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Newt Gingrich, the Judiciary, and the Principle of Limited Government

December 18th, 2011 · Comments Off on Newt Gingrich, the Judiciary, and the Principle of Limited Government

I missed last Thursday’s debate where Newt Gingrich and Michelle Bachmann took aim at the Supreme Court, and indeed, the Federal Judiciary generally.  But since then Newt has kept at it, and his answers make me incredibly nervous. The principle of limited government means that government must be strictly limited – even if you like […]

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Tags: Big Government · Campaign '12 · Constitutional Law · Criminal Law · Judges · Lawyers and the Law · Newt Gingrich · Principles

This Weekend’s Pointless DUI Checkpoint

December 16th, 2010 · Comments Off on This Weekend’s Pointless DUI Checkpoint

This last weekend my wife and I went to a Christmas party, and on the way to drop off the little one, we passed the DUI checkpoint on Kietzke.  It was 6:30 PM, and the line of delayed cars stretched for blocks.  Anyone turning around was pulled over for evading the checkpoint, which is a […]

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Tags: Constitutional Law · Criminal Law