Robert Steele: Restoring the West — Supreme Court Rules Half of Oklahoma Is Indian Reservation

In combination, the Supreme Court decision discussed in the below article, and the outragous illicit taking of most of the West by the federal government (second graphic below the fold), suggest that the USA could reasonably be ready to contemplace a complete restructuring. First, the Native Americans need land justice. Oklahoma is a start. at …

Eagle: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 85, Breaks Three Ribs in Fall at Office

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, breaks ribs in fall  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, fell in her office at the court and fractured three ribs, the court says. “Tests showed that she fractured three ribs on her left side and she was admitted for observation and treatment,” the statement from the …

Robert Steele: Letter to Atlantic Monthly – The Supreme Court Makes Mistakes & Can Be Bought UPDATE 1: CRS Legal Sidebar on Birthright Citizenship Is Wrong

Letter to the Editor, Atlantic Monthly The Supreme Court Makes Mistakes & Can Be Bought I read Garrett Epps, “The Citizenship Clause Means What It Says,” and am charmed by a professor who fails to acknowledge both the fact that the Supreme Court can make mistakes and be bought, and the fact that the clause …

Yoda: Supreme Court to Hear 1st Amendment Case Against #GoogleGestapo

Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could determine whether Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies can censor their users The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether users can challenge social media companies on free speech grounds. The case, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-702, …

Mongoose: Fake News Legalized Lying – Thanks to Supreme Court Ruling in 1964

Supreme Court Ruled The Media Can Lie With Impunity So, the Court held that the First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones, about the conduct of public officials, except when statements are made with actual malice (with knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of their truth or falsity).  …

Steven Aftergood: CRS on Supreme Court Overruling Constitutional Precedents

OVERRULING CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEDENTS, & MORE FROM CRS A new report from the Congressional Research Service examines how and why the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn one of its own rulings interpreting the Constitution. There are at least 141 cases where such rulings have in fact been overturned, including three in the Court’s latest term, and …