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Chicago’s New Gun-control Regime Challenged in Court
Just four days after the Supreme Court essentially struck down the City of Chicago’s draconian handgun ban as unconstitutional, the City Council unanimously...
No Compromise on Compromise
From infancy on, most Americans hear a steady litany of "compromise, compromise, compromise." Whether parents are breaking up a toddler fight in a...
Read moreOldest American Family Farm Goes Up for Sale
Though there is a slight dispute about the “oldest” family farm title going to the Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia (founded in...
Read moreUniversity of Virginia Digitizes Papers of James Madison
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia announced last week that the university’s collection of the papers of James Madison are being digitized...
Read moreFederal Judge Rules Against Feds in Virginia Suit Against Obamacare
A federal district court judge in Richmond, Virginia, denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss the Commonwealth of Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the insurance...
Read moreFeds Asked to Determine “Natural” Chicken
The United States Department of Agriculture is pondering changes in the regulation of “natural” chicken. The major poultry producers in the nation —...
Read moreAnti-Arizona Law Weekend Protests
Even after a federal judge removed the teeth of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070, hundreds of demonstrators in Arizona in protested the...
Read moreGingrich Wants Attacks on Iran, North Korea
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Republican of Georgia, apparently believes the United States is not yet involved in enough wars. In...
Read moreRyans Roadmap II
The first time Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) offered his “Roadmap for America’s Future” to the House of Representatives, it failed by 137-293, with...
Read moreDoes the District Court Have Jurisdiction in Case Against Arizona?
Apart from the question of whether there exists an enumerated power in Congress to legislate in matters of immigration policy, there is the...
Read moreIs There an Enumerated Power Over Immigration?
In Judge Susan Bolton’s ruling granting the federal government partial preliminary injunction of several key provisions of Arizona's S.B. 1070, she made specific...
Read moreArizona: An Allegory … and the Reality
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were thrilled when they purchased their new home in a very desirable neighborhood in an equally desirable state. Their...
Read moreDefense Secretary Gates Mortified, Appalled by Wikileaks Exposure
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told ABC's Christiane Amanpour he was “mortified” and “appalled” by?last month's?Wikileaks disclosures of U.S. Afghanistan campaign secret documents...
Read moreVirginia to Follow Arizona’s Lead?
Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia says The Old Dominion lawmen have powers envisioned in Arizona's new immigration law, which U.S. District...
Read moreObama Seeks Expanded Internet Surveillance Authority
Just one week after the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report castigating the Obama administration for its extension and expansion of Bush-era...
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