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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—December 3
A Ninth Circuit panel, in an opinion by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, rules that a police officer was not entitled to qualified immunity on a […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—December 2
In an opinion concerning the Court’s denial of certiorari in Johnson v. Bredesen, Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Breyer, opines that Tennessee […]
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Senate Democrats Destroy Their Committee in the Service of a Cause Many of Them Don’t Believe In
At yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting, Democrats resumed their modern-day exercise in McCarthyism.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—December 1
A Tenth Circuit panel rules (in Bond v. City of Tahlequah) that police officers were not entitled to qualified immunity on a claim that they violated […]
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Do Not Give Biden More Judgeships
It would be an unforced error for Republicans to reward with additional judges an administration that has used nominations to pay back the left-wing […]
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‘You Might Have Just Saved This Presidency’
That’s the subtitle of my new Confirmation Post, ‘My Bit Role in Ashcroft Hospital Saga.’
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 30
President Carter nominates This Day Hall of Famer Stephen Reinhardt to a seat on the Ninth Circuit.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 29
Objecting to governing law on homosexuals in the military, many law schools restricted the access of military recruiters to their students.
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Attorneys Try to Conceal Ruling on ‘Judge Shopping’ in Alabama
Every plaintiff seeks the best forum for its case, but there are proper and improper ways of pursuing that goal.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 28
President Gerald Ford nominates Seventh Circuit judge John Paul Stevens to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by retired Justice William O. Douglas.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 26
In Doe v. Trump, federal district judge Michael H. Simon (District of Oregon) issues a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 25
In a wild administrative ruling (in In re Fonberg), the three-judge Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit Executive Committee concludes that an […]
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Planned Parenthood Accepts Reality on Fetal Heartbeats
After a long period of denial, the organization has quietly abandoned its anti-science position on when babies in the womb first have beating hearts.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 24
A New Hampshire law, enacted in 2003, generally requires that abortionists provide 48 hours’ advance notice to parents of minor daughters who have […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 23
Happy Thanksgiving! Be grateful that the secular activists in the judiciary weren’t dominant when George Washington was president, or we’d never […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 22
It’s monkey business as usual at the Ninth Circuit.
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 21
By a 52-48 vote (with all Republicans and three Democrats voting no), the Senate abolishes the filibuster—the 60-vote cloture threshold—for […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 20
Federal district judge Carlton W. Reeves can’t refrain from littering his opinion (in Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Currier) with […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 19
Federal district judge Cynthia Bashant enters her own preliminary injunction (in Al Otro Lado, Inc. v. McAleenan) barring DHS from enforcing the […]
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—November 18
By a vote of 4 to 3, the Massachusetts supreme court (in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health) imposes same-sex marriage on the benighted […]
