Ibuprofen strip search not ok

I had a post on the girl who was strip searched because it was believed that she had a prescription strength ibuprofen tablet. The case made its way to the Supreme Court who ruled today that the search was illegal but the school officials were not liable for the ensuing lawsuit (they did not rule whether the [...]

Jacoby worries about theory

Jeff Jacoby has an interesting little column today, a conservative standby, about abortion. Here’s the big paragraph:
Taken together, Roe and Doe meant that abortion could not be barred at any stage of a pregnancy. The “attending physician” could always say that in his medical judgment, the woman’s “emotional” or “familial” health made it necessary to [...]

Taking Honesty Out of Roe v Wade

I’m a bit slow with this, but David Lewis Schaefer has an article ‘Putting some honesty in Roe v. Wade debate’ that takes out honesty from the debate.
It starts off ok, noting that the decision rests on what some people consider shaky grounds, a right to privacy (although this:
If the Constitution contains a right to privacy, [...]

The Supreme Court Rules for Individual Gun Rights

The Supreme Court has ruled that the second amendment is an individual right with limitations:
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in the landmark 5-to-4 decision, said the Constitution does not allow “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.” In so declaring, the majority found that a gun-control law [...]

Habeas Corpus

Well, the Supreme Court has ruled that the prisoners at Guantanamo do have habeas corpus rights (via TPM):
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s opinion for the majority in Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. U.S. (06-1196) was an almost rhapsodic review of the history of the Great Writ.  The  Suspension Clause, he wrote, “protects the rights [...]

McCain and the Supreme Court

Via Majikthise, here’s straight-talking Senator McCain:
“Sometimes the expressed will of the voters is disregarded by federal judges, as in a 2005 case concerning an aggravated murder in the state of Missouri,” he said. “As you might recall, the case inspired a Supreme Court opinion that left posterity with a lengthy discourse on international law, the [...]

Supreme Court to Hear Second Amendment Case

The Supreme Court will decide whether DC can ban handguns. Given the makeup of this court, I’m more than a little worried. Arguments probably won’t be heard until next March, so I’ll have lots of time to worry.

US Guilty, But It’s a Secret

The Supreme Court agreed with the Bush administration that a man mistakenly abducted and then tortured could not try his case in the courts because it might divulge state secrets:
El-Masri, 44, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, says he was mistakenly identified as an associate of the Sept. 11 hijackers and was detained while attempting [...]

State of Abortion

The Supreme Court allowed the banning of ‘partial-birth’ abortions without a health exemption.  We already see what this may bring:
In response to the Supreme Court decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, many abortion providers in Boston and around the country have adopted a defensive tactic. To avoid any chance of partially delivering a live [...]

Supreme Court Redux

Lilly Ledbetter has an editorial up in the Christian Science Monitor.  She’s the woman who lost the sex discrimination case against her employer that was decided by the Supreme Court on May 29 of this year.  I wasn’t blogging at that time, so I’ll use this an excuse to talk about the case.
It seemed pretty [...]