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The Second Amendment has always put me in a quandary, but Scalia's opinion was not an honest attempt at sorting it out. It was a sophistical, political decision of just the type that he rails against.

Judges, with entirely one-sided ruling records, are asked, during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, whether they can be impartial. They're not impartial. It's not even close.

So much for Scalia's much-vaunted "originalism," which advocates reading the Constitution as it would have been understood at the time of the Founding.

While the gun lobby may crack open that bottle of champagne, this is a victory that thrives in theory, but one that, in practice, can only be condemned.

A government that cannot protect people should not deprive them of the right to protect themselves -- and the the D.C. gun ban did just that.

Today's Heller decision marks the biggest triumph so far for gun rights advocates. It establishes what was for so long denied, and the the gun control debate will never be the same.

If Scalia and Stevens were competent historians, then it might be worth reading what they write. But they are not. Both offer selective readings of history to support what seem to be pre-determined positions.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the "millionaire's amendment," a campaign finance law intended to level the field for Hou...

The Supreme Court's decision this morning to ban use of the death penalty in cases of child rape is consistent with its historical position on the issue.

Mickey Kaus notes: "John McCain met privately with some Clinton supporters in the diehard group Party Unity My Ass, and tried to wobble his way into t...

The Crawford decision directly supports and serves the Republican mission to make it more difficult for or to block poor, minority and youth voters from casting their votes at the polls entirely.

We haven't done a contest here in a while, so I'm going to open the betting window today on the outcome of the Democratic race. To play, just post a ...

1) It pains me to say this - but one thing is for sure. The election campaign between the Democrats and Republicans in 2008 will not be about decency ...