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RE: THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT
In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, U.S. Supreme Court Slip Op. of June 30, 2026, the Court invalidated statutory limits on the campaign expenditures of political parties when their spending is coordinated with the campaign expenditures of individual candidates for office. The Court ruled that statutory limits on such “coordinated party/candidate” campaign… Continue reading
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RE: Birthright Citizenship
In Trump v. Barbara, U.S. Sup.Ct. Slip Op. of June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court declared that all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States, excepting only 1) those persons born to diplomatic personnel from other countries, 2) those persons born to armed invaders of the United States,… Continue reading
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RE: More on The Right To Keep and Bear Arms.
There is something fundamentally wrong with today’s jurisprudence interpreting the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Just yesterday, in Wolford v. Lopez, U.S. Sup.Ct. Slip Op. of June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court invalidated a Hawaii statute that prohibited the carrying of a gun onto private property “open to the public” without… Continue reading
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RE: CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (?) OF DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS
In Pung v. Isabella County, U.S. Sup.Ct. Slip Op. of June 23, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that the “Just Compensation Clause” of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution required the payment of any surplus proceeds from a foreclosure sale of property to collect a delinquent tax to the owner of the sold… Continue reading
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RE: GUN RIGHTS FOR MARIJUANA USERS
A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), has been construed by the federal Justice Department to prohibit a person who regularly and frequently uses marijuana in violation of the law, but without any other illegal misconduct, from keeping a firearm in his or her home. In United States v. Hemani, U.S. Sup.Ct.Slip Op. of June… Continue reading
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RE: TRANSGENDERED ENTRY INTO SCHOOL SPORTS
West Virginia, like many other states, helps sponsor girls’ sports teams at its schools, and like many other states, West Virginia bars transgender girls (i.e., individuals born as boys, but who now identify as girls[1]) from participating in school-sponsored sports activities for girls. The United States Supreme Court will soon decide whether that kind of… Continue reading
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TENNESSEE’S ILLEGAL REAPPORTIONMENT
Operating on the theory that the recent Supreme Court case of Louisiana v Callais (decided April 29, 2026) gives a free pass to state legislatures to engage in partisan “gerrymandering” of Congressional districts regardless of any other laws that govern Congressional district-making, the Tennessee legislature enacted a Congressional map splitting the black majority voting population… Continue reading
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GUN RIGHTS VS. PROPERTY RIGHTS
The United States Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Second Amendment’s “Right to Keep and Bear Arms” includes a gun owner’s right to carry his gun onto private property that is “open to the public,” when the property owner has not given his express permission for anyone to carry a gun there. SeeWolford v.… Continue reading
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“THE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND”
On May 18, 2026, the Trump Administration announced the formation of the so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” According to the Administration, the so-called “Fund” will distribute public money to people or entities claiming to be a past target or “victim” of “lawfare and weaponization” by government for “improper and unlawful political, personal, or ideological reasons.”[1] Claims will… Continue reading
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THE REPUNGNANCY OF TENNESSEE’S NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
On May 8, 2026, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted a law to dilute the collective voting power of the black residents of Tennessee’s Ninth Congressional District. The legislature did so by dividing the District up and then redistributing its divided population into three separate Congressional Districts, each one lying far beyond the Ninth District’s original… Continue reading
CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS 