Will The Supreme Court Rewrite The Bill Of Rights?
by Phyllis Schlafly
April 04, 2006 08:50 PM EST

The most controversial case for the new Roberts-Alito Supreme Court this term does not concern abortion, gay rights, the death penalty, or even the detention of enemy combatants. No, the hottest legal issue is based on an argument between Hershel Hammon and his wife about their daughter going to a boyfriend's house.

For this, the Bush Administration filed a special friend-of-the-court brief, and even insisted on participating in oral argument before the Supreme Court despite the complete lack of any federal issue at stake.

The decisions in this case, Hammon v. Indiana, and in a very similar case heard the same day, Davis v. Washington, will reveal whether the justices believe that Americans are entitled to all the rights spelled out in the Bill of Rights, or believe that the Supreme Court can push the delete button on one of those rights. The rest