Just before last year’s Obamacare ruling, Time Magazine released a profile of Justice Anthony Kennedy. The authors chronicled his Sacramento upbringing, where he worked for California golden sons Earl Warren and Ronald Reagan, and presented an optimistic view of the justice’s legal philosophy, painting it as a pragmatic alternative to his ideological counterparts. Yet after … Read more
As a gay man, it seems greedy to say that I was disappointed by the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor. After all, the partial revocation of the Defense of Marriage Act means that 150,000 same-sex couples now have access to thousands of federal benefits previously denied to them. Yet as much as … Read more
In the early 2000s, Republicans controlled all three branches of government and a decent number of state houses. And how did they handle abortion, the issue viewed by their base as a second holocaust? By doing as little as possible. For a supposedly pro-life party, Republicans understand that overturning Roe v. Wade could not be … Read more
Just before last year’s Obamacare ruling, Time Magazine released a profile of Justice Anthony Kennedy. The authors chronicled his Sacramento upbringing, where he worked for California golden sons Earl Warren and Ronald Reagan, and presented an optimistic view of the justice’s legal philosophy, painting it as a pragmatic alternative to his ideological counterparts. Yet after … Read more
Eleven years after brave patriots declared their independence from an oppressive empire, the architects of our republic instituted a Grand Charter the primary purpose of which was to establish a system of self-government. Even before the Framers had penned the magnificent words of the Bill of Rights, they had already drafted the provisions of what, rightly, … Read more
On June 23, Albania held its fourth regular parliamentary elections since the country’s fragile democracy was established in 1990 — elections that were of utmost importance for this small, eastern European country, as they would not only make or break its economic and political future, but also indicate how ready the nation was to become a … Read more