H.R.3073 – end run around the Constitution update

It seems I was premature in saying that H.R.3073, a bid to grant Congress the right to overturn Supreme Court decisions, didn’t have a chance in hell of passing. Looks like I was wrong. In the last few days, it’s picked up 15 cosponsors. Here’s the List of Shame: Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] Cosponsors: [...]

Viva la basketball

I used to be a huge pro basketball fan. Back in the glory days, I followed two teams: the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. It was a win/win situation – if one team didn’t take the championship, the other did. What the teams had in common was phenomenal–and underrated–centers leading true team efforts. [...]

The “Just Desserts” cafe

In light of the Supreme Court eminant domain decision granting government the right to condemn and seize property from one private owner and give it to another, Logan Darrow Clements has an interesting proposal; seize Justice David Souter’s colonial farmhouse and turn it into a hotel. “The justification for such an eminent domain action is [...]

Just ignore the elephant, please

Yesterday the US Supreme Court refused to hear the case of Judith Miller (of The New York Times) and Matthew Cooper (of Time Magazine), letting stand a decision by a federal judge to hold the pair of reporters in contempt of court. Their offense? Refusing to disclose the identity of a source who contacted them [...]

S.1313 – eminent domain

UPDATE: The full text of the bill is now available. Read it here. The reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on Kelo vs. The City of New London et al has been swift. I’ll post the full text of the bill as soon as it becomes available. S.1313 : A bill to protect homes, small [...]

H.R.3073 – attack on the separation of powers

UPDATE: The full text of the bill is now available. Read it here. Here’s an interesting little bit of wing-nuttery. I don’t think it has a chance in hell of passing, but this attempted end run around the Constitution got my attention. H.R.3073 Title: To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States [...]

Movies for the hearing impared

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been to a movie in a theater. Between the overly loud soundtrack and and background sound effects, I can’t understand the dialog, so I prefer to wait for video so that I can use closed captions. But that’s about to change. Regal Cinemas, which owns the multiplex [...]

Please oh please give me more pop-ups

If you click on a pop-up, does that mean you like having spyware or adware on your computer? That’s the contention of Melinda Tiemeyer, spokeswoman for Sprint PCS, quoted in a AP article carried by the Houston Chronicle. Sprint is OK with using adware because users, she said, accept it in exchange for phone service [...]

Changes

It is a season of change. Even pleasant, moving-forward change unsettles me, leaves me scrambling for the comfort of the familiar and stable. Were Fate kind, changes would come one at a time, each surrounded by a buffer of peaceful reflection that would allow me to contemplate and slowly adjust before moving on to the [...]

Robbin’ The Hood

In a suprise move, the US Supreme Court yesterday cut the legs out from under private property owners with its ruling on Kelo vs. The City of New London et al, affirming the right of government to take private property for the greater good of economic development, even when the beneficiary is a private company [...]

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