Tag: Supreme Court

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 26, 2012

    Today: Pachyderms to feature talk on sustainable development; PPACAction; The seven rules of bureaucracy; Civil society; One down, 48 to go; Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it means.

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday March 8, 2012

    Today: Candidate representatives at Pachyderm; Sedgwick County pre-caucus rally; Libertarian ideals; High Kansas taxes; Harm of individual mandate explained.

  • ‘Honest services’ law expansion sought

    While the U.S. Supreme Court has attempted to limit the application of vague “honest services” statutes, the Obama Administration is working to restore what the Wall Street Journal describes as “essentially unlimited prosecutorial discretion to bring white-collar cases.”

  • Kansas restrictive covenants eased regarding political yard signs

    It’s common for neighborhoods to have restrictive covenants that prohibit homeowners from placing any signs in their yard, except for signs advertising homes for sale. But a 2008 Kansas law overrides these restrictive covenants to allow for the placement of small political yard signs starting 45 days before an election. Still, residents of covenant neighborhoods…

  • Kansas judicial selection expert to address Pachyderms

    This Friday (August 6) the Wichita Pachyderm Club features Kansas University law professor Stephen J. Ware. Ware is an expert on the process of judicial selection in Kansas and other states. His research shows that Kansas is at the undemocratic extreme end of the spectrum in concentrating power in members of the bar when it…

  • Second amendment decision not permanent

    The United States Supreme Court narrowly agreed today that the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individuals right to possess firearms. Sadly, this was a narrow, 5-4 decision that could be changed when another 2nd Amendment case works its way to the Court when its membership changes.

  • Kansas restrictive neighborhood covenants don’t apply to political yard signs

    It’s common for neighborhoods to have restrictive covenants that prohibit homeowners from placing any signs in their yard, except for signs advertising homes for sale. But a 2008 Kansas law overrides these restrictive covenants to allow for the placement of small political yard signs starting 45 days before an election.

  • Articles of Interest

    Kansas liberal Republicans, student rights, greenwashing, historic preservation, Sotamayor.

  • Sonia Sotomayor: We don’t make law (hee hee)

    One of the names that’s surfacing as a potential Supreme Court justice is Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Those who believe that judges should interpret the law and not create new law from the bench should be alarmed that this person’s name is in consideration.