Supreme Court Justice Anton Scalia died Saturday at the age of 79. He was a constitutionalist and was considered to be a most influential and provocative conservative. Scalia was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by a 98-0 Senate vote. His 2008 opinion for the court in favor of gun rights was…
Late last year the Nevada Republican Party removed references to gay marriage from its platform. The response from Carolyn L. McLarty, the Republican National Committeewoman for Oklahoma was swift and negative. She slammed Nevada’s actions and urged party leaders not to allow other state parties to take similar actions. McLarty went on to write, “The…
During the debate of the Obamacare mandate at the Supreme Court Justice Kennedy says that the mandate fundamentally changes the relationship of a citizen with the government. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: The key in Lochner is that we were talking about regulation of the States, right, and the States are not limited to enumerated powers. The…
