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Tea Leaves on the 2015 Supreme Court Term
The political world will increasingly be watching the Supreme Court
over the next two weeks, as the eleven cases left on the Court’s docket
for its 2014 Term include a number of blockbusters. The Court, in the
words of Justice Jackson, is not final because it is infallible; it is
infallible because it is final. Nothing can stop the Court from doing
whatever it wants. That said ....
Red-light
camera company CEO confesses to bribing Ohio Democrats
"A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company
Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials –
including Council President Andrew Ginther – through the Ohio
Democratic Party to install the cameras and keep them operating in the
city."
Supreme Court Strikes Blow for Religious Freedom
The last several months have not been kind to our country’s long
cherished religious freedom, but the Supreme Court just unanimously
handed down a victory for those of us who still value it. In their
ruling for the case of Reed v. the Town of Gilbert, Arizona, the court
ruled, essentially, that the government cannot pick which forms of
speech it wants to protect more than others, and furthermore ....