By Steve Elliott, Grassfire Nation

On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear oral arguments on whether Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from the ObamaCare lawsuit.

This was no surprise. The Supreme Court is the most isolated and powerful branch of government. Despite the overwhelming evidence indicating that Kagan should recuse herself, the Court has refused to take any action.

Let’s review the facts…

The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) has carefully documented Kagan’s work on behalf of ObamaCare while she served as Obama’s Solicitor General. read on

By Liberty Legal Foundation

One of my earliest childhood memories is of my parents talking about Nixon and the Watergate scandal. I remember the newspaper headline: “Nixon Resigns!” President Nixon’s fight against court subpoenas made international news. Yesterday President Obama completely ignored a court subpoena, and the world shrugged. read on

Rutherford Institute Challenges Statute Banning Expressive Activity on Grounds of Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has filed a free speech lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a 45-year-old African-American man who was arrested in January 2011 while standing silently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building wearing a sign voicing his concerns about the government’s disparate treatment of African-Americans and Hispanics. The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of Harold Hodge, challenges the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it unlawful to display any flag, banner or device designed to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement while on the grounds of the U.S. Supreme Court. In asking that the Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Chief of Police for the District of Columbia be enjoined from enforcing 40 U.S.C. § 6135, Institute attorneys assert that the statute is vague, overbroad and invalid as applied to the kind of peaceful protest engaged in by Hodge. read on

By Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel

The Supreme Court recently refused to hear a case with important religious freedom implications — Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education, City of New York. ADF asked the Supreme Court to reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s incredible holding that the New York City Board of Education can allow schools to be rented for meetings encouraging everything from atheism to zodiac watching, but deny use for a worship service. Briefly stated, the court held that school officials can prohibit churches from renting school facilities to hold worship services, as long as they allow churches in for other types of events. read on

By Sharon Rondeau

An organization which intends “to educate the majority of voters on what their vote truly means to the future of America in the 2012 election” and the significance of the “natural born Citizen” clause has officially been launched.

Article II SuperPac (art2superpac.com) seeks to ensure that Article II of the U.S. Constitution is upheld in all future elections such that all candidates for president and vice president, beginning in 2012, meet the definition of “natural born Citizen.”  The group will not be making political campaign contributions to any candidate. read on

By Alliance Defense Fund

The Alliance Defense Fund is America’s largest legal alliance defending religious liberty
through strategy, training, funding, and litigation. The Alliance Defense Fund frequently assists
students, teachers, and public schools in understanding their rights and responsibilities
concerning seasonal religious expression. Each legal situation differs, so the information
provided below should only be used as a general reference and should not be considered legal
advice.

1 If you think your rights have been violated as a result of a restriction on your religious
expression at a public school or if you represent a public school whose rights are being attacked,
please contact our Legal Intake Department so that we may review your situation and possibly
assist you. You can reach us at 1-800-TELL-ADF, or visit our website at www.telladf.org and
select the “Legal Help” button to submit a request for legal assistance. read on

By Pat Shannan, American Free Press

Sheriffs from all over America are being invited to gather on Jan. 30, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, for what could be the most important meeting “since the Constitutional Convention of 1787,” according to Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) founder Richard Mack.

AFP recently spoke with Mack by cell phone as he zigzagged by car across Florida as a guest speaker for various groups.

As Americans push back with their tea party and occupy movements, screaming at the corruption of big banks and Wall Street, they still have not realized the rudimentary solution right in their own backyards, says CSPOA. read on

By U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)

I have asked the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court to allow audio and video coverage of the oral arguments made during the court’s consideration of the challenges to the 2010 health care law.

This law is massive in size and scope. Its effect is reverberating throughout America’s economy. The constitutional questions are landmark. Considering how this case can have an effect on the lives of nearly every American, it only seems right that the general public have a right to hear and see the legal arguments in real time, not just the select few who are fortunate enough to get seats in the courtroom. read on

By J. D. Heyes, Natural News

Adding a new wrinkle to the phrase, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not taking it anymore,” several California sheriffs, as well as one from Oregon, say they aren’t cow-towing to the federal leviathan anymore.

Last month, at the Yreka fairgrounds in northern California, the sheriffs – who, of course, are elected by the people – gathered with a large group to discuss what to do about Big Brother and his consistent meddling in state and local affairs.

Speaking of the federal bureaucracy, Plumas County (California) Sheriff Greg Hagwood declared, “A giant has been awakened, and they didn’t count on that.”

One by one the sheriffs recounted their experiences with an ever-encroaching federal government, whether from the aspect of emergency management, the foisting upon local jurisdictions of federal mandates, or the passage of federal statutes which many now feel run roughshod over state and local governments, inhibiting their ability to mold their own laws and policies around the needs of their respective populations.

“I had spent a good part of my life enforcing the penal code, but not understanding my oath of office,” Sheriff Dean Wilson of Del Norte (Sacramento) County told the group.

“I was ignorant and naive, but now I know of the assault against our people by the federal government,” he said, receiving some of the loudest and longest applause of the gathering.

Event host Sheriff John Lopey of Siskiyou (California) County said one of his biggest pet peeves was the federal government’s ever-increasing environmental regulations.

“I have told federal and state officials over and over that, yes, we want to preserve the environment, but you care more about the fish, frogs, trees and birds than you do about the human race. When will you start to balance your decisions to the needs of the people? We are right now in a fight for our survival,” he said.

No one makes the case better that the county sheriff is the real supreme law of the land than former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack. Speaking at the event, Mack says the word is beginning to get around.

“It’s becoming a national movement now,” Mack said, noting he planned to announce in January a national education movement that he anticipates will draw about 200 sheriffs from around the country.

“The county sheriff is the last line of defense guarding our people’s liberty,” he said.