Entries from Searchlight Crusade tagged with 'constitution'

Second Amendment Means What It Says

(Scroll down for update) The Supreme Court Decision in Heller vs DC was handed down this morning, and it was a win for the Constitution and people of the United States! Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns It...

The Fifth Amendment and the "Right" to Medical Care

'Homeless dumping' charges for hospital The case against it stems from a March surveillance video showing a 63-year-old patient from Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower hospital wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers. Prosecutors describe what happened to Carol...

Kelo: One Year Later

A little over one year ago, the Supreme Court handed down the decision in Kelo, which held that the city of New London could condemn land to sell it to private developers in order to increase the tax base. At...

Links and Minifeatures 06 03 Saturday (late)

Woohoo! After several months of ups and downs but staying about where it was, traffic really took off set a new site record for visitors in May. 63,982 visits completely destroys the old record of about 48,500! 170,712 page views....

Judge Samuel Alito Nominated to Supreme Court

The president has nominated Judge Samuel Alito for Supreme Court. Different take here. Obvious analysis here. More information here. Captain's Quarters discounts the filibuster option, Michael Barone tells why the Donkeys won't want to filibuster him. Among the legal...

New York Subway Searches, Privacy, and the Fourth Amendment

Eric's Grumbles responds to one of my posts responding to one of his. Now, Eric, before I get started on the issues you managed to embed in your attack tirade, let's pull a few quotes from your response: Wow, where...

Kelo and The Third Amendment

The Third Amendment to our Constitution is one not often invoked, arising from circumstances no longer extant during the Revolutionary War, but still on the books. Countertop Chronicles has a tongue somewhat in cheek (I hope) idea regarding how Kelo...