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Does the 2nd Amendment govern states & localities?

Monday, 1 March 2010 08:05 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) In 2008, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court decided that the highly restrictive gun control laws of Washington, D.C. were in violation of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution.  In so deciding, the Cou... [More]

TABOR suit assumes we're sheep

Saturday, 20 February 2010 10:50 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Feb. 21) Mobilize the militia.  Fire up the Humvee.  Get down the musket off the mantelpiece.  Boulder is preparing to invade Colorado. Yes, a lawyer from up in the progressive paradise says that your right to vote on ta... [More]

Influence-trafficker Polis is hypocritical & proud of it

Friday, 19 February 2010 10:30 by Phil Mitchell
(CCU Faculty) The other day, Vincent Carroll of the Denver Post took Congressman Jared Polis to task for his hypocrisy regarding free speech.  Polis has strongly criticized the recent Supreme Court decision rolling back restrictions on corporate... [More]

State government leaders brief CCU students

Tuesday, 12 January 2010 06:13 by Greg Schaller
Colorado Christian University is committed to developing the next generation of leaders.  One of the Strategic Objectives of the school is "To impact our culture in support of traditional family values, sanctity of life, compassion for the ... [More]

Bias claim by Christian law students reaches high court

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 12:59 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (UC Hastings).  This case concerns the claim by the Christian Legal Society, a national group of Christian lawyers and law students,... [More]

Supreme Court's power grab reaches beyond schools

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:23 by Mark Hillman
In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, a judicial doctrine that would relegate the other two branches of government — and the voters — to a perfunctory role. The high court's act... [More]

Same old same old Sonia

Friday, 19 June 2009 11:22 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, June 21) “It is a small state, and yet there are those who love it.”  Sen. Daniel Webster, arguing the Dartmouth case before the Supreme Court, actually said “college,” not “state.”  But my paraphrase is apropos for Coloradans... [More]

God's mercy endures, but 3rd Circuit demurs

Monday, 8 June 2009 13:44 by Greg Schaller
In the fall of 2004, Wesley Busch was a kindergarten student at the Marple Newtown School District in Marple, Pennsylvania.  Each week, one of the students in his class would be the featured student in a classroom unit entitled “All About ... [More]
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Judging through race-colored glasses

Friday, 29 May 2009 10:15 by Ken Davenport
Barack Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is par for the course with this president, a man who ascended the presidency on the basis of a compelling personal story and a bag full of bromides about post-partisan hope a... [More]
Categories:   Liberals | Obama | Constitution | Courts | Race
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Obama & Sotomayor discount the rule of law

Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:25 by Mark Hillman
President Obama says he seeks "empathy" in a Supreme Court justice.  His first nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, says a "wise Latina woman" would generally make better decisions because of "the richness of her experiences" than a white man. Those... [More]
Categories:   Obama | Constitution | Courts
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