Do We Need a Speedy Senate?
Senate Democrats are expressing great frustration with rules that make it difficult to proceed with legislation. Senator McCaskill of Missouri asks: “What in...
Constitution
Feds Grant Permission to Challenge Targeting of U.S. Citizens
On Wednesday, officials from the Department of the Treasury removed a hurdle from the...
Elena Kagan and Chief Justice Roberts: Same Difference?
A recent story published by the respected online political magazine, Politico, proposes to set...
A Stark Contrast Between Liberty and Tyranny
Does the U.S. Constitution limit the federal government to a few, specifically enumerated powers,...
Senators Call for Hearings on 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause
Several key GOP senators are calling for congressional hearings into the 14th Amendment’s supposed...
No Compromise on Compromise
From infancy on, most Americans hear a steady litany of "compromise, compromise, compromise." Whether...
Does the District Court Have Jurisdiction in Case Against Arizona?
Apart from the question of whether there exists an enumerated power in Congress to...
Is There an Enumerated Power Over Immigration?
In Judge Susan Bolton’s ruling granting the federal government partial preliminary injunction of several...
Obama Seeks Expanded Internet Surveillance Authority
Just one week after the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report castigating the...
ACLU: Obama’s “New Normal” Is Bush’s Old One
Though neoconservatives and other pro-national security-state types would have Americans believe that President Obama...
Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Key Provisions of S.B. 1070
The ink on S.B. 1070 hadn’t dried before motions to enjoin its enforcement were...
Elena Kagan Furthers the Funding of Radical Islam
Elena Kagan has a problem with fundamentalism — Christian fundamentalism. Kagan has no similar...
Massachusetts Moves to Circumvent the Electoral College
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on the verge of passing a new law that...
Obama Retreats From “Religious Freedom” to “Freedom of Worship”
The wisdom of the Founding Fathers of the American Republic was such that the...
Judge Andrew Napolitano Renews Call For Indictment of Bush/Cheney
Fox Business Channel host of Freedom Watch Andrew Napolitano has renewed a call for...
NY National Guard Violate Posse Comitatus
Reports from the Empire State indicate that the National Guard is assisting local law...
Oakland Officials Get SMART to Circumvent the Constitution
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear: “The right of the people...
ACLU Tries to Ground No-Fly List
Once in a while the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) gets something right. Case...
The McDonald Decision and the Second Amendment
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the case of McDonald v. City...
Black Landowners Fight to Reclaim Land Taken by Feds
A group of black former residents of an area of McIntosh County, Georgia, known...