scalia On Bush v. Gore 2000: “Get Over It”
During an interview set to air on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that people need to get over the court’s 5-4 decision to select George Bush over Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election:
Scalia repeated his earlier statement that people should “get over” the court’s ruling in 2000 that halted Florida’ s vote recount, giving the presidential election to Republican Bush over Democrat Al Gore.
“I say nonsense,” Scalia said, when asked about critics who say the 5-4 ruling was based on politics and not justice. “Get over it. It’s so old by now.” Read on…
This is an insult to America and the planet. The death and destruction that George Bush and his regime have unleashed since his selection will take decades, perhaps generations to repair and Scalia has the nerve to say something like this? Our Constitution is being shredded, our military is broken and bogged down in two failing military conflicts that have left hundreds of thousands dead, our economy is in the tank with more Americans on food stamps and lacking health insurance than at any time in modern history, and we’re supposed to get over it? No, Justice Scalia, we will not get over it — at least not any time soon.
I sure hope so. But hope is not a plan. Is there a need for anything more than these stories of outspoken young people, and these poll numbers about their generation, to warrant a flat-out effort to register 18-year-old in the country to vote? Right now, there's an effort going on to do just that. It's a non-profit, non-partisan campaign called "Declare Yourself," and its Web site is DeclareYourself.org. Research shows that if people don't cast their first vote, when they're eligible as teenagers, it may not be until they're in their 30s that they go to the polls. But if they register and vote when they're 18, they're likely to be lifelong voters. I can't think of anything more important than making it as easy as possible for this generation coming up to get into the habit of citizenship. To echo Presidential Scholar Leah Libresco: registering 18-year-olds to vote shouldn't be a partisan issue, and it shouldn't be a controversial issue.
Just like human rights."
"WASHINGTON - Pay for federal judges is so inadequate that it threatens to undermine the judiciary's independence, Chief Justice John Roberts says in a year-end report critical of Congress...
...Federal district court judges are paid $165,200 annually; appeals court judges make $175,100; associate justices of the Supreme Court earn $203,000; the chief justice gets $212,100.
Thirty-eight judges have left the federal bench in the past six years and 17 in the past two years.
The issue of pay, says Roberts, "has now reached the level of a constitutional crisis..."
I can think of many things to say about this "problem"-- none of them kind. The McCain Doctrine will be calling for sacrifice-- hasn't Roberts heard? I'm sure all those people knocking around at two jobs making $25k per year with no medical insurance are overwhelmed with sympathy for the whole squadron of poor, underpaid, millionaire judges. Boo-hoo. I'm sorry guy but I can find a constitution crisis of more importance without looking very far afield-- elections, habeas corpus, etc.
