The Supremacists

The Tyranny of Judges — and How to Stop It

by Phyllis Schlafly

This page has some miscellaneous web links to support the main text and notes.

Foreword

Judges Rewrite the Constitution

• US Supreme Court decisions may be found at FindLaw, Cornell, or Oyez.
• Federalist Papers
• Bork's WSJ Op-ed
• Eisenhower's two mistakes, mentioned in the AP obituary of Brennan
• The NYTimes/Linda Greenhouse obituary of Brennan is skeptical about the Ike quote on the grounds that people should have appreciated Brennan's liberalism.
• Steven Weinberg's criticism of the paradigm shift book

Judges Censor Acknowledgment of God

• Law review article on Weak and Strong Forms of Judicial Supremacy
• Judge Bork's definition of activist judges
• A poll of religious beliefs among scientists is here
• Newdow oral argument: official transcript

Judges Redefine Marriage

• Volokh's blog comment about Schlafly and ERA
• Colorado's Amendment 2 is in Romer v. Evans

Judges Undermine U.S. Sovereignty

Judges Promote Pornography

• Further information on the definition of obscenity

Judges Foster Feminism

• More info on feminism is at Eagle Forum

Judges Handicap Law Enforcement

Judges Interfere with Elections

• Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004)
• Voting machine maker funded a study used by the court, according to this story.
• SJMN story on voting machines
• Some background material on Roe v. Alabama and the controversial Alabama election.
• California Bans E-Vote Machines , Wired News, Apr. 30, 2004.

Judges Impose Taxes

• This column by Paul Beckner discuss the Nevada budget case and tax hike.
• The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of this case, according to this story.

How Judicial Supremacy Began

• Law review article on Marbury v. Madison Van Alstyne, William W. (1969) A CRITICAL GUIDE TO MARBURY V. MADISON. Duke Law Journal 18:1-47.
• Lincoln on Judicial Despotism, by Robert P. George, First Things, 130 (February 2003): 36-40.

How Judicial Supremacy Grew

• Here is a lot of information on Legal Method courses.
• Justice Breyer's speech on exemplary court cases.
• Here are the facts about Cooper v. Aaron. And here is a chronology of Little Rock desegregation.

How To Stop Judicial Supremacists

• Judge Harry Rapkin story in Sarasota Herald Tribune.
• 1996 law review article on the Second Amendment: Toward a Functional Framework for Interpreting the Second Amendment, By Scott Bursor, 74 Texas L. Rev. 1125-1151 (1996)
• Jefferson letter to Hammond
• NY Times story about Bunting v. Mellen.
• LA Times story about ACLU v. Redlands Calif.
• Oregon v. Ashcroft
• Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco
• Los Angeles county seal
• President Bush's quote is from his standard campaign speech