August 11, 2026

Anderson quotes Mormon.org, Jeffress has “grintegrity,” & religious bigotry rears its ugly, cowardly head.

Newsflash: Baptists are a part of historic Christianity, but Mormons are not. I wonder what the Catholics think about that. I’d certainly like to see Politifact fact check Jeffress and his historical revisionism.  Here’s the clip: The best part comes when Cooper tries to nail Jeffress on why he doesn’t think members of the “Church […]

Has the social media replaced the jury?

Has the jury system become a relic of pre-modern courts? Or has social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+) replaced the jury system as a community of informed individuals weighing the scales of social justice and rendering important (though non-binding) “verdicts”? In many regards, the modern “social media jury” is a lot more like the jury of […]

Justice Thomas: not unlike a hobbit crossing “the deserts of Mordor.”

Justice Thomas is, quietly, laying groundwork for reviving and restoring sections of the Constitution long thought to be dormant, if not dead. Not unlike a hobbit trekking to Mount Doom, as he has been compared, he is laying groundwork that sets back liberal causes, if not completely turns back the clock, several decades.

Jeffs appeals. In his own handwriting.

Had enough of Warren Jeffs, yet? If you answered ‘no,’ you’re in luck. He’s doing his darnedest to stay in court, filing a pro se motion for a new trial in Texas. Written in his own hand.

“One of these two Mormons could be our next president…the other is Jon Huntsman.”

In the arena of both “funny” and “perhaps too true,” The Colbert Report had a segment on Mormons. Click on the picture below to watch it. A few highlights to watch for: Mormon = weird…as defined by a guy who looks great, has great hair, and was the weird guy in high school with all […]

“Unconstitutional,” says the 11th Circuit.

“Unconstitutional” The news making its way through the legal blogosphere, and the online news outlets, is that the 11th Circuit has ruled the individual mandate part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is unconstitutional. Let me underscore that: only the individual mandate was found unconstitutional. The rest of the law has […]

“The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution” by Jack P. Greene

Time for a segment of “A moment in obscure history.” This time, we’re looking at the constitutional dispute that resulted in the American Revolution. Since sometime in 2009, the Tea Party movement has lead a revival of interest in the US Constitution.  Senator Mike Lee summed up why the increased interest of late during the release […]