Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee issued a new videotape where he wished Americans a "Merry Christmas." ...more

December 20, 2007

Whatever happened to good common sense? It seems to have largely departed from the scene. Make no mistake. When we depart from common sense, we will be left with nonsense. If the Supreme Court of the Land were to hand down a decision saying, "After long deliberation and much soul searching, it has been concluded that the law of gravity is hereby declared unconstitutional," many trusting souls, including some Republicans, would say, "Oh goodie! I will now climb a high building, flap my elbows, and float freely all over the county!" "Ridiculous!" you say. "Everybody knows that the perpetrator would suddenly hit the ground with a loud splatt!" We could not repeal the law of gravity by judicial edict. But similar nonsense is solemnly pronounced with straight faces by courts high and low. ...more

December 5, 2007

The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for a historic ruling on whether the Second Amendment protects the rights of Americans to keep handguns at home. ...more

November 21, 2007

The great hedge debate is over. Or is it? Jim Shanklin, who has waged a nearly four-year battle against the city to defend what he says is his constitutional right to keep his front yard hedges as tall as he wants, has been ordered by a judge to comply with the city's hedge-height limit. ...more

October 20, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The great hedge debate is over. Or is it? Jim Shanklin, who has waged a nearly four-year battle against the city to defend what he says is his constitutional right to keep his front yard hedges as tall as he wants, has been ordered by a judge to comply with the city's hedge-height limit. Yet Shanklin still may end up keeping his too-tall hedges, or at least the appearance of them. ...more

October 19, 2007

A law that bars political candidates from deliberately lying about their opponents is unconstitutional, a sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. ...more

October 5, 2007