I hate to get serious after that last post (criticized for an excess of “timidity”), but some serious things did happen yesterday. First, my serious thanks to John Hawkins at Right Wing News on making Classical Values Website of the…

The cruelly ironic twist, though, is that by virtue of deep divisions of labor and decreased barriers to trade, which contribute to a large proportion of our wealth, we have brought more of our lives under the expanded interpretation of the Commerce Cl…

The cruelly ironic twist, though, is that by virtue of deep divisions of labor and decreased barriers to trade, which contribute to a large proportion of our wealth, we have brought more of our lives under the expanded interpretation of the Commerce Cl…

I’m still waiting for someone to praise Justice Thomas on his dissent in Ashcroft v. Raich.

Oh, hey, Radley. Thanks….

In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the federal government in Gonzales v. Raich, opening the door for federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients. The majority’s opinion was based upon the despicable Wickard v. Filburn…

So much for Hillary’s much-vaunted move to the center.

Senator Reid may find him lacking, but Radley Balko says “He’s easily the most principled and consistent defender of federalism on the court.” Sadly, that’s becoming a lower bar all the time. Balko writes on TheAgitator.com: If Congress can regulate…

From Reuters:The federal government has the power to prevent sick patients from smoking home-grown marijuana that a doctor recommended to relieve chronic pain, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a setback for the medical marijuana m…

In Gonzalez V. Raich the US supreme court ruled in favor of the federal thugs, justice department and congress, who would deny individuals living in the land of the supposedly free the authority to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes. They had …

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has ruled that the federal band on smoking marijuana overrides state laws permitting sick people to smoke marijuana to ease pain. I’m with the minority (Justices O’Connor, Rehnquist and Thomas) on this, in…

If the federal government can take you growing a plant in your backyard, harvesting it yourself, and consuming it yourself, call it “interstate commerce” and regulate it, it can literally regulate anything…Radley Balko points out that Justice Thoma…