Supreme Court just politics?
The last month has shown the Supreme Court to be nothing but a political body, and nominees who promise to respect precedent cannot be trusted. Imagine you want to have your gallbladder removed. Your...
View ArticleJudges as policy makers
Re: “Turning judges into policymakers should be big problem,” July 11 Al Knight column Al Knight never allows an inconvenient truth to get in the way of his political dogma. In “Turning judges into...
View ArticleCheney’s two hours as president
In the 2 1/2 hours Dick Cheney reigned as king he could have: started a preemptive war, re-written the Constitution, appointed no-nothings to the Supreme Court, called up all the national guards and...
View ArticleSupreme Court’s eminent domain ruling
Re: July 28 Open Forum I would like to respond to the letter written by Christopher Juniper of Denver about the Eminent Domain Ruling not creating new law in the letter section of the Denver Post,...
View ArticleAG Suthers hits nail on head in reaction to Supreme Court ruling
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has summed up rather well the feelings of those disappointed by the Supreme Court’s opinion on the Affordable Care Act – namely, that it makes no difference...
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Day’s worst: CNN rushes to wrong conclusion
[media-credit name="CNN" align="alignright" width="150"][/media-credit]CNN gets health care decision wrong. It was complicated, no doubt. But CNN’s rush to the wrong conclusion on the U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleIf Lobato ruling stands, it could end up hurting the most needy
The Lobato school-finance case, in which a district court found Colorado’s present level of funding unconstitutional in sweeping language that implies we must raise state taxes by billions of dollars –...
View ArticleDay’s Best: Judge blocks New York City’s big soda ban
We’re all for encouraging people to pass on big sugary sodas and consume healthy foods and beverages. But we have always contended that New York City’s ban on selling large cups of soda was a step too...
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Cartoons of the day: Supreme Court’s gay marriage decisions
In two major decisions on gay marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the Defense of Marriage Act and ruled California’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. Editorial cartoonist...
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What They Are Saying … about DOMA and the Supreme Court
Rainbow flags line the courtyard at San Francisco’s City Hall building last week. The US Supreme Court struck down The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and declared that same-sex couples who are legally...
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