Adeyemi Oshunrinade December 1, 2020 Almost a month since the elections, many are worried and confused thinking President Trump won’t leave. If you feel that way, no need to panic. Joe Biden is the President-Elect and come noon… Read More ›
Constitutional Law
SCOTUS RULES: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CONSTITUTIONAL IN ALL STATES
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE June 26, 2015 In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court aligned itself with advocates of Same-Sex Marriage, by ruling 5-4 that gay marriage is constitutional in the United States. With its decision, the court finally settled… Read More ›
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: THE OVERBREADTH DOCTRINE AND VAGUENESS OF LAW
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE September 19, 2013 Under this doctrine, it is unconstitutional for the government to meet its valid purpose by means that goes beyond that constitutionally recognized such that, the means used goes so far as to reach both… Read More ›
DOMA CRUCIFIED, DEMISE OF THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE June 27, 2013 On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 1996 law denying Federal benefits to same-sex couples is unconstitutional. In a 5 to 4 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by… Read More ›
SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE March 26, 2013 On Tuesday the Supreme Court hears arguments on Proposition 8, a California State ban on same-sex marriage. Hollingsworth v. Perry, got filed in 2009 by David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, two high-profile Attorneys… Read More ›
SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS, IS A JOB A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE January 24, 2013 On January 11, 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed the Second Bill of Rights, where he laid down certain rights that every American is entitled to: The right to useful and remunerative job in the… Read More ›
IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT ABSOLUTE
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE The founder who gave the right to bear arms, reserved the right to take it away. The issue of whether the Second Amendment is absolute is a matter of judicial interpretation. If asked, the apologist and proponents… Read More ›
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Liberty, Privacy Rights And Right To Be Left Alone
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE Liberty protects us from unwanted government interference into our homes; it is proper to say whatever we do in the confine of our homes is not a business of the state or a matter to be subject… Read More ›
TODD AKIN: REVISITING ROE v. WADE, Constitutionality and Right of Women to Abortion
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE In a recent interview, Representative Todd Akin, the GOP nominee for Senate in Missouri expressed his opposition to abortion rights even in the case of rape; he said that victims of “legitimate rape” have unnamed biological defenses… Read More ›
JAMES HOLMES: Aurora Massacre, Questioning the Second Amendment by Adeyemi Oshunrinade
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This is the command of the Second Amendment and just as a Bible… Read More ›
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