Results for: dissent from supreme power

Supreme Court School Choice Case Depends on Colorado School Board Race
https://townhall.com/columnists/joyoverbeck/2017/10/14/supre…l-choice-case-depends-on-colorado-school-board-race-n2394936
– Back in June, the Supreme Court sent back to the Colorado Supreme Court for reconsideration the judges’ 2015 ruling that had declared … Then came the federal Supreme Court decision last June upholding the right of a Lutheran school playground to benefit from public funds … Further cause for rejoicing on the pro-choice side came from the dramatic dissent of the two extreme left justices, Ginsberg and Sotomayor…
Still Voting for Trump; Must Defeat Clinton
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2016/10/14/still-voting-for-trump-must-defeat-clinton-n2231881
– Nor does acknowledging that God is in control absolve us, as Christians, from doing our part. … It would be giving her a mandate from hell. … We've already seen the one-sidedness that allows Clinton to escape scrutiny and accountability, and she's not in power.…
If You Don’t Like Either Candidate, Then Vote for Trump’s Policies
https://townhall.com/columnists/waynegrudem/2016/10/19/if-yo…like-either-candidate-then-vote-for-trumps-policies-n2234187
– Voters should not doubt the power of the Supreme Court to abolish all these laws restricting abortions. … Churches Churches would not be exempt from the impact of a liberal Supreme Court. … I will choose only from it in picking future justices of the United States Supreme Court.”…
The Last Real Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2016/10/18/the-last-real-election-n2233698
– to appoint Supreme Court justices who will get money out of politics and expand voting rights, not restrict them. … Clinton begins to crack down on dissent from her radical agenda? Where could Americans turn to get the truth? … Certainly not from a “mainstream” media that has left no doubt about their shameless support of her candidacy. …
Why Americans Should Welcome the Current Iranian Uprising
https://townhall.com/columnists/ambassadoradamereli/2018/01…nian-unrest-a-harbinger-of-real-change-lets-hope-so-n2435762
– The 2017 uprising was different from the 2009 Green Movement in several respects. … Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought the mullahs to power, the people of Iran have been in near constant revolt against the … Seen in this context, the current protests demonstrated a growing public consensus in favor of an Iran that is free from the tyranny…
Pay Your Dues!
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2018/02/21/pay-your-dues-n2451809
– Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about that. … Three years later, the Supreme Court agreed to hear her case. Supreme Court watchers predicted that she would win. … "Our members ... want their union to have power," he said. "It's (Janus') right to dissent and not be a member of our union.…
Iran’s Top General Was an Obstacle to Both US Interests and Iranian Democracy
https://townhall.com/columnists/col(ret)thomascantwell/2020…obstacle-to-both-us-interests-and-iranian-democracy-n2559572
– The protests in Iran in the past four days directly targeted the regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. … liberated from tyranny once and for all. … in the face of ever-growing popular dissent and diplomatic isolation.…
Public Has a Right to See Trump Ad
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2017/05/10/public-has-a-right-to-see-trump-ad-n2324467
– When it comes to a candidate's ad, television stations are prohibited from even requesting any edits. … In return, broadcasters are shielded from lawsuits for defamation and libel if the ad's claims turn out to be false. … The ruling echoed the wisdom of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis 90 years earlier.…
The Military Coup Against Donald Trump of 2018, Part 2
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/08/01/the-military-coup-against-donald-trump-of-2018-part-2-n2362194
– General Leonard Smith looked at the map from his Pentagon command post. … I’m apparently the only one reporting from inside Washington. … A whole generation of liberal politicians was barred from office and from speaking on political issues.…
Who Gave Us Justice Ginsburg?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2016/07/15/who-gave-us-justice-ginsburg-n2192933
– Ginsburg "should resign from the Court before she does the reputation of the judiciary more harm," says the Journal. … But a dissent here. Why should Ginsburg resign? Did anyone doubt she held these views? … Since the Earl Warren era, the Supreme Court has usurped the legislative power and imposed social policies, and Congress, which has…
Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice
https://townhall.com/columnists/waynegrudem/2016/07/28/why-voting-for-donald-trump-is-a-morally-good-choice-n2199564
– Voters should not doubt the power of the Supreme Court to abolish all these laws restricting abortions. … On June 28, 2016, the Supreme Court refused to hear the Stormans’ appeal, in spite of the strong dissent written by Justice Alito ( … Churches Churches would not be exempt from the impact of a liberal Supreme Court.…
Pushing Back the Bullies
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2016/07/20/pushing-back-the-bullies-n2194836
– Walker (I), announced on March 29 that they would use government power to throttle climate change dissent. … They took a cue from Rhode Island Democratic U.S. Sen. … Smith of an “abuse of power.” …
The Facade Crumbles at the Democratic National Convention
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2016/08/02/the…cade-crumbles-at-the-democratic-national-convention-n2200847
– It's a different view from the Arkansas seats -- up close, personal and all too revealing. … But not if it departs from the party line. Just what was Frank Klein's heinous offense? … And she, too, found that her party wouldn't tolerate dissent, however polite or slight. To quote Ms.…
Leftists Have a Meltdown After Justice Sotomayor Claims Her Colleagues Are Biased
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/02/22/leftist…justice-sotomayor-claims-her-colleagues-are-biased-n2561732
from immigrants that are dependant on government welfare programs. … Those on the left were quick to applaud Sotomayor's dissent. … The Supreme Court is broken and favoring Trump's political agenda. — Charlotte Clymer ??????…
Everything Is At Stake In November, But William Barr Says It Shouldn’t Have To Be This Way
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2020/03/02/ev…t-william-barr-says-it-shouldnt-have-to-be-this-way-n2562584
– keys to the federal government, you control more than an executive branch dweller a hundred years ago could even imagine, and the power … It is easier to run away from a local tyranny than a national one. … and controls every aspect of life is to push down as much power to local and state governments as possible.…
Dissent in Defense of Liberty
https://townhall.com/columnists/mdkittle/2020/03/24/dissent-in-defense-of-liberty-n2565610
– with a powerful dissent from Justice Rebecca Bradley.  … “Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. … Finally, Bradley quotes another powerful dissent, that of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1989’s  Skinner v.…
On the Chick-fil-A Front of the Culture War
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2012/08/03/on_the_chickfila_front_of_the_culture_war
– Boycotts of Chick-fil-A, its expulsion from campuses and "Same-Sex Kiss Day" at local outlets are planned. … It was not 10 years ago that the Supreme Court declared that states could no longer outlaw private sexual behavior between consenting … Cathy is not some fascist about to seize power, but a socially conservative businessman.…
America: Olbermann's Worst County in the World?
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2012/08/13/america_olbermanns_worst_county_in_the_world
– For part of their project, students from an affluent Denver suburb shared an “updated” Pledge of Allegiance: "I pledge allegiance … which it stands—an imperial power that swept the native inhabitants off their land—one nation under God—because the Supreme Court … The students and I eyed each other, as my mind raced for a way to dissent without being a stiff, Republican scold.…
The Candidates vs. the Bill of Rights
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2012/08/23/the_candidates_vs_the_bill_of_rights
– Another difference between the two candidates involves the Supreme Court, where neither would be ideal. … His Supreme Court appointee Sonia Sotomayor signed a dissent concluding that despite the Second Amendment, "the use of arms for private … self-defense does not warrant federal constitutional protection from state regulation."…
Defending American Principles Is Now a Revolutionary Act
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2013/07/22/de…ding-american-principles-is-now-a-revolutionary-act-n1644675
– were designed to replace the strict adherence to law and the rules of evidence that for a thousand years have protected the accused from … Don’t think they would not happily give the power to bureaucrats to decide who can and cannot say what. … In fact, in their dissent in Citizens United they argued hard that the First Amendment should come with an asterisk.…
Hillary’s Hipster Army Prepares For The Second Civil War
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2015/08/10/hi…arys-hipster-army-prepares-for-the-second-civil-war-n2036475
– , and criticism of Hillary Herself (“This dissent is unpatriotic!”). … Most of the commanders of those bases, and most of their troops, hailed from the Free States. … Plus, this seems like kind of a patriarchal power structure here.…
No Foolish Romance
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2015/08/20/no-foolish-romance-n2041041
– Political romance has brought us two Supreme Court justices who choose ideology over judicial humility. … bound for destruction -- doesn’t work by itself: Central governments stifle dissent. … Today, from fantasy football to Second Life, from gated communities to the Big Sort (so we don’t interact with persons unlike ourselves…
A Legacy of Lawlessness
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianandgarrettfahy/2015/09/16/a-legacy-of-lawlessness-n2052907
From the first days that Barack Obama declared his candidacy, we were told how brilliant he was, how this Harvard trained lawyer, … Channeling Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro, Obama’s agenda would brook no dissent, respect no constitutional restraint or congressional … See his decision to refuse to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act; see also in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision recognizing…
Expect More Tyranny and Thus More Kim Davises
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2015/09/11/expect-more-tyranny-and-thus-more-kim-davises-n2050706
– Why are those demonizing the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk so indifferent to the Supreme Court's rank abuse of power that created the … Who died and made the Supreme Court god? Well, the Supreme Court made itself god in 1803, with the case of Marbury v. … From the beginning, people have debated the Supreme Court's propriety in establishing itself as the final arbiter of the Constitution…
Have “We the People” Stopped Being “Our Own Rulers”?
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2015/10/14/have-we-the-people-stopped-being-our-own-rulers-n2065921
– Once the Supreme Court has ruled, that’s it. Case closed. Right? Not necessarily. … Hodges” in reference to the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision. … Consider what Justice Alito said about the second point above in his dissent of Obergefell---that dissent will be punished: “I assume…
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