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Date: June 23rd, 2008

SCOTUS will not issue ruling in Heller case today

23 June, 2008 (11:05) | 2nd Amendment, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

The DC gun ban case heard before the Supreme Court in March is due to be ruled upon soon. But not today. The Supreme Court won’t give its ruling in the D.C. gun ban case Monday. The court has scheduled a special session for Wednesday. The law, which banned private ownership of handguns in the [...]

Fred on Boumediene

23 June, 2008 (09:53) | 2008 Presidential Race, GWOT, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Fred Thompson lends his considerable intellect to the analysis of the Supreme Courts supremely bad decision in Boumediene v. Bush, the case where SCOTUS just handed Constitutional protections to enemy combatants held prisoner by the US. I already linked to Fred’s commentary over at TownHall.com. Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air scored an exclusive follow-up [...]

The goal is efficient traffic flow

23 June, 2008 (09:42) | Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

This past weekend I had the chance – again – to hit the road and drive to a destination a couple of hundred miles or more distant. Since this is late spring/early summer, the road construction season is firmly upon us. In driving through parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, I was able [...]

George Carlin dead at 71

23 June, 2008 (07:34) | Entertainment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

While on the road again for business (which, interestingly enough, is giving me more time to blog), I took sad note this morning of death of comedian George Carlin. Carlin died of heart failure at the age of 71. I remember listening to recordings of him that my older brother owned back when I was [...]