Drum roll please...

Well, here they are, the last decisions of the Supreme Court for the session:
The 10 Commandments are allowed on Gov. property (probably if they've been there forever - this was the Texas case) but not inside government property - excuse me, at least not inside this particular Kentucky courthouse (because there is a frieze inside the S.C. itself that has Moses carrying the 10 Commandments). My real point here is that this seems like a pretty tenuous distinction to draw. But, I guess they couldn't swing the fifth vote unless they drew it (our swing vote on the Court has her own test for these types of cases, and I guess that the monument inside the courtroom constitutes a governmental endorsement of religion but the display outside does not - your guess as to why is as good as mine). This is a very narrow ruling, though, and we really shouldn't be too concerned that it will erode our free exercise of religion rights - this was an establishment question and the Court decided that the display was tantamount to the government establishing a religion. Interesting case.
Next: Watch out Napster! Be very, very careful if you use (or advocate using) the internet to swap music files. Those file sharing services can be sued and the government is cracking down on this practice anyway. My advice? Pay the small fee to get the songs legally rather than try to get that off your record.
Hmm: not odd that the Court would rule that the government has more power under the eminent domain clause than it should and yet rule that the government has more power to regulate your choices as a consumer of broadband internet, is it? Of course not - in this era of big business and even bigger government, of course the government knows more about what you should have available to you than you do. Who knows, maybe they're right, after all, I'm merely one voter out of 250 million (although not nearly that number of people vote - shame on you if you don't!).
However, no news as to any retirements! So, maybe Rehnquist will give us one more session (I still think he'll retire before the recess is over).

And, on a side note: can we please leave JFK Jr. and Princess Di alone? I wonder what happened to respecting the memory of the deceased? (I'm not talking about the Stalins of the world, but I don't really want to know about his alleged affairs either)

And one more comment on Guantanamo (not mine, and it's an older editorial, but it still contains some relevant information).

Commentary on embryonic research. I don't completely agree with Krauthammer on this one, but I most emphatically agree with his last paragraph - tomorrow will be too late!