THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor



Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues
PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF JUSTICE:
LEGAL ISSUES & AMERICA'S JUDICIARY -- LAW, LAWYERS, & THE COURTS

A POLITICAL & MORAL VICTORY FOR THE AMERICAN NATION, AS WELL AS FOR U.S. SENATE REPUBLICANS:  THE SENATE'S REFUSAL TO CONSENT TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF A FAR-LEFT JUDICIAL ACTIVIST TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- BLOCKING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EXTRA-CONSTITUTIONALIST MILITANT LEFTIST TO A JUDGESHIP OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS A STEPPING STONE TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT -- ONE ENEMY OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & THE RULE OF LAW KEPT OFF THE FEDERAL BENCH & THEREBY PREVENTED FROM JOINING THOSE IN THE GOVERNMENT WHO ARE SPEARHEADING THE DRIVE TOWARD POLITICAL CENTRALIZATION & A STATIST ECONOMY IN THE U.S.A. -- A SIGNIFICANT DEFEAT OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL LEFT & ITS PLAN TO DESTROY FEDERALISM, STATE AUTONOMY, LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, BASIC RIGHTS & LIBERTIES, & THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY
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Volume XIII, Issue # 285, December 9, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HALLIGAN NOMINATION DEBACLE EXEMPLIFIES
AMERICA'S PRECARIOUS CROSSROADS

By Christopher G. Adamo



U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, THE ADVENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE, & THE FUTURE OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S.A.:  AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM, AMERICAN FEDERALISM, & THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE OF THE REACH & EXTENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE U.S. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- THE TASK OF CONFINING THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO ITS DELEGATED POWERS, THE POWERS DELEGATED TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIMITED GOVERNMENT & SMALL GOVERNMENT -- POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY & THE LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENT -- THE POLICE POWERS OF THE STATES & THE NATIONAL SUPREMACY CLAUSE IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION -- THE EXPANDING SOCIAL WELFARE STATE & THE VIABILITY OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT -- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATES
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Volume XIII, Issue # 233, September 16, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & LIMITED GOVERNMENT

By Dr. Edward J. Erler



FREE SPEECH RIGHTS & HOSTILE AUDIENCES:  AMERICA'S NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING FREE SPEECH IN THE FACE OF HOSTILE AUDIENCES -- THE KORAN BURNING CONTROVERSY & DISSOLUTION OF THE RESOLVE TO PRESERVE FREE SPEECH -- THE EMERGING LEGAL DOCTRINE HOLDING THAT AVOIDING OFFENSE TO MUSLIMS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST & THEREFORE TRUMPS THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS -- OPENING THE DOOR FOR U.S. COURT INJUNCTIONS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INFLAMES MUSLIM SENTIMENT IN STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT LOCATIONS -- LAYING THE LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF CENSORSHIP OVER A CITIZEN'S EXPRESSION OF PERSONAL VIEWS ON A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN
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Volume XII, Issue # 197, September 20, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IS KORAN BURNING PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH?

By Daniel Huff



ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & THE BOGUS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF ARIZONA:  THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & U.S. ATTORNEY-GENERAL ERIC HOLDER ENGAGED IN THE SELECTIVE "ENFORCEMENT" OF U.S. LAW, WHEREIN CRIMINAL ACTIONS ARE IGNORED OR DISMISSED IF COMMITTED BY SUCH THUGS AS THE NEW BLACK PANTHERS AGAINST COMMON CITIZENS ATTEMPTING TO VOTE, WHILE DECENT & HONORABLE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF ONE'S COUNTRY OR ONE'S STATE AGAINST AN INVASION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE TARGETED FOR LEGAL DISSOLUTION -- THE LAWSUIT & DECISION OF THE FEDERAL JUDGE AS REPRESENTING AN IMMEDIATE DANGER POSED TO THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA & AN ENORMOUS BREACH IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE AMERICAN NATION'S ENTIRE LEGAL SYSTEM -- THE FAILURE OF THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE PRESERVATION OF DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY IN THE U.S.A. A SINGLE FEDERAL JUDGE THWARTING THE ABILITY OF A STATE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS & LIBERTIES OF ITS CITIZENS
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Volume XII, Issue # 137, July 28, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

REAL AMERICA DID NOT SUE ARIZONA

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & ITS ENDEAVOR TO TRANSFORM THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF JUSTICE:  A METHODICAL & PREMEDITATED EFFORT OF THE WHITE HOUSE & THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FUNDAMENTALLY REINVENT THE AMERICAN CONCEPT OF JUSTICE -- THE APPALLING TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA'S ONCE SHINING SYSTEM OF JUSTICE FROM A GUARANTOR OF FREEDOM & LIBERTY FOR HONEST CITIZENS INTO A WEAPON BY WHICH THE IRON FIST OF A CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT IS MERCILESSLY WIELDED AGAINST DISSENTING POLITICAL OPPONENTS -- RAPID DEGENERATION OF WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A BASTION OF GOOD ON WHICH THE LAW-ABIDING COULD REST THEIR HOPES FOR RECTITUDE INTO A MEANS OF COERCION, CONTROL, & OPPRESSION -- A FRONTAL ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW & THE RIGHT OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS TO VOTE IN FREE & UNFETTERED ELECTIONS -- USING THE IMMENSE POWER & RESOURCES OF THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO FORCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE INTO CONFORMITY WITH THE TWISTED RADICAL LEFTWING LIBERAL IDEOLOGY OF BARACK OBAMA & ERIC HOLDER
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Volume XII, Issue # 125, July 14, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA & HOLDER WEAPONIZE AMERICAN "JUSTICE"

By Christopher G. Adamo



INTERNATIONAL LAW & THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:  CAN INTERNATIONAL LAW ABROGATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & THEREBY NULLIFY THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS ENUMERATED IN THAT AMENDMENT?  CAN U.S. DOMESTIC FREE SPEECH RIGHTS REALLY BE IN JEOPARDY FROM UNITED NATIONS TREATIES BANNING "HATE SPEECH" OR RECENT EFFORTS TO PROSCRIBE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS?  U.S. COURTS & HOW THEY CONSTRUE TREATIES LIMITING FREE EXPRESSION -- FINDING COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTERESTS THAT TRUMP THE FIRST AMENDMENT
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Volume XII, Issue # 119, July 7, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN JEOPARDY?

By Daniel Huff



THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION & THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTER OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT:  THE ROLE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE -- THE BASIC ISSUE:  CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THROUGH THE AMENDING PROCESS OR THROUGH JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION -- THE INTENT OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION VERSUS THE INTENT OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & HIS FELLOW LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGUES IN CONGRESS & ON THE SUPREME COURT -- THE PLOT TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE U.S.A.
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Volume XII, Issue # 111, June 30, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SPARE US THE KAGAN CONFIRMATION CHARADE

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS, & JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AS A PHILOSOPHY TO GUIDE JUDGES IN INTERPRETING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF A RADICAL JUDICIAL ACTIVIST & UNABASHED RACIST FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT -- PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOTAL LACK OF COMMITMENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, THE RULE OF LAW, JUDICIAL RESTRAINT, & AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF CHECKS & BALANCES -- OBAMA'S DETERMINATION TO EXPLOIT ETHNIC, RACIAL, & GENDER IDENTITY POLITICS & UTILIZE A RADICAL ACTIVIST SUPREME COURT TO SUBVERT THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES WHICH GOVERN OPERATION OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & LIMIT THE POWER OF THIS GOVERNMENT
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Volume XI, Issue # 135, June 3, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SOTOMAYOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE:
WHY BOTHER WITH THE CONSTITUTION?

By Christopher G. Adamo



LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, & THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN NATION:  PRESIDENTIAL & CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS, REPUBLICAN HOPES FOR VICTORY IN 2008, & THE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE A STARK & DEFINING CONTRAST BETWEEN THE INCREASINGLY LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY & POLICY AGENDA OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & A STRONG & UNBENDING CONSERVATIVE RIGHTIST STANCE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- THE NEED FOR A SUPERHAWK REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT & A CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY THAT WILL SUPPORT HIS ADMINISTRATION IN SECURING AMERICA'S BORDERS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & TERRORIST INFILTRATION, AS WELL AS IN EFFECTIVELY PROSECUTING THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY & SENATE MAJORITY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO FILL FEDERAL COURT VACANCIES WITH JUDGES WHO ADHERE TO & DECIDE CASES IN ACCORD WITH THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, REJECTING THE JUDICIAL ACTIVISM OF LEFTWING LIBERALS SEEKING TO OBLITERATE THE BOUNDARIES OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION
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Volume IX, Issue # 145, August 1, 2007

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LOSING CONSERVATISM WILL LOSE AMERICA

By Christopher G. Adamo



JUSTICE DEFILED; JUSTICE DENIED:  ABUSE OF THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM BY CORRUPT & OVERLY AMBITIOUS PROSECUTORS -- THE NEED FOR MUCH GREATER PROTECTION OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS FROM THE EXTREME ABUSES PERPETRATED BY UNSCRUPULOUS POWER MONGERS LIKE MICHAEL NIFONG & PATRICK FITZGERALD WHO WILL GLADLY ANNIHILATE THE LIVES & LIBERTIES OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS IN RUTHLESS PURSUIT OF CAREER & POWER
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Volume IX, Issue # 69, April 19, 2007

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NIFONG, FITZGERALD, & AMERICAN "JUSTICE" DEFILED

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE "WE THE PEOPLE" ACT:  PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO CURB JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & PREVENT ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES FROM UNDERMINING & DESTROYING AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM, REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, & LIBERTY UNDER LAW -- LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AMERICAN FEDERALISM, STATE AUTONOMY, & LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT -- WHAT ACTION MUST WE TAKE TO ENSURE PASSAGE BY CONGRESS OF H.R. 5739?
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Volume VIII, Issue # 151, August 11, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LEGISLATION AGAINST JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:
New Bill to Protect the Republic from
Activist Judges Needs Cosponsors

By Tom DeWeese



AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, & THE WAR ON ISLAMIST TERRORISM: THE INHERENT WEAKNESSES OF HUMAN NATURE & THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE PRODUCT OF GOVERNMENTAL BENEVOLENCE, RATHER THAN GOD-GIVEN NATURAL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES LIMITING THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT & PROTECTING THE INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL TYRANNY -- THE MOST RECENT ABOMINABLE & FLAGRANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL DECISION RENDERED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- DELIBERATELY MISINTERPRETING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & INVOKING "INTERNATIONAL LAW" IN ORDER TO SIDESTEP U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THE SUPREME COURT'S JURISDICTION & TO THWART A HISTORICALLY LEGITIMATE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE U.S.A. CAN DEAL WITH ENEMY COMBATANTS OF A PARTICULARLY DESPICABLE & DANGEROUS NATURE
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Volume VIII, Issue # 116, July 4, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

A DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF TERRORISTS

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM VERSUS LEFTWING LIBERALISM & JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO PROTECT AMERICA'S CONSTIRUTIONAL FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AGAINST LEFTIST LIBERAL ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ABUSE THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, SEEKING TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY OUR GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM, CENTRALIZE POLITICAL POWER, & IMPOSE ON AMERICAN SOCIETY THEIR OWN PUBLIC POLICY PREFERENCES OR THOSE OF RADICAL ACTIVIST SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
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Volume VIII, Issue # 96, June 7, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PROTECTING THE REPUBLIC FROM FEDERAL JUDGES

By Tom DeWeese



THE BASIS OF AMERICAN LAW:  JUDEO-CHRISTIAN MORAL & ETHICAL ABSOLUTES, AS CODIFIED IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS -- LAWLESSNESS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT -- REJECTING THE BOUNDARIES OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH & UNDERMINING THE RULE OF LAW
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Volume VIII, Issue # 91, May 31, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ROY MOORE, THE IMPERIAL CONGRESS,
& THE RULE OF LAW

By Christopher G. Adamo



U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON JUDGE SAMUEL A. ALITO, NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FOR APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT:  JUDGE ALITO'S RUNNING THE GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN BY PARTISAN DEMOCRATIC INGUISITORS ASKING GRUELING QUESTIONS & MAKING POLITICALLY BIASED PRONOUNCEMENTS EXPRESSING THEIR OWN LIBERAL LEFTIST NOTIONS REGARDING ISSUES OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
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Volume VIII, Issue # 11, January 12, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IS THE ALITO CONFIRMATION STRATEGY A GOOD THING?

By Christopher G. Adamo



WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE UPCOMING BATTLE OVER U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF SAMUEL ALITO'S NOMINATION TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: WHETHER AMERICA'S BROKEN LEGAL SYSTEM WILL EVER BE REPAIRED & TRUE JUSTICE RE-ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA -- ALITO'S JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY:  ONE OF DEFERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS AN ABSOLUTE STANDARD -- WHY LIBERALS OPPOSE ALITO'S CONFIRMATION:  THEIR FEAR THAT MUCH OF THE LIBERAL PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA WILL BE RELEGATED TO THE BALLOT BOX, WHERE IT VERY LIKELY WILL BE DEFEATED
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Volume VII, Issue # 278, December 16, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LIBERAL ANTICS HIGHLIGHT CRITICALITY
OF ALITO CONFIRMATION

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE PRESIDENT & THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS:  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S NOMINATION OF SAMUEL ALITO FOR APPOINTMENT TO A VACANCY ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- RALLYING AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES & BOLSTERING THE CONCEPT OF A SUPREME COURT WHOSE ULTIMATE PURPOSE IS TO UPHOLD & DEFEND THE INTEGRITY OF THE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN & AS PROPERLY AMENDED -- PROTECTING & PRESERVING THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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Volume VII, Issue # 242, November 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ALITO NOMINATION:  A VICTORY ON MULTIPLE FRONTS

By Christopher G. Adamo



OPERATION OF AMERICA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT THE STATE LEVEL, FEDERAL HABEAS REVIEW OF STATE COURT CONVICTIONS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR, & THE PROPOSED STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT OF 2005:  THE ROLE OF DELAY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM & HOW THE STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT WOULD FIT INTO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM -- HOW THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD CLEAR OUT THE PROCEDURAL UNDERGROWH THAT FOSTERS DELAY, WHILE ENABLING THE U.S. FEDERAL COURTS TO CONSIDER CASES WHERE THERE EXISTS LEGITIMATE CLAIM OF FACTUAL INNOCENCE
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Volume VII, Issue # 198, September 7, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS,
& THE STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT

By John Pressley Todd



USE OF HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS IN THE U.S. COURTS TO CHALLENGE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS IN THE STATE COURTS:  HOW THE FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCESS IS FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH ITS INTENDED PURPOSE -- HOW THE PROCESS IN DEATH PENALTY CASES IS INTERFERING WITH IMPORTANT RIGHTS & POWERS OF THE STATES UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION -- HOW THE PROCESS IS UNDERMINING PUBLIC RESPECT FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Volume VII, Issue # 196, September 5, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCESS:
ITS IMPACT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

By Kent Cattani



CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY, THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME, & THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC:  ABUSES THAT NOW INFECT THE HABEAS CORPUS SYSTEM IN THE U.S.A. -- THE PROPOSED STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT OF 2005 & HOW IT WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS IN AMERICA'S HABEAS CORPUS SYSTEM -- HOW THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD HELP PROTECT CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS & ENCOURAGE FAIR & EFFECTIVE USE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN HABEAS CORPUS CASES
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Volume VII, Issue # 188, August 27, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS &
ISSUES OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE

By Thomas Dolgenos



CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY & CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:  THE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO EFFECTIVELY & STRICTLY LIMIT USE OF THE RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS AS THE BASIS OF FEDERAL COURT APPEALS BY PERSONS UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH, DUE TO CONVICTION IN STATE COURTS OF CAPITAL OFFENSES -- THE STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT: PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO UPDATE THE ANTITERRORISM & EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1996, REDUCE THE BACKLOG OF FEDERAL COURT APPEALS FROM STATE CONVICTIONS IN MAJOR CRIMINAL CASES, & HELP BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME
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Volume VII, Issue # 185, August 24, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LIMITING ENDLESS DEATH PENALTY DELAYS

By Jon Kyle



JUDICIAL RESTRAINT & CONSERVATISM VERSUS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & LIBERALISM:  THE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING CONTROVERSY OVER THE PROPER MAKEUP OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY IN GENERAL & THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN PARTICULAR -- THE CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED ROLE OF THE U.S. COURTS:  INTERPRETATION & APPLICATION OF EXISTING U.S. LAW IN LEGAL CASES & CONTROVERSIES COMING BEFORE THE COURTS -- JUDICIAL LAW-MAKING & DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AS A USURPATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF CONGRESS & THE STATES & A VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE SUPREME COURT:  PERSONAL HONESTY & INTEGRITY, KNOWLEDGE OF & ADHERENCE TO THE LAW, & DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED & WRITTEN
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Volume VII, Issue # 171, August 9, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY:  GUARDIANS OF THE CONTRACT

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION & THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICANS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION:  AN ASSAULT REFLECTED IN THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN KELO VERSUS CITY OF NEW LONDON -- HOW THE KELO DECISION TIES IN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, "INTERNATIONAL LAW," AGENDA 21, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, STATISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, & POLITICAL CORRUPTION -- WHY AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD BE OUTRAGED TO LEARN OF THIS PERFIDIOUS & REPREHENSIBLE JUDICIAL DECISION GROSSLY DISTORTING THE MEANING OF THE TAKINGS CLAUSE IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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Volume VII, Issue # 141, July 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SMART GROWTH,
& THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S KELO DECISION:
ORGANIZED THEFT BY ANY NAME

By Tom DeWeese



JUDICIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:  DECIMATION OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES BY AMORAL, LEFTWING LIBERAL JUSTICES ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- THE LATEST RASH OF OUTRAGEOUS U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS:  DEMONSTRATION THAT THOSE AT THE APEX OF POWER IN THE U.S.A. ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO DESTROYING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ASSUMING DICTATORIAL CONTROL OVER THE AMERICAN POPULATION, & TRAMPLING THE LONG-STANDING RIGHTS OF U.S. CITIZENS
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Volume VII, Issue # 139, June 29, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERADICATES
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE SELLOUT:  THE SOCALLED "COMPROMISE" OF MAY 23, 2005 -- THE SURRENDER BY SEVEN SOCALLED "MODERATE" REPUBLICANS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO THE LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' FILIBUSTER OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES -- WILL CONSERVATIVES COME TO GRIPS WITH THE FACT THAT FIFTY-TWO TRULY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WOULD CONSTITUTE A BETTER & MORE RELIABLE MAJORITY THAN A LARGER SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CONTAINING "MODERATES" READY & WILLING TO BETRAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATE WITH LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS, & UNDERMINE THE CONSERVATIVE ENDEAVOR TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY TO THE UNITED STATES COURTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 119, May 25, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL FILIBUSTER "COMPROMISE":  AMERICA BETRAYED

By Christopher G. Adamo



JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS & PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE:  HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. SENATE WORK TO BLOCK APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES WHO WILL UPHOLD THE INTERGITY & TRUE MEANING OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- WHY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS NEED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE SENATE FIGHT OVER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS IS ABOUT PROTECTING & PRESERVING THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS & BALANCES, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, & POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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Volume VII, Issue # 98, April 29, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BREAKING JUDICIAL FILIBUSTERS:  HIGH NOON FOR CONSERVATIVES

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMERICAN JUSTICE AS A DARK MYTH:  HOW AMERICA'S POLITICAL LEADERS ALTERNATELY UPHOLD & IGNORE "THE LAW" IN A HIGHLY SELECTIVE & SELF-SERVING MANNER -- POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, LIBERAL HYPOCRICY, & THE LEGAL DOUBLE STANDARD OPERATING TO FURTHER THE SUBVERSIVE ENDS OF AMERICA'S POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT
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Volume VII, Issue # 85, April 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF JUSTICE -- A BROKEN SYSTEM

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY & RESPONSIBILITY OF CONGRESS TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PREVENT ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES FROM USING A FLAWED INTERPRETATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO REWRITE THE LAWS & TRADITIONS GOVERNING MARRIAGE:  THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO PASS THE PROPOSED MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT & THEREBY STAND AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & FOR TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
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Volume VII, Issue # 70, April 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PROTECTING MARRIAGE FROM JUDICIAL TYRANNY

By Dr. Ron Paul



UNBRIDLED JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES IGNORING THE CONSTITUTION & LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES & DECIDING LEGAL CASES & CONTROVERSIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUDGES' OWN PERSONAL POLITICAL VIEWS & PUBLIC POLICY PREFERENCES, THEREBY USURPING THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION & MAKING LAW, RATHER THAN INTERPRETING & APPLYING EXISTING LAW -- THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT'S INCREASING USE OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY TO DO IN COURT WHAT IT CANNOT DO AT THE BALLOT BOX OR IN CONGRESS & THE STATE LEGISLATURES:  ADVANCE AN ULTRA-LIBERAL, ACTIVIST, SECULAR, MULTICULTURAL POLITICAL AGENDA WHICH MOST AMERICANS OPPOSE -- HIGH TIME FOR CONGRESS TO REASSERT ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO DEFINE & RESTRICT THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS, INCLUDING THAT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO BEGIN IMPEACHING & REMOVING FROM OFFICE FEDERAL JUDGES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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Volume VII, Issue # 69, April 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE U.S. COURTS & ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES:
THE IMPERIAL JUDICIARY

By Dr. Ron Paul



UNRESTRAINED GOVERNMENT BY AN OUT-OF-CONTROL FEDERAL JUDICIARY:  A JUDICIARY THAT IS DESTROYING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC, OUR SYSTEM OF LIMITED, DIVIDED & BALANCED GOVERNMENTAL POWER, & THE POLITICAL AUTONOMY OF THE MEMBER-STATES OF THE AMERICAN FEDERAL UNION -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO LIMIT THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AS WELL AS THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 68, April 3, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FEDERAL COURTS & THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

By Dr. Ron Paul



THE LATEST BRAND OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  ACTIVIST U.S. FEDERAL JUDGES CONSIDERING & USING FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SOURCES WHEN DECIDING CASES, EVEN THOUGH SUCH SOURCES OFTEN CONFLICT WITH THE CONSTITUTION & LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OVER THE FEDERAL COURTS & SEND FEDERAL JUDGES A STRONG MESSAGE THAT AMERICANS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AMERICAN LAWS ONLY & THAT JUDGES WHO VIOLATE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE FEDERAL BENCH
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Volume VII, Issue # 67, April 3, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUSTICE ADMINISTERED BY ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES:
WHOSE JUSTICE?

By Dr. Ron Paul



THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, THE AMERICAN FEDERAL SYSTEM, & THE PROPOSAL TO ADD AN AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DEFINING MARRIAGE SO AS TO EXCLUDE HOMOSEXUAL DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS -- THE DAMAGE THAT SUCH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WOULD DO TO WHAT IS LEFT OF AMERICAN FEDERALISM & THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE STATES -- FEDERAL STATUTORY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MORE EFFECTIVELY THWART THE SECULAR, PRO-GAY POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT &, AT THE SAME TIME, PREVENT THE FURTHER EROSION OF STATES' RIGHTS:   LEGISLATION THAT CONGRESS COULD ENACT TO PREVENT ACCEPTANCE & RECOGNITION OF GAY "MARRIAGES" FROM BEING IMPOSED ON THE STATES BY THE U.S. COURTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 66, April 2, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE
FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION OVER MARRIAGE

By Dr. Ron Paul



JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & ITS THREAT TO THE RULE OF LAW, CHECKS & BALANCES, & AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT:  HIGH TIME FOR AMERICA'S CONSERVATIVES TO UNITE & STAND FIRM IN SUPPORT OF LEADERS READY, WILLING, & DETERMINED TO TAKE DECISIVE LEGAL & POLITICAL ACTION TO REMOVE FROM OFFICE JUDGES ABUSING THE LAW & EXERCISING UNCHECKED POWER, BRING THE JUDICIARY UNDER THE LIMITS, RESTRAINTS, & CONTROLS OF THE LAW, & THEREBY PUT AN END TO JUDICIAL TYRANNY & RULE BY LAWLESS, OUT-OF-CONTROL JUDGES IN AMERICA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 63, March 30, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDGE GEORGE GREER:  HARBINGER OF AMERICA'S FUTURE

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE LAWSUIT INDUSTRY & THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- LAWYERS SEEKING TO ENRICH THEMSELVES BY SERVING CLIENTS WHO SEEK TO BE PAID FOR EVERYTHING THEY THINK IS WRONG WITH THEM, PRESUME IT TO BE THE FAULT OF SOMEONE ELSE, & BELIEVE THE HARD-EARNED WEALTH OF THE LATTER SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE FORMER:  A PRACTICE THAT IS ABUSIVE TO THE RULE OF LAW & TO THE HEALTH & ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- HIGH TIME FOR TORT REFORM & PROVISION FOR EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF THE U.S. ECONOMY AGAINST PREDATORY LAWSUITS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 60, March 27, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DESTROYING THE ECONOMY ONE LAWSUIT AT A TIME

By Alan Caruba



LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. SENATE & THEIR FILIBUSTER OF THE PRESIDENT'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES:  THE DETERMINATION OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC MINORITY IN THE SENATE TO PREVENT THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION & PRESERVING THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENT -- CONSERVATISM VERSUS LIBERALISM, JUDICIAL RESTRAINT VERSUS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  WHETHER THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, AS ENVISIONED BY THE FOUNDERS, WILL PREVAIL OR FADE INTO OBLIVION -- REPUBLICANS MUST STAND FIRM & UNITED IN COUNTERING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC OBSTRUCTIONISM & IN FIGHTING FOR SENATE CONFIRMATION OF PRO-CONSTITUTION JUDGES
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Volume VII, Issue # 59, March 23, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PARTISAN POLITICS, JUDICIAL NOMINEES, & THE SENATE FILIBUSTER:
GOP SENATORS ARE BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN

By Christopher G. Adamo



JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  ENEMY OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & THE TRUMP CARD OF THOSE WHO, IN SERVICE TO THEIR OWN POLITICAL AGENDAS & IDEOLOGIES, SEEK TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY & JUSTICE UNDER LAW, POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, & THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
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Volume VII, Issue # 41, February 23, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  THE "FIFTH COLUMN" OF AMERICA'S ENEMIES

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, NATURAL-RIGHTS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, & U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS -- THE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE'S ADHERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL MEANING & INTENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & HIS USE OF NATURAL-LAW & NATURAL-RIGHTS PHILOSOPHY TO DEFEND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT:  THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE ENDEAVOR OF THE POLITICAL LEFT TO REPLACE AMERICA'S TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT WITH A FULL-BLOWN REGULATORY-WELFARE STATE OF UNLIMITED POWERS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 263, December 16, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & NATURAL-LAW JURISPRUDENCE:
DEFENDING U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS

By Tom Krannawitter



THE POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OVER APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE U.S. COURTS:  THE CONTINUING BATTLE BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES SEEKING A FEDERAL JUDICIARY THAT INTERPRETS THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLT SAYS & LEFTWING LIBERALS DEMANDING THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY & RADICAL PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA OF LEFTWING LIBERALISM & ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE FUNDAMENTAL LAW THROUGH JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION, READING THEIR OWN IDEOLOGICAL NOTIONS & POLICY PREFERENCES INTO THE COUNSTITUTION & DESTROYING GENUINE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PROCESS
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Volume VI, Issue # 240, November 12, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE BATTLE FOR THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMERICA'S COURTS & THE RAVAGES OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  HIGH TIME FOR AMERICANS TO BEGIN HOLDING THEIR JUDGES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THEIR AUTHORITY & TO SOME STANDARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR OFFICIAL ACTIONS & DECISIONS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 107, May 25, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL TYRANNY & CORRUPTION IN AMERICA:

HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THIS?

By Christopher G. Adamo



HOW THE COURTS OF OUR LAND SHOULD INTERPRET THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE PROVISION WAS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN AT THE TIME IT WAS ADOPTED: THE THEORY OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION HELD BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
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Volume V, Issue # 225, September 5, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL ADHERENCE TO THE TEXT OF OUR BASIC LAW:

A THEORY OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION

By Associate Justice Antonin Scalia



U.S. SENATE DECISION-MAKING ON CONFIRMATION OR REJECTION OF A FEDERAL JUDGE NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT -- THE EFFORT OF LEFTWING LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUPS & DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS TO ELEVATE PARTISAN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF CONSIDERATION & DEEMPHASIZE THE JUDICIAL NOMINEE'S ABILITY & WILLINGNESS TO ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL OATH & ADHERE TO THE RULE OF LAW
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 222, September 2, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IDEOLOGY & THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES:

THE POSITION OF THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE

By Clint Bolick



RECENT DECISIONS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT INVALIDATING FEDERAL STATUTES WHICH ENCROACH ON THE POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION -- JUDICIAL DECISIONS THAT ARE FIRMLY WITHIN THE MAINSTREAM OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL THOUGHT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 220, August 29, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RECENT U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS:

MAINSTREAM AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL THOUGHT

By Professor Eugene Volokh



IN WHAT SENSE IS "JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY" OR "IDEOLOGY" A PROPER & LEGITIMATE CONCERN OF THE U.S. SENATE WHEN DECIDING WHETHER TO CONFIRM OR REJECT THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OR ON SOME OTHER FEDERAL COURT?
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Volume V, Issue # 218, August 28, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ROLE OF IDEOLOGY IN THE
JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS

By Professor Stephen B. Presser



SENATE CONFIRMATION OR REJECTION OF PROPOSED FEDERAL JUDGES NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE U.S. COURTS -- SHOULD POLITICAL IDEOLOGY MATTER IN THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 218, August 27, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES:

SHOULD POLITICAL IDEOLOGY MATTER?

By C. Boyden Gray



THE PRESENT MAJORITY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT & ITS INTENTION TO INCORPORATE BY JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF EUROPEAN LAW INTO AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- SHOULD WE ALLOW THESE LIBERAL LEFTIST JUSTICES TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM & EUROPEANIZE THE SUPREME LAW OF OUR LAND?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 213, August 21, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE CURRENT MAJORITY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT:

ITS INTENTION TO EUROPEANIZE AMERICA'S BASIC LAW

By Paul Walfield



THE PROPER ROLE OF THE U.S.SENATE IN THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES -- SENATE CONFIRMATION OF PROPOSED JUDGES NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT:  SHOULD POLITICAL IDEOLOGY BE INJECTED INTO THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS?
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Volume V, Issue # 202, August 7, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS:

WHAT ROLE SHOULD IDEOLOGY PLAY IN THE PROCESS?

By U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch



TO CONFIRM OR NOT TO CONFIRM -- THE U.S. SENATE'S EXERCISE OF ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONFIRM OR REJECT PROPOSED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.:  WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD THE SENATORS USE IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONFIRM OR REJECT A NOMINEE
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Volume V, Issue # 201, August 8, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES:

THE CRITERIA THAT SHOULD BE USED

By Dr. Mark Tushnet



THE UNITED STATES COURTS, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, & THE JUDICIAL NOMINATION & CONFIRMATION PROCESS -- THE ROLE OF THE U.S. SENATE IN CONFIRMING & REJECTING PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS OF JUDGES TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE FEDERAL BENCH
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 189, July 23, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FEDERAL JUCICIARY & THE SENATE'S ROLE
IN THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS PROCESS

By Dr. Ronald D. Rotunda



ABUSE OF THE FILIBUSTER IN CONTROVERSIES OVER U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES -- THE FILIBUSTER'S USE BY A MINORITY FACTION IN THE SENATE TO THWART THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AS EXPRESSED THROUGH A MAJORITY OF THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SENATE
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Volume V, Issue # 179, July 11, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FILIBUSTER & U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION
OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES

By Dr. John C. Eastman



WHY U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES, COUPLED WITH PARTISAN USE OF THE FILIBUSTER TO PREVENT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS FROM CHOOSING CONSERVATIVE FEDERAL JUDGES, IS A PROCESS THAT IS BROKEN & NEEDS TO BE FIXED
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Volume V, Issue # 165, June 25, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FILIBUSTER & THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

By Dr. John C. Eastman



LEGAL & JUDICIAL HARLOTRY & ITS IMPACT ON JUSTICE -- SHOULD THE MANUFACTURER OF A PRODUCT BE HELD LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HARMUL, INJURIOUS, & DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS OF A CONSUMER'S DELIBERATE MISUSE OF THE PRODUCT?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 96, April 5, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LEGAL & JUDICIAL PROSTITUTION:

THE GREAT LAWSUIT SCAM

By Lee Robinson



THE U.S. COURTS, THE PLEDGE-OF-ALLEGIANCE DECISION, & SENATE DEMOCRATS' BLOCKAGE OF THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 89, August 7, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OUT OF CONTROL ON PLEDGE BAN:
A NEWSMAX.COM ANALYSIS

By Dan Frisa



JUDICIAL WATCH -- THE ORGANIZED EFFORT TO CLEAN UP AMERICA'S JUDICIAL & LEGAL SYSTEM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 41, April 16, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL WATCH FIGHTS CORRUPTION & ABUSE
IN AMERICA's LEGAL & JUDICIAL SYSTEM

By Larry Klayman




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