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1994 Supreme Court Case Provides Precedent For Powell’s Election Cases vs. Michigan and Georgia

If a 1994 case is used as a precedent by the Supreme Court, then I believe Trump will be President for four more years. But that assumes none of the Supreme Court Justices are biased.  And after yesterday, that is a valid concern. Yesterday, Attorney Lin Wood (who is also trying an election case in …

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Texas Sues Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia for Their Unlawful General Election – Joined by 8 States!

Texas filed a lawsuit to the Supreme Court Monday evening against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, challenging their unlawful procedures in the general election.  Yesterday, seven other states joined Texas in their lawsuit; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and South Dakota – and Missouri joined the lawsuit today. Related: BOOM!!!! BREAKING NEWS!: …

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SCOTUS, 5-4: Abortion Providers Win, Women’s Health Loses

Cross-posted from Leaven for the Loaf: The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Louisiana law requiring an abortion provider to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility. The case was June Medical Services v. Russo. The vote was 5-4, with Justice Stephen Breyer writing for a majority that included …

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Get On With It

As I write this, Sen. Susan Collins has just announced her support of Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.  As I listened to her thoughtful and lengthy statement, I couldn’t quite forget the quote (possibly apocryphal) attributed to Dwight Eisenhower: “I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court.” Translation: …

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What exactly does this mean?

“An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation as inoperative as though it had never been passed.” Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425, 426 (1886). That’s a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. We …

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DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE YOU UNDER SURVEILLANCE?

We now live at a time when government seems to be taking its liberties by parsing our constitutional protections where the overarching concept of the Fourth Amendment to the constitution. Despite the numerous legal challenges mounted in ECPA cases, the government fights hard to keep this ability. For that, I am lost on how our constitution continues to restrain what seems to be a slow and steady march toward arbitrary and oppressive governance.