The battle for the soul of the pro-life movement is being waged between a pair of cheap office suites in the Milwaukee suburbs. In the challenger’s corner, scrappy Pro-Life Wisconsin is working to pass an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution … Continue reading
This week saw some briefs filed in the lawsuit over Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s attempt to unilaterally change the title of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment. The briefs are the first real meat in the case, and help clarify some … Continue reading
One of the things that makes it difficult to track the Divorce Revolution of the late ’60s and ’70s (and its many dire consequences) is the fact that, after California “started” the revolution on January 1, 1970, the effective date … Continue reading
If you read this blog, you are probably already aware of the lawsuit the supporters of the Minnesota marriage amendment have filed against Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. As the local paper-of-record relates: In late June, Secretary of State Mark … Continue reading
The last few days have seen an almost unbroken litany of conservative voices condemning the Roberts decision in NFIB v. Sebelius for being political, opportunistic, and incoherent. It has been embarrassing enough to be on the wrong side of Mark … Continue reading
I still have to read Ginsburg’s opinion and the Scalia opinion’s rabid concurrence with Roberts on the broccoli horrible, but I’ve read everything Roberts and Scalia et al. had to say about the taxing power in NFIB v Sebelius (aka … Continue reading
“A comity that is bought by surrendering principle is submission, not comity at all.” –Maggie Gallagher, responding to David Blankenhorn’s decision to throw himself on the mercy of the court of elite opinion. Full piece here.
When John Yoo, of all people, tells you that you’ve taken executive authority beyond the bounds of the Constitution, either you’re in a comedy that gets its laughs through dry irony, or you should have serious second thoughts. Here is … Continue reading
I was on a really nice date tonight — mostly just talked for hours — and then I came back post-date to this. The President has decided that he will no longer enforce valid immigration law, because he does not … Continue reading
There’s a new study out next month, by Dr. Mark Regnerus, about same-sex parenting. The study relies on a national probability sample — and that is a big deal. Nobody has ever done that before. Since any general sociological finding not … Continue reading