Category: The Supreme Court

The Judicial branch of government has exercised greater and greater influence over the country as time has passed. No longer merely a tool for interpreting the law, the Court has, in many cases, become the effective means by which law is created. Without an understand of the Supreme Court and its purposes as envisioned by our Founders, the President cannot properly act as a check to the Court’s power.

  1. Men in Black by Mark R. Levin

    Reviewed by: Joshua Steimle on July 6th, 2010 Categories: The Supreme Court Comments: 0

    General Description (from Amazon.com)
    Conservative talk radio host, lawyer, and frequent National Review contributor Mark R. Levin comes out firing against the United States Supreme Court in Men in Black, accusing the institution of corrupting the ideals of America’s founding fathers. The court, in Levin’s estimation, pursues an ideology-based activist agenda that oversteps its authority within the government. Levin examines several decisions in the court’s history to illustrate his point, beginning with the landmark Marbury v. Madison case, wherein the court granted itself the power to declare acts of the other branches of government unconstitutional. He devotes later chapters to other key cases culminating in modern issues such as same-sex marriage and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. Like effective attorneys do, Levin packs in copious research material and delivers his points with tremendous vigor, excoriating the justices for instances where he feels strict constitutional constructivism gave way to biased interpretation. But Levin’s definition of “activism” seems inconsistent. In the case of McCain-Feingold, the court declined to rule on a bill already passed by congress and signed by the president, but Levin, who thinks the bill violates the First Amendment, still accuses them of activism even when they were … Read the rest of this entry »