The Supreme Court has ruled as it should. What makes this decision even more salient is that the decision was unanimous. Human genes cannot be patented. The background to the case is chilling. On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a lawsuit against Myriad Genetics and the University of Utah […]
FUNNY: Justice Scalia in The Injustice of Racial Entitlements
The Strip | By Brian McFadden Continued at NYTimes Here was Justice Scalia’s diatribe during the Voting Right’s Act case at the Supreme Court. Well, maybe it was making that judgment, Mr. Verrilli. But that’s — that’s a problem that I have. This Court doesn’t like to get involved in — in racial questions such […]
Justice Sotomayor Slams Prosecutor’s Racists Remarks
According to CNN, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and another Justice took the rather unusual step to speak out over racist remarks made by a federal prosecutor in a drug case. The case is Calhoun v. U.S. (12-6142). A Texas Man, Bongani Charles Calhoun, was convicted of participating in a drug buy and sentenced to […]
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