In the last few years there has been a steady erosion of 4th Amendment protections. Now in addition to chipping way at it through judicial rulings there appears to be a movement to weaken its very concept.

For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.

Sure, it’s a big deal that Judge Walker struck down Prop 8, but it’s sucked up so much blog and media attention that I think we’re missing the dire unintended consequences of another, very similar ruling.

Day three of the Kagan hearings included questions on abortion, Kagan’s support for anti-discrimination policies at Harvard Law School, and women’s presence in politics and beyond.

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Sen. Sessions is misleading the public and smearing a legend when he dismisses Thurgood Marshall as an “activist judge”.

It seems that Senator Barack Obama thought that a Supreme Court nominee who had not been a judge would need to take time to illustrate her views on various constitutional issues facing the country.

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This Tuesday is precinct caucus night in Minnesota. My proposed resolution should help restore corporations to their rightful place in government.

A news story coming out of Milwaukee reports that respected black jurist, Louis Butler, was one of 7 Obama nominees to face GOP opposition to being named a federal judge. Will Obama fold the tent on these seven?

Recent actions by the Department of Justice in the case of a Guatánamo detainee are more suited for the Queen of Hearts than a court of law, and the most plausible explanations are corruption or incompetence.

For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.

The damage done by the Bush administration to the rule of law occurred over a few years – relatively quickly in legal terms. Repairing it will be a much longer task, as repairing always is.

For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.