Court of Appeals Rejects José Padilla’s Unlawful Detention Suit
Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia upheld the dismissal of the complaint filed by...
Constitution
N. Mex. Man Spends Two Years in Solitary Confinement for DWI
According to reports out of Las Cruces, New Mexico, a man convicted of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) spent two years in solitary confinement...
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Judge Rules Americans Can Be Forced to Decrypt Their Laptop Computers
Judge Robert Blackburn (left) of the U.S. District Court of Colorado ruled on Monday that a defendant must decrypt her laptop computer so...
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The Enemy Expatriation Act and the NDAA: Due Process Destroyed?
As has been reported here since the bill was first proposed, of all the evils perpetrated by the National Defense Authorization Act, one...
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Montana Launches Recall Efforts Against NDAA Supporters
With a growing number of Americans becoming alarmed at the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act because of its provisions allowing...
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New York’s Long-Distance Body Scanners Challenge 4th Amendment
New York Police Commissioner Joe Kelly (left) is considering the latest in technology — Terahertz Imaging Detection (TID) — to be mounted on police...
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Two Pro-business Groups File Legal Challenge to Obama’s Recess Appointments
Last Friday, two pro-business organizations filed motions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the constitutionality of President Barack...
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Supreme Court’s “Ministerial Exception” Ruling
Calling it the “most significant religious liberty decision in two decades,” the New York Times announced the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the...
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Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Marks Decade of Operation
The 10th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility was Wednesday. ...
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Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling for Religious Freedom
In what some legal analysts consider the most significant decision covering religious freedom in the last 20 years, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled...
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Family Research Council: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Thus Whole Law
On Monday the Family Research Council (FRC) filed a “friend of the court” (amicus curiae) brief with the Supreme Court that makes its...
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Wisconsin Town Council Places Prior Restraints on Political Speech
According to the latest census, there are fewer than 2,000 people living in Morrison, Wisconsin. There are at least 10 times that many...
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When a Recess Isn’t a Recess: Barack Obama and Article II
President Obama has once again flexed his autocratic muscle by disregarding the Congress and unilaterally filling seats on the National Labor Relations Board...
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Georgia Court to Hear Question of Obama’s Qualification for President
“This will be the first time ever, since this whole thing began, that it will be looked on, on merit.” Carl Swensson, Republican...
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Fed. Appeals Court Strikes Down Part of Washington PAC Donation Statute
On December 29, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declared unconstitutional a Washington State statute regulating the donation of...
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