High Court: Appeals Court Must Hear Liberty U.’s Challenge to ObamaCare
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia to hear an appeal the lower court had previously rejected in a suit filed by...
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U.S., Afghans Negotiating Over Troop Presence Beyond 2014
The United States may be looking to keep 20,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 timeline for withdrawal, as negotiations began in Kabul Thursday over the continued presence...
Sanctions: The Economic War on Iran
If, as is claimed by the U.S. government, Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons because its leaders are zealots who relish death, why is it likely that...
It Was “Deja-Dewey” All Over Again
In assessing the Republican meltdown of November 6, let us not blame the candidate at the top of the ticket. No, we mustn't blame the candidate, not when there...
Puerto Rico Vote for Statehood Questioned
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory since 1898, voted in favor of statehood for the first time Tuesday, with 61 percent of the island's voters opting for inclusion as the...
N.C. Win Gives GOP 30 Governors
While Democrats won the war for the White House, Republicans claimed victory in the battles for the State Houses in Tuesday's elections. Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McGrory's win over Lieutenant...
Gay Marriage Advocates Win on Ballot Questions in Three States
In a major shift in America's culture wars, advocates of gay marriage won in at least three states Tuesday, as voters in Maine and Maryland voted in legal recognition...
Johnson, Stein Warn of Growing Police State
Presidential candidates Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party agreed during Monday night's alternative candidates debate that liberty in America is endangered by...
Johnson, Stein in Election Eve Debate
Should our federal government be big and "green" or small and frugal? That question is likely to be at the heart of the final debate of the 2012 presidential...
Here Come the Taxes: In Every Aspect of our Lives
On January 1, 2013, many new taxes are set to begin. Unless Congress and the White House can agree by year's end on an extension of tax cuts that...
Bishop Warns Those Favoring Abortion: “God Is not Mocked”
The bishop of Peoria, Illinois, is urging Catholics in his diocese to approach Tuesday's elections as a matter of life or death. Indeed, he suggests, their eternal lives may...
High Court Holds “Dog Fight” Over Fourth Amendment.
There may have been more talk about dogs at the U.S. Supreme Court than at the American Kennel Club Wednesday, as the justices heard arguments in two cases involving...
Has the Fourth Amendment Gone to the Dogs?
How far may police officers with drug-detecting canines go in sniffing around the outside of a home before obtaining a search warrant? ...
High Court to Decide if Challenge to Government Surveillance Program Will Be Heard
The Supreme Court will decide whether to allow a constitutional challenge to the government's warrantless surveillance to go forward. ...
Obama Fundraiser Is Winner in Solyndra Bankruptcy Ruling
A major fundraiser for President Obama's reelection campaign appears to be the biggest winner from a ruling by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware last week in favor of an exit...