Archive for the 'Constitution and Courts' Category

Dot XXX Could be Good

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Why are conservatives groups and the Bush administration opposing the proposal for a new top-level domain (.xxx)? It makes no sense! An Internet red-light district could help keep indecent material segregated and away from children. The L.A. Times reports:

Five years after a separate space was first proposed to deal with the huge amount […]

Is Amputation “Cruel and Unusual” Punishment?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

Here’s an accurate headline from a few weeks ago, “Supreme Court Bars Executing Mentally Retarded” Exactly — the Court did it, not the Constitution. The Court decided to substitute its judgement for that of the duly elected legislatures of 20 states and the jurors in every death penalty case where the defendant’s lawyer can show […]

Time for Recess

Monday, August 1st, 2005

President Clinton did it so that James Hormel could be ambassador to Luxembourg. Now President Bush has done it so that John Bolton can be ambassador to the United Nations. It’s always funny to watch people in Washington on occasions like this. The same people who criticized Clinton’s use of the recess appointment for […]