Satire: “Scalia Resigns Post as Scoutmaster”

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 “Scalia Resigns Post as Scoutmaster”
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who for the past forty-seven years has served as a weekend scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America, angrily resigned from that position yesterday, effective immediately. Justice Scalia quit his post in a terse resignation letter that read, in part: “Some of the happiest memories of my adult life have been as a scoutmaster...

Reason for Concern as Roberts Court Agrees to Hear Government Prayer Case

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The next Supreme Court Term could be historic in re-defining religious liberty.Image: Hands folded in prayer via Shutterstock

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Scalia vs. Roberts

Tom Donnelly

Last June, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia went at each other over Obamacare. Roberts famously joined with the court’s liberals to uphold most of the health care law, handing the president a victory, while Scalia voted with the court’s conservative bloc to kill the law. In the process, Roberts celebrated judicial restraint, which counsels against striking down acts of Congress, and Scalia mouthed Tea Party talking points, which promote going after federal laws and regulation by any means necessary...

US Supreme Court Ruling May Hinder Ability to Challenge Agency Authority

Cheyenne Walsh

In a ruling that will make it even more difficult to challenge agency rulemakings, the US Supreme Court has decided that courts must defer to an agency’s interpretation of a statute it enforces, even when addressing the jurisdictional reach of the agency itself. In City of Arlington v. FCC, 569 U. S. ___ (2013) (slip... Continue Reading

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Srinivasan's Confirmation First For D.C. Circuit In 7 Years

The partisan war over judicial nominees has accelerated in recent years. It took nearly a year to win Senate confirmation for Sri Srinivasan to the important federal appeals court for the District of Columbia, though he had no formal opposition.

Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy

Our view: Playing to the crowd, commissioners put politics ahead of public safety

Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's council kicked off the trend with a resolution stating its intent that no county resources be used to enforce the law...