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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Income and inheritance taxes imply the denial of private property, and in that are different in principle from all other taxes. The government says to the citizen: ‘Your earnings are not exclusively your own; we have a claim on them, and our claim precedes yours; we will allow you to keep some of it, because we recognize your need, not your right; but whatever we grant you for yourself is for us to decide.’
— Frank Chodorov, The Income Tax: Root of all Evil
Supreme-Court
Gay Marriage in California
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court struck down a statutory regime that gave same-sex couples essentially the same rights and duties as married couples, but called them "registered domestic partners" instead of "married couples." This, the court said, violates the equal protection clause of the California Constitution.
The court did not say whether same-sex couples should be […]
Reflection on Gonzales v. Carhart (the recent Ruling on the Partial Birth Abortion Ban)
Judicial Life Potentially Enters the Womb
550 U.S. ___ (2007)
On April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States decided, 5 to 4, in Gonzales v. Carhart (Carhart) that the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003 (Act) was constitutional in view of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (PP), and Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. […]
Life, Liberty, and Property
Hands off our homes A Supreme Court ruling that allows the government to seize private property has set off a fierce backlash that may yet be as potent as the anti-abortion movement "Seven days later [after the Kelo v. New London SCOTUS decision], by a ten-to-one margin, the Republican […]
Holding Politicians Accountable
Remember that raise PA legislators gave themselves? Well, Operation Clean Sweep Pennsylvania isn't the only group torqued by it. Common Cause Pennsylvania wants in on the butt-kicking. "A citizens lobby called Common Cause/Pennsylvania is considering a wide range of options, including a lawsuit and […]
Way of Life vs Way of Death
When will we get beyond this poor excuse for justice?
BTW, this guy is pretty old. If he should die or retire while Bush is in office,
Dubya will get to replace him. That could be good news if a pro-life judge is installed.
That could be bad news because […]
