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Supreme Court Decision on Marriage is a Blow Against Liberty
Photo credit: Ted Eytan (CC-By-SA 2.0) The Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5 to 4 in Obergefell v. Hodges in favor of same-sex marriage in effect deciding all state laws and constitutional...
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A Supreme Court Ruling Is the Law of the Land?
Photo credit: Emmanuel Huybrechts (CC-By-2.0) People, news outlets, and politicians who call a Supreme Court decision “the law of the land” drive me absolutely nuts. I’ve heard Iowa Governor Terry...
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Mike Huckabee Touts Experience, Takes on Judiciary in Pella
Mike Huckabee in Pella 6/25/17Photo credit: Dave Davidson – Prezography.com Former Arkansas Governor and 2008 Iowa Caucuses winner Mike Huckabee made a campaign stop at an event hosted by the Marion...
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Two Very Different Evangelical Responses to SCOTUS Marriage Ruling
Photo credit: Ted Eytan (CC-By-SA 2.0) I’ve seen two very different responses under the evangelical banner after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5 to 4 in favor of same sex marriage. The...
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Repentance and Rules for the Righteous
There are two types of Christian movements and organizations. The first type prays so they can discern God’s will and God’s plan, and then get in step with that. The second type makes their own plans...
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No Right to Conscience According to Chris Christie?
Photo credit: Dave Davidson – Prezography.com New Jersey Governor and 2016 GOP Presidential candidate made a statement last week in New Hampshire in light of the Supreme Court ruling on marriage that...
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Brownback Issues Executive Order Protecting Religious Liberty in Kansas
Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS) at CPAC 2015. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore (CC-By-SA 2.0) Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Tuesday issued an executive order which prohibits state government from taking any...
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The Problem of Judicial Tyranny
The Supreme Court of the United States Building Photo credit: Tim Sackton (CC-By-SA 2.0) I’d like to focus upon something that I consider to be one of the greatest problems we face relative to securing...
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Ernst and Grassley Oppose Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee
The White House released an introduction video for their Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. President Barack Obama appointed Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the...
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SCOTUS To Take Up Case With Big Implications for Religious Conscience
The Colorado Civil Rights Commission ordered Jack Phillips to bake cakes for same-sex weddings. Will Christian florists, bakers, photographers, and facility owners be compelled to provide services for...
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Too Much Info…
Cheryl and I went to see the Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., the Chief Justice of the United States, give this years Dwight D. Opperman Lecture in Constitutional Law at Drake University. He talked...
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Reid v. Roberts
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid evidently has buyers’ regret. He says that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts misled the Senate “pretending to be moderate.” Politico reports: “Roberts didn’t...
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Eight Questions for the SCOTUS Nominee
Matt Moon offers eight questions that should be posed by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee when President Obama’s nominee to replace Justice David Souter is brought before them. These...
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Justice Ginsburg: Abortion = Population Control
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave an unusual (and rare) interview for the New York Times. She weighed in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination, as well as, shared her thoughts on...
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The Sotomayor Hearings
You have to love Senate hearings of any stripe. The questions are speeches. Senators bloviate, etc. etc. About as exciting as watching paint dry. With Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge...
View ArticleLecturer-In-Chief Chides Supreme Court
President Barack Obama decided to chide the Supreme Court of the United States over their decision to overturn much of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance law. He doesn’t seem to understand the...
View ArticleDoes the Second Amendment Apply to States & Municipalities?
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case tomorrow regarding Chicago’s handgun ban. The crux of the issue is this… does Second Amendment rights extend to state and local governments. You may remember...
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Obama’s 2nd SCOTUS Pick: Elena Kagan
I can’t say I know much about President Obama’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, but from what I can see so far, it could have been worse. Appointing Solicitor General Elena Kagan as...
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Governor Branstad Declares January 22nd to be Sanctity of Human Life Day
January 20, 2012–Des Moines, Iowa–This Sunday, January 22, 2012, marks the 39th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. “We mourn together for the millions of lives...
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SCOTUS: Dissenting Opinion Wins, Majority Opinion Fails, In My Opinion
Upon reading NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ET AL. v. SEBELIUS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL., it became evident early on that double talk was part of Justice Thomas’...
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Will the Supreme Court Dodge a Decision on Gay Marriage?
Tom Goldstein at the SCOTUSBlog believes that there is not a majority to make a decision on the merits of the Proposition 8 case where oral arguments were heard today. The bottom line, in my opinion,...
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A Renewed Call for a Federal Marriage Amendment
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments dealing with the issue of the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, which was a defense of traditional...
View ArticleUpdate: Romeike Family Given Indefinite Deferred Status, Supreme Court...
Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the case of a German family seeking asylum in the United States because of persecution they endured in Germany because of their...
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Obama’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Opposes Religious Freedom at Home
Photo credit: World Economic Forum (CC-by-SA 2.0) President Barack Obama on Monday appointed Rabbi David Nathan Saperstein as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom at the State...
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What If SCOTUS Imposes Its Own Definition of Marriage?
Photo credit: Jarek Tuszynski (CC-By-SA 3.0) Princeton Law professor Robert P. George wrote a compelling piece at First Things over the weekend. He likened a prospective decision in favor of same-sex...
View ArticleGrassley: Dems Delay Tactics Aimed at Distracting from Kavanaugh’s...
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday addressed the Senate Democrats efforts to delay the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. In a speech on the floor of the U.S....
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Upholds Donor Privacy
In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the privacy rights of donors to charitable organizations finding that the California Attorney General’s requirement that charitable organizations...
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