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John Armor: Georgia Supreme Court Throws Out Challenge to Voter ID Law

By |2023-05-20T09:38:59-04:00June 20th, 2007|

On Monday, June 11th, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision that a Georgia law requiring photo ID for all voters, was unconstitutional. The court’s decision was unanimous, but not substantive. It was that the Plaintiff lacked standing to object to the law, and therefore the case was dismissed.

The subject of the constitutionality of the Georgia law remains open, however, because a preliminary injunction against the law has been granted in a separate, federal challenge to the law, which is still pending.

Opponents to voter ID laws, which in many cases include the ACLU, argue that requiring photo IDs will […]

Are Michigan Muslims Cheap, and Biased?

By |2023-05-20T09:39:00-04:00June 19th, 2007|

The facts for this blog, but not the conclusions, come from an article in the Detroit News on 18 June. The University of Michigan at Dearborn proposed to spend $25,000 on footbaths at the local campus, for Muslim students to use before their five-times-daily prayers. The reason for that was that “students might injure themselves, washing their feet in bathroom sinks.”

There was significant local opposition to this proposal, on the grounds that a public university shouldn’t be spending money for the benefit of one religion only. The Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said that the money for this would have to […]

John Armor: House and Senate Act Oppositely on 'Sanctuary Cities'

By |2023-05-20T09:39:00-04:00June 19th, 2007|

In the last week (as of 18 June), the US Senate and House have acted in opposite directions on the subject of “Sanctuary Cities.” These are cities which take deliberate steps to protect illegal immigrants within their boundaries, who can and should be deported, and in some cases already have been deported at least once.

In the Senate, Senator Coleman proposed amendment #1158. This would have amended the “comprehensive” illegal immigration bill before the Senate last week, and rising from the dead to be before the Senate again this week. Coleman’s proposal would have required that local law enforcement is not prohibited (in “sanctuary cities”) from […]

John Armor: City of Mamaroneck Succumbs to Pressure from ACLU to Give Special Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

By |2023-05-20T09:39:00-04:00June 14th, 2007|

Under pressure from a federal law suit of the type that has been filed by the ACLU against many small communities across the country, the City of Mamaroneck, NY, agreed that it will not enforce federal laws concerning citizens of Mexico and other nations who are in the town illegally. Instead, it has agreed to provide special benefits to these citizens of other nations beyond those available to mere citizens of Mamaroneck. (See “Day-laborer hiring site greeted by cheers, jeers in Mamaroneck”)

A federal judge is expected to approve this settlement. It will probably remain in place until a number of citizens of Mamaroneck […]

Monday's Pro-Al-Qaida Decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

By |2023-05-20T09:39:01-04:00June 12th, 2007|

Monday’s divided (2-1) decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is wrong in a number of serious ways (see “Federal appeals court rules against enemy combatant policy”). It refers to “enemy combatants” without knowing what that phrase means. It ignores a 1942 unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court which decided a similar case the way the dissenting judge would have decided this one.

“Enemy combatants” simply means enemy soldiers. When captured, enemy soldiers can be held for the duration of the war, without any charges, trials or access to lawyers. So say the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Convention before them, and the Law […]

The Day the Wall Came Down

By |2023-05-20T09:39:01-04:00June 12th, 2007|

Twenty years ago today, then-President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, West Germany. He bristled at the inclusion of “West” in the names of the city and nation, forced upon the world as they were by a wall, built by the communists in the East. More, he bristled at the totalitarianism of East Germany and the Warsaw Pact – where the communist ideology necessitated the building of the Berlin Wall, armed with razor wire and machine guns aimed, not at the West, but inward to the east in order to cut down those who would flee to freedom.

Reagan gave a speech […]

John Armor: Come On In, The Benefits Are Free: New Haven's Response to Illegal Immigration

By |2023-05-20T09:39:01-04:00June 11th, 2007|

The Board of Aldermen of New Haven, Connecticut, have by an astonishing vote of 25-1 approved special City-issued IDs for illegal aliens. The program is also strongly supported by Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., who said, “It’s a practical response to a real problem of a large segment of the population who felt isolated from civil authority, were fearful of civil authority and that was contributing to a lack of civility and order in our community.”

New Haven is apparently the only local community which has taken such a step. The Mayor estimated that 10% of the City’s 120,000 population are “undocumented.” The reason […]

Judge Tarred by Liberals

By |2023-05-20T09:39:02-04:00June 8th, 2007|

US District Judge Leslie Southwick comes before the Senate Judiciary Committee today on his nomination to move up to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. When Judge Southwick was nominated to the District Court, his approval was unanimous. But now, the Democrat left has attacked him for being “against” homosexuals and blacks.

Both charges have to do with just two of the more than 7,000 decisions he participated in as a Judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. In both cases, he joined the opinion, but did not write it.

In one, the appeals court approved a trial court decision granting custody of a child […]

The New York Times ignores the Constitution, again

By |2023-05-20T09:39:03-04:00June 7th, 2007|

Here’s my latest op-ed, published in today’s Washington Examiner (though they spelled my name incorrectly):

WASHINGTON – A review by Adam Cohen of a new book, Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas, appeared earlier this week in The New York Times.

The review demonstrates that neither Cohen, nor the authors of the book, nor the editors of The Times have a clue about what it means to have a constitution and how such a document operates.

The review began with Cohen getting his knickers in a twist over the fact that Justice Thomas does not ask questions during oral argument. It […]

John Armor: The N.Y. Times ignores the Constitution, again

By |2023-05-20T09:39:03-04:00June 7th, 2007|

A review by Adam Cohen of a new book "Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas" appeared earlier this week in The New York Times. The review demonstrates that neither Cohen, nor the authors of the book, nor the editors of The Times have a clue about what it means to have a constitution and how such a document operates.

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