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Does former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy know something, or

…just being observant? Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Age: 85 (5 years past average retirement) Stephen Breyer – Age: 79 (1 year before average retirement) Clarence Thomas – Age: 70 (10 years before average retirement) Samuel Alito – Age: 68 (12 years before average retirement) Sonia Sotomayor – Age: 64 (16 years before average retirement) John Roberts – Age: 63 (17 years …

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Could EverSource State Supreme Court Victory Mean Lower Electric Rates in NH?

New Hampshire has a resource problem. We’ve too many ax-grinders protesting energy infrastructure projects but you can’t create electricity with those. Not legally. You need something else. Several somethings. But each and every effort to improve energy infrastructure in the Granite State is protested, blocked, or dragged out in court until the developers give up. …

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Why Merrick Garland Is Not Getting Appointed

Former Justice Thomas Law Clerk Carrie Severnio, from the Judicial Crisis Network, returns to talk about the Merrick Garland charm offensive, future court nominees, and current cases before SCOTUS.  

An Essay: What is “Constitutional”? Who decides?

Yesterday I cited an 1886 Supreme Court decision that ruled that unconstitutional actions or statutes are…inoperative, and of no effect (see it HERE). My long-time buddy and fellow lawyer—I’ll call him Larry—sent me a friendly warning about that post, as follows:

“The Supreme Court May Have Their Opinion on ObamaCare, But Let Them Come and Enforce It!”

At the CNHT picnic in Hillsboro last weekend, we were treated to a conversation with Jason Rink, Executive Director of Foundation for a Free Society, and Producer of “Nullification, the Rightful Remedy”. The film is now out, and the latest trailer opens with a laying down of the gauntlet by Michael Boldin, founder of the …

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A Patriotic “New Years” Resolution – Resolve To Be Free From Tyranny

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Independence day, which I did not in my previous post with the Declaration of Independence.  I also wanted to mention the strange feeling that I awoke with today. I think I know what the second or third generations of conquered nations felt like; remembering the “old ways” out …

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Did Chief Justice Roberts “pull a Souter”?

Someone over on the wholly excellent and extraordinary RLCNH email list has just opined that in ruling as he did on Obamacare, Chief Justice John Roberts “pulled a Souter.” That is, the feeling is that Roberts—like so many “conservative” judges nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court in the past, has “matured” and gained “strange new …

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