Tag Archives: Supreme Court

The Unbridgeable Gap

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Tom Garrett

Author and cartoonist Scott Adams colorfully describes one of the lamentable features of our current society as “two movies, one screen.” The concept is that our reality has, for practical purposes, split into two. Everyone has access to the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics | Tagged Brett Kavanaugh, Commentary, Constitutional Law, Mainstream Media, Media Bias, Politics, Scott Adams, Supreme Court, The Supreme Court of the United States | 1 Comment

Best of 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Tom Garrett

Happy New Year! Since today is (observed as) New Year’s Day, I thought I would go through the usual motions of curating the best material I generated in 2016 and putting it all in one post. 2016 included a fairly … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Site Stuff | Tagged 2016, Academia, Best Of, Commentary, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, General Culture and News, Intellectual Property, James Bond, Jerry Remy, Online Dating, Real Tennis, Red Sox, Site Stuff, Stanislav Petrov, Supreme Court, The Supreme Court of the United States | Leave a comment

Tom Garrett for Supreme Court Justice

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Tom Garrett

In the wake of the death of the most brilliant legal mind of my lifetime, we’ve already drowned in stories ranging from simple political posturing to outright grave-dancing. President Obama should select a nominee for the Supreme Court. Failing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics | Tagged Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Commentary, Constitutional Law, Delusions, Humor, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Politics, Supreme Court | 7 Comments

The Gathering Storm (Redux)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Tom Garrett

With today’s Thursday’s impending announcement of the result in the Affordable Care Act cases, I thought it appropriate to revisit this piece from a few months ago. No matter the outcome in the case (and the tea leaves seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Commentary, Constitutional Law, Politics, Supreme Court | 1 Comment

The Gathering Storm

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tom Garrett

There will be no shortage of constitutional “experts” in this country come June. The decisions in the Affordable Care Act cases are two months away, but the massive narrative-generation apparatus has already begun to shimmy and whir as it churns … Continue reading →