

In Lee v. Weisman, a 5-justice majority, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy, rules that a nondenominational prayer delivered by a rabbi at a public school graduation ceremony violated . . .

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 23
It’s hardly a surprise that justices who willy-nilly invent rights that aren’t in the Constitution ignore rights that are.

Court’s Excellent Free-Exercise Ruling in Carson v. Makin
Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion, and the three liberal justices dissented.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 21
In their dissents in Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, Justice Douglas reiterates his belief that obscenity is fully protected by the First Amendment.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 20
Justice Scalia marvels at the majority’s ability to extract a ‘national consensus’ from the fact that 18 of the 38 states that permit capital punishment have recently enacted legislation barring execution . . .

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 19
A mere audience member at an American Constitution Society panel discussion on the forthcoming presidential election, Second Circuit judge Guido Calabresi can’t restrain himself.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 18
Mere months before losing his bid for re-election, President Jimmy Carter appoints ACLU activist Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the D.C. Circuit.

Iowa Supreme Court Overrules Pro-Abortion Precedent
In a momentous ruling today, the Iowa supreme court today repudiated one of its two recent rulings that confers protection on abortion under the state constitution.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 17
Jacob John Dougan and four other members of his Black Liberation Army begin implementing their plan ‘to indiscriminately kill white people and thus start a revolution and a race war.’

En Banc Fourth Circuit Sharply Divides on Whether Charter School Is State Actor
By a vote of 10 to 6 along ideological lines, the en banc Fourth Circuit ruled yesterday (in Peltier v. Charter Day School) that a public charter school . . .