Justice Delayed and Denied; Dithering at SCOTUS

Justice Delayed and Denied; Dithering at SCOTUS

Our Supreme Court needlessly vacated an injunction against the Idaho legislature’s strict abortion ban, which in effect halted emergency abortions in that state to protect the life, health or safety of the mother.  The “vacating” –– that is, a stay of the lower...
The Only Federal Judge in Amarillo, Texas

The Only Federal Judge in Amarillo, Texas

by Don Mayer Donald Trump’s judicial chickens have come home to roost, and they are laying some perfectly legal but horribly misshapen eggs.  Trump, with the help of Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, and then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, approved...
Scotus the Bogus?

Scotus the Bogus?

The Supreme Court of the United States –– SCOTUS, for us legal junkies –– has people pretty riled up these days. In one memorable week in June, SCOTUS declared that the public carrying of a gun was a fundamental constitutional right that states must not interfere...