Imagine |
Can anyone imagine how different current events would be if the Supreme Court had installed Al Gore in the White House instead of George Bush?
Al wouldn't have an Oscar or a Nobel Prize. We woul...
Posted by ed gilbert on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:10:00 PST |
Mad, Mad World |
I can understand all of the arguments on both sides. I know that Bill Clinton pardoned a lot of people for purely political reasons. I know that the President has the power to hand down pa...
Posted by ed gilbert on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:30:00 PST |
Ugh! |
The President of the United States of America demonstrates once again that he has absolutely no respect for the rule of law. How are we supposed to teach our children with examples like this?
Posted by ed gilbert on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:41:00 PST |
Creation |
Years ago I played the Defendant, Burt Cates, in the Play 'Inherit the Wind.' As many of you know, the character was based on John Scopes who was convicted of teaching evolution to school childr...
Posted by ed gilbert on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:13:00 PST |
Ronald Wilson Reagan |
Here's an oldie that I'm posting up again for Father's Day. Have a good one, dad.
With the passing of Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, there was a great out-pour...
Posted by ed gilbert on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:38:00 PST |
The End |
This is the last installment of the Constitution essay (finally)
So the question is why so many people like it when the President or their congressmen blast the Court. There are the obvious ones...
Posted by ed gilbert on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:49:00 PST |
Sandra and Me |
But I digress. The Constitution does not say that the Supreme Court is the arbiter of constitutional questions. In fact, it was not until 1803 that the Supreme Court itself decided that it...
Posted by ed gilbert on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:07:00 PST |
The Role of the Supreme Court |
A great deal of the change in trend has to do with the development of mass media. Prior to the advent of radio one would requir...
Posted by ed gilbert on Wed, 23 May 2007 06:37:00 PST |
Still more liberty |
School prayer is an issue that has always puzzled me. In terms of liberty, the issue cuts both ways. For most of a century, prayer was part of the day in public schools across the country ...
Posted by ed gilbert on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:44:00 PST |
More Liberty |
So, if liberty is the goal of American jurisprudence, how is liberty doing in the twenty-first century? In many ways, we have made substantial progress in breaking down racial and gender barrier...
Posted by ed gilbert on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:46:00 PST |
