From Today’s “InBox”: THE PLAN

A. Let those men who want to marry men, marry men.

B. Allow those women who want to marry women, marry women.

C. Allow those folks who want to abort their babies, abort their babies.

D. In three generations, there will be no Democrats.

Oh, don’t ya just love it when a plan comes together!

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Life is Short … Drink the GOOD wine FIRST!!

Finally– A Student of “Professor” Obama Speaks Out About His Supreme Court Comments

The Irony: A Law Professor who was taught by Barack Obama then served as a Law Clerk for Judge Smith of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals:

From Brietbart:

Prof. Thom Lambert of the University of Missouri Law School has responded with alarm to President Barack Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court and the power of judicial review by recalling his own days as Obama’s student at the University of Chicago.

Lambert, who writes for the “Truth on the Market” blog, not only studied under Obama, but also clerked for the federal judge who issued an order yesterday demanding that the Department of Justice clarify whether the government believed courts had the power to overturn constitutional laws.

Lambert wrote:

Thus, a Wall Street Journal editorial queried this about the President who “famously taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago”:  “[D]id he somehow not teach the historic case of Marbury v. Madison?”

I actually know the answer to that question.  It’s no (well, technically yes…he didn’t).  President Obama taught “Con Law III” at Chicago.  Judicial review, federalism, the separation of powers — the old “structural Constitution” stuff — is covered in “Con Law I” (or at least it was when I was a student).  Con Law III covers the Fourteenth Amendment.  (Oddly enough, Prof. Obama didn’t seem too concerned about “an unelected group of people” overturning a “duly constituted and passed law” when we were discussing all those famous Fourteenth Amendment cases – Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut, Romer v. Evans, etc.)  Of course, even a Con Law professor focusing on the Bill of Rights should know that the principle of judicial review has been alive and well since 1803, so I still feel like my educational credentials have been tarnished a bit by the President’s “unprecedented, extraordinary” remarks.

Lambert added: “Fortunately…[t]his morning, the judge for whom I clerked, Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, called the President’s bluff….I must say, I’m pretty dang proud of Judge Smith right now.  And I’m really looking forward to reading that three-page, single-spaced letter.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/04/Former-Obama-Student-Obamas-Ignorance-of-Constitution-Embarrassing

Rand Paul: I Blame the Government for My Toilets Not Working

If the federal government can support abortion rights, why can’t it also support light bulb choice, Sen. Rand Paul asked Thursday morning.

And don’t even get him started about his toilet.

“Frankly, my toilets don’t work in my house, and I blame you and people like you who want to tell me what I can install in my house,” Paul said. He added, “I find it insulting.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51053.html#ixzz1GJRsYhmJ

Can You Visualize the Uproar of a Pres. Palin Announcing that She Doesn’t Think Roe v. Wade is Constitutional and Won’t Defend It?

     I can see the heads of the left exploding in unison.

     I can hear the talking heads screaming from the rooftops.

     There would be calls for impeachment!

      Regardless of your stance on gay marriage, the “decree” from Pres. Obama regarding how his Administration will handle the defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in the future is a bold swipe at crossing the borders of the separations of powers. If he is not called out on it, it will create a precedence for future Presidents.

       IMHO, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is intent on remaining on the Court because, despite her liberal positions, even Obama is too liberal for her likings!

Monday Highlights

     The weather this cold Monday was NEGATIVE 5 in Manchester NH, and the trains weren’t running into NYC because of the cold. Here are a few of the highlights of this Monday:

          **    The Appeals Court in Illinois has ruled that Rahm Emmanuel is NOT QUALIFIED to be on the ballot for Chicago Mayor due to residency issues…. Early voting starts next week for the February 22nd election.

          **   Even as Florida’s newly elected Gov. Rick Scott was in South Florida at the funeral service for two slain officers, gunned down serving a warrant, two more police officers, doing the same thing, were gunned down in St. Petersburg, FL.

          **   A gunman opened fire in a Detroit police precinct last night, injuring at least four officers.

          **  Pro-life groups braved the cold weather in Washington DC today to mark the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, having the March for Life on the National Mall.

          **  Jared Loughner, the accused Tucson tragedy gunman, appeared in court and pled not guilty to charges against him.

          **  Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito will definitely NOT be attending the State of the Union address tomorrow night. Justice Clarence Thomas has routinely refrained from attending the event, and there is rumor that Chief Justice John Roberts will not attend either.

Any others:

Nebraska Enacts Two Landmark Abortion Laws

Two landmark measures putting new restrictions on abortion became law in Nebraska on Tuesday, including one that critics say breaks with court precedent by changing the legal rationale for a ban on later-term abortions.

Republican Gov. Dave Heineman signed both bills, one barring abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy and the other requiring women to be screened before having abortions for mental health and other problems. Both sides of the abortion debate say the laws are firsts of their kind in the U.S.

Fetus @ 20 weeks….

A national abortion rights group already appeared to be girding for a legal challenge, calling the ban after 20 weeks “flatly unconstitutional” because it is based on the assertion that fetuses feel pain, not on the ability of a fetus to survive outside the womb.

“It absolutely cannot survive a challenge without a change to three decades of court rulings,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. “Courts have been chipping away at abortion rights … this would be like taking a huge hacksaw to the rights.”

The law focusing on late-term abortions is designed to shut down one of the few doctors in the nation who performs them in Nebraska.

For full article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwwOCWY5bl1G7ezyuAGRUDzqCFNQD9F2FE5O0

Abortion May Stop ObamaCare

WASHINGTON – The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.

The stumbling block is whether insurance plans that get federal money are completely barred from covering abortions, or whether they can cover it as long as they require customers to write separate checks for the procedure using their own money.

Why does that matter?

Because the House and Senate solved the dispute in different ways, neither of which makes everyone happy, and now they have to find a further compromise.

“Something’s going to have to give,” said Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., author of the abortion language in the House.

At this point it’s not clear what that will be, although talks to resolve the issue have already begun and all involved in the intraparty dispute say they want to be able to support a final health care bill.

For full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091223/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_abortion

Abortion & Slavery, through the Eyes of Sotomayor & the PRLDF

FACT CHECK: Sotomayor tied abortion ban, slavery?

By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writer – Wed Jul 15, 6:04 am ET

WASHINGTON – Abortion opponents saw their issue take center stage when Sen. Lindsey Graham questioned Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her 12-year tenure with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.

In particular, the South Carolina Republican asked Tuesday about legal briefs the group filed arguing for an expansion of abortion rights. In one of those cases, Graham said, the group claimed that denying a woman access to an abortion was a form of slavery. Sotomayor said she never read those briefs, an assertion that abortion opponents say is hard to believe.

A look at the facts of the case:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sotomayor_fact_check

Obama addresses Notre Dame, among a few minor interruptions

Text of President Barack Obama’s commencement address Sunday as the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., as released before delivery by the White House. The Rev. John Jenkins is the school’s president. The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh is Jenkins’ predecessor.

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Thank you, Father Jenkins, for that generous introduction. You are doing an outstanding job as president of this fine institution, and your continued and courageous commitment to honest, thoughtful dialogue is an inspiration to us all.

Good afternoon, Father Hesburgh, Notre Dame trustees, faculty, family, friends and the class of 2009. I am honored to be here today and grateful to all of you for allowing me to be part of your graduation.

I want to thank you for this honorary degree. I know it has not been without controversy. I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but these honorary degrees are apparently pretty hard to come by. So far I’m only 1 for 2 as president. Father Hesburgh is 150 for 150. I guess that’s better. Father Ted, after the ceremony, maybe you can give me some pointers on how to boost my average.

I also want to congratulate the class of 2009 for all your accomplishments. And since this is Notre Dame, I mean both in the classroom and in the competitive arena. We all know about this university’s proud and storied football team, but I also hear that Notre Dame holds the largest outdoor 5-on-5 basketball tournament in the world — Bookstore Basketball.

For the full text of Obama’s remarks: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_notre_dame_text;_ylt=AkW41UZkymg2iTopo9Q8NCCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJmcTNmMXQwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTE3L3VzX29iYW1hX25vdHJlX2RhbWUEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3JlbGF0ZWQ-

Obama and his View of the Role of the Supreme Court