Judges and Courts on Townhall

• Did a Gay Activist Lie to the New Jersey Senate? Mon Mar 25
  Michael Brown
  There was one particular testimony before the New Jersey Senate detailing the dangers of “gay conversion therapy” that was so riveting that it sounded like something taken straight out of a Hollywood script. It now appears that it was taken straight out of Hollywood. So, not only is the New Jersey Senate in danger of passing a terribly unfair, discriminatory bill, but the most compelling testimony presented appears to be a fabrication. ... more
• Family’s Home Raided over Facebook Photo of Child’s Rifle Wed Mar 20
  Todd Starnes
  New Jersey police and Dept. of Children and Families officials raided the home of a firearms instructor and demanded to see his guns after he posted a Facebook photo of his 11-year-old son holding a rifle. ... more
• Hoosier Daddy Mon Mar 18
  Mike Adams
  Over the course of the last twenty years, I have taught hundreds of cases highlighting constitutional violations in criminal investigations and adjudications. Some of the cases are so outrageous that it is hard to believe they actually happened in America. Until recently, I considered the 1964 juvenile adjudication of Gerald Gault to be unparalleled as a mockery of due process. ... more
• Liberty’s Obamacare Challenge Provides Glimmer of Hope Tue Mar 12
  Robert Knight
  n 1919, back when the United States was a constitutional republic, Congress passed a child labor law imposing a 10 percent excise tax on companies that violated it. A North Carolina furniture maker challenged the law and won. ... more
• NYC Drink Ban Struck Down, City to Appeal Tue Mar 12
  Washington, D.C.
  A judge struck down New York City's ban on big sugary drinks just hours before it was due to take effect, handing a defeat to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating confusion for restaurants that had already begun making changes. ... more
• Abusing Due Process Mon Mar 11
  Mike Adams
  Totalitarianism is brewing in the heartland. An Indiana inmate is now serving two years for voicing his online opinions against a judge who took away his child-custody rights during a divorce case. I know the custody case pretty well having written about it in 2009. But I'm convinced that the free speech case that is brewing in its aftermath heaps an even greater injustice upon an existing one. And I'm convinced it is showing the darker side of a dangerous man who needs to be stopped. ... more
• ‘Jesus Christ’ Banned from Council Prayers Thu Mar 7
  Todd Starnes
  The mayor of a Washington town has directed pastors to stop invoking the name “Jesus Christ” in city council invocations. ... more
• Same-Sex Marriage Needs Voters' Stamp Thu Mar 7
  Debra J. Saunders
  As a conservative with gay friends, nothing would make me happier than to watch Californians pass an initiative to legalize same-sex marriage -- preferably with protections for religious objectors. Polls suggest it would pass today. Then the issue would be settled, and Californians -- not a court in Washington -- would have determined their own marriage laws. ... more
• Pelosi: Right to Vote Must Be for All Americans Thu Feb 28
  Washington, D.C.
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi addressed a rally outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Court is wrestling with the fate of a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. ... more
• The Quarrel With Morals Fri Feb 22
  Alan Sears
  The ultimate objective of the law is to establish the moral code of a community. There’s really no other reason to go to all the trouble of creating a law in the first place if not to ingrain in the minds of a people the idea that certain things are right or wrong. ... more
• An Agent of Intolerance Seeks to Stifle Debate Wed Feb 20
  Ken Connor
  When you hear the name Southern Poverty Law Center, it immediately evokes images of Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Freedom Rides... all iconic symbols of the civil rights movement. And rightly so, for these are the events that inspired it’s founding. ... more
• Supreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Challenge: Constitutional Clash of Titans Sun Feb 17
  Shannon Goessling
  In late February, the United States Supreme Court will consider a case that invokes American history, constitutional meaning, and the realities of present-day voting in a large portion of our nation. ... more
• Redefining Marriage Raises Concerns For Children and Society Thu Feb 14
  Austin Nimocks
  Much of the debate surrounding same-sex marriage asks about societal harms. Many advocates of the change quickly dismiss the question and insist that a redefinition of marriage won’t hurt anyone. But that conclusion proceeds from a misperception about what marriage is—a failure to grasp marriage’s role as a public institution that shapes our thoughts and actions. ... more
• Court to Obama Admin: Actually, Those Recess Appointments Were Unconstitutional Fri Jan 25
  Kate Hicks
• Ninth Circuit Court Gets One Right Mon Jan 14
  Robert Knight
  The Ninth Circuit U.S. Appeals Court is where the Pledge of Allegiance gets scrutinized for possible eradication, at least, the “under God” part. But every so often, the Court gets something right. ... more
• Bad Guys' Lawyers Mon Jan 14
  Jeff Jacoby
  Lawyers representing three of the men charged in the New Delhi gang rape case said last week that they would enter pleas of not guilty on their clients' behalf. In most criminal prosecutions, that would be unremarkable. But the lawyers who stepped forward to represent the suspects in this case did so in the face of emotional protests by fellow attorneys, many of whom insisted that no one should defend those accused of such a terrible crime. ... more
• Obama, Race and Affirmative Action: Why the Second Term Will Be Worse (Part I) Sat Jan 5
  Carl Horowitz
  The accelerated transformation of the American economy and polity into a mandatory racially-based spoils system was a defining trait of President Barack Obama’s first term in office. Though perhaps understated, it is set to become an even more defining trait of his second. ... more
• The Julea Ward Settlement: A Win for Religious Liberty Fri Jan 4
  Jeremy Tedesco
  Alliance Defending Freedom recently settled a lawsuit brought on behalf of Julea Ward, a former graduate student at Eastern Michigan University who was expelled from her counseling program after refusing to violate her religious beliefs. ... more
• Slouching From Gomorrah: Remembering Robert Bork Thu Jan 3
  Paul Kengor
  It has been a couple of weeks since the death of Robert Bork, which occurred shortly before Christmas and didn’t really get the news coverage that Bork merited. ... more
• Borked Thu Jan 3
  Ken Blackwell
  Most of us would be honored to have our name become a verb. Especially those of us in public life. But that is not how Judge Robert H. Bork got into the dictionary. He was "borked" when President Reagan nominated him to the U.S. Supreme Court. No sooner had the announcement been made by the White House on July 1, 1987, than Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) raced to the Senate floor to denounce the distinguished judge and former Yale Law Professor. ... more
• Robert Bork, Verb Thu Jan 3
  Paul Greenberg
  It may be a distinction to become a verb, but not necessarily a welcome one. Look under Boycott, Captain Charles C. A land agent, he found himself shunned -- boycotted -- after he attempted to raise the rents of Irish tenant farmers who worked the fields of an absentee English lord. Or see Crapper, Thomas. He held at least three patents on improvements to the flush toilet, a useful and sanitary innovation that revolutionized plumbing systems worldwide. ... more
• Domestic Spy Expansion Bill Sails Through the Congress Wed Jan 2
  Bob Barr
  Neither Congress nor the White House has proved itself capable of reaching a decision on how to begin trimming the $16.5 trillion national debt with which these two institutions have saddled the American taxpayers. ... more
• On the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Robert Bork Fri Dec 28
  Casey Mattox
  What might have been? If Robert Bork had been confirmed, perhaps this column would have appeared in this space. ... more
• Robert Bork: More Influential Off the Court Fri Dec 21
  Mona Charen
  The last time I saw Bob Bork was the Sunday before Election Day. His familiar baritone was faint. You had to sit close to hear him, and he seemed to have a little difficulty following the conversation. ... more
• Honoring Judge Robert H. Bork Wed Dec 19
  Alan Sears
  In October 2010, the Alliance Defending Freedom was privileged to recognize Judge Robert H. Bork with the “Edwin Meese III Award for Originalism and Religious Liberty.” At that time, we described him as, “one of the greatest legal minds in American history, and a person who has made an indelible impact on our nation, on its legal culture, and on the minds and hearts of many of its finest judges, law professors, students, and attorneys.” ... more
• H. L. Hunt Oil Heir Dispute Embroils Texas Prosecutor In Ethics Questions Wed Dec 19
  Bob Barr
  Public controversy over campaign funds has dogged Watkins for at least two years, but it is a legal matter in which he currently is embroiled that casts serious doubt on his commitment to serve his constituents and his profession fairly and impartially. ... more

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