Supreme Court finds non-gay marriage, dog sniff right to privacy

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  April 7th at 04:02 PM  | 

Liberal trial lawyer Democrats, small government tea partier conservative Republicans, and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices Scalia, Thomas, Kagan, Ginsburg and Sotomayor quietly found common civil liberties ground during gay marriage week. Observing the blanket press coverage of the recent week of oral arguments concerning California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act before the nation’s highest court, one could be forgiven for | Read More »

Rand Paul’s welcome Fourth Amendment dronings in plain sight

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  June 17th at 05:47 PM  | 

Sen. Paul (R-KY) introduces needed bill to limit use of unmanned military planes by domestic law enforcement The constitutionally informed should have no problem when the Commander-in-Chief commands those for whom he is chief to kill Bin Ladens in Pakistan with Navy Seals on the ground or  even American citizen al-Harethis levying war against their own country in Yemen with un-manned drone aircraft. The President has broad, | Read More »