Saint Louis University Federalist Society

The Court once tops itself

2006-06-30T05:35:00.000-07:00

In lieu of the judicial monstrosity that was Kelo v. New London to close last year's term, the five Caesers of the Court have decided that they have the ultimate authority in war-time decisions. It makes one wonder if the Court has any common sense???

Our day with Justice Scalia

2006-06-19T17:33:00.000-07:00

This past semester our chapter was fortunate enough to spend a day with Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court Antonin Scalia. It capped off an excellent year and we look forward to continued success in the future. Incoming students should look forward to meeting us at orientation and we are excited about the presenting the first ever "Federalist Week" which will be held from October 16th-20th.

Our new home

2006-05-12T14:32:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our new home. We had a great run on our old site, but we have moved on to a new place for discussion and banter. We hope this site is as entertaining and informative as our old one was.

It was only a matter of time

2006-03-06T19:39:00.000-08:00

South Dakota, yes South Dakota of all places was in the news today. The state most commonly known for Mount Rushmore, former Democratic Nominee for President George McGovern, and former Senate Majority and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (whatever happened to him??) passed a bill that banned almost all forms of abortion.

I had this discussion with a fellow blogger last week and we thought this would happen eventually, but not this week. We also predicted a state in the Deep South would pass a similar bill. We all know how divided the abortion issue is, so we won't even begin to argue that. However, this must be viewed in the grand scheme of politics.

With Justice John Paul Stevens getting up there in age and the possiblity he may retire in the next three years, that would give President Bush another nomination to the Supreme Court. Likely, this bill will take several years before the Supreme Court will hear the case. By the time (if) Justice Stevens retires, Bush will have put another conservative pro-life vote on the Court. That would likely mean the end of Roe as we know it and the states would have the say on the abortion matter. Interesting move on more than one front today. It will only be a matter of time before we know how this issue plays out.