Judge Napolitano on SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling: 'University Elites Must Comply With Voters'

Fox News Insider 4/22/2014

In a 6-2 ruling, the Supreme Court decided Tuesday that Michigan voters have the right to change their state constitution to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking race into account in admissions decisions. The justices said that a lower federal court was wrong to set aside the change as discriminatory.

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Western lawmakers gather in Utah to talk federal land takeover

‘It’s time’ Lawmakers from 9 states gather in Utah, discuss ways to take control of federal lands.

Kristen Moulton The Salt Lake Tribune 4/18/2014

It’s time for Western states to take control of federal lands within their borders, lawmakers and county commissioners from Western states said at Utah’s Capitol on Friday.

More than 50 political […]

Scalia: NSA spying debate may reach Supreme Court

Kellan Howell The Washington Times 3/22/2014

…If the issue were to come before the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia hinted he would rule that the Fourth Amendment doesn’t protect “conversations” that the government might listen to because the Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from searching your “persons, houses, papers, and effects” without a warrant, not “conversations.”

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Senate Democrats Pressure Networks to Increase Coverage of Climate Change

Robert Wilde Breitbart.com Big Government 17 Feb 2014

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) are gathering colleagues’ signatures on a letter to networks ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox expressing their disapproval at the lack of global warming discussion on the channels’ Sunday shows.

According to Sanders, “It is beyond my comprehension… that their […]

‘Dangerous Territory’: Judge Napolitano Assesses Legality of Obama’s Exec Orders

Fox News Insider 2/4/2014

A Republican senator is calling on the administration to present legal justification for its increasing use of executive orders. In last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama laid out 12 such executive actions, prompting a letter from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) to the Justice Department.

“The president has made […]

Liberal law prof: Obama’s unconstitutional power grabs are creating a ‘very dangerous and unstable system’

“The president is outside the line, but it has to go in front of a court, and that court has to grant review, and that’s where we have the most serious constitutional crisis I view in my lifetime, and that is this body is becoming less and less relevant.”

~Professor Jonathan […]

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