http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/opinion-analysis-states%e2%80%99-rights-ruling-a-big-deal-or-not/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/opinion-analysis-states%e2%80%99-rights-ruling-a-big-deal-or-not/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:33:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106667 SCOTUSblog: The new ruling in Bond v. U.S. (docket 09-1227) stands, in a technical sense, for one simple proposition: a lawsuit claiming that Congress has stepped on the states’ sovereign authority does not need to be filed or joined by a state government. A number of courts had been assuming, and ruling, that state involvement in such a case was absolutely necessary, when the Tenth Amendment was being used to challenge a federal law passed by Congress. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/opinion-analysis-states%e2%80%99-rights-ruling-a-big-deal-or-not/feed/ 0