Berg v. Obama Update — Wednesday, October 1

Shedding Some Light on Presidential Eligibility and the Courts First Impressions, an online companion to the Michigan Law Review, just this month put together an online symposium on Arizona Sen. John McCain, “natural-born citizenship,” and eligibility for the presidency pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Five commentaries were chosen, and from [...]

A MUST Read, Plain and Simple

This is, bar none, the best and most comprehensive article I’ve read on Barack Obama in a long, long time. Joshua Muravchik, with a lot of fact and a little bit of conjecture, takes a look at his past and present and ties everything together nicely. It’s already a long, long piece — I really [...]

September 30, 2008 — Assigned Reading

He’s ba-aack … keeping score on the streets of Philadelphia. The Beltway Crash: Congress Lives Up to its 10% Approval Rating(FROM: The Wall Street Journal) I know quite a few people who lost a lot of money in yesterday’s 777-point drop on Wall Street. Personally, I don’t have squat in terms of investments anymore, so [...]

HOUSE DEFEATS FINANCIAL BAILOUT BILL!!

Rep. Eric Cantor, among other House Republicans, insinuated that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s extremely partisan pre-vote speech (see video HERE) for riling up those in the chamber. “This is not a partisan crisis, this is an economic crisis” Cantor said, noting that 94 democrats also voted against the bill. It was Pelosi’s “failure [...]

Berg v. Obama Update — Monday, September 29

Berg to File Opposition to Obama’s Motion to Dismiss Today By the end of the day today, Philadelphia attorney Philip Berg will file an Opposition and supporting Brief in response to the Motion to Dismiss filed by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee with regard to the underlying August 21, 2008 suit [...]

Berg v. Obama Update — Sunday, September 28

Berg on Obama’s Apparent Admission of Dual Citizenship with Kenya Many of you have approached me about the recent entry on Barack Obama’s “Fight the Smears” Web site on which his former dual citizenship with Kenya–since expired–was acknowledged. While it has been popping up across the Web on other blogs, I have hesitated to bring [...]

September 27, 2008 — Assigned Reading

“You can’t be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: ‘Holy Christ, whaddya know – I’m still around!’ It’s absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.“ Paul Newman 1925 – 2008R.I.P. Round One(FROM: The Wall Street [...]

A Bright Idea from the Streets of Philadelphia

I saw this about ten minutes ago as I walked past City Hall in Philadelphia. Only through the miracle of modern technology could I get it from my phone to the Internet to this Web site, and I’m glad I could. When I walked past this gentleman and said, simply, “I love it,” he mentioned [...]

Mandatory Reading on the Origins of our Current Economic Crisis

As we swiftly approach the upcoming congressional and presidential elections, I think it behooves America that Her citizens understand exactly why we are in the financial mess we are in and the further mess which will come of trying to repair it. Americans need to know why centuries-old American companies are being bought up by [...]

A Look at Standing, the Constitution and our Framers’ Intent

Whenever I find myself confused about the idiosyncrasies of American law or politics, I always seem to go back to the authors of our founding documents and their intent for our nation. Perhaps I find comfort in thinking about these imperfect men and what it must have been like for them to cast a wager [...]

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