Constitution

Supreme Court Says Warrants, States’ Rights Unnecessary

States cannot grant their citizens wider freedoms from search and seizure than federal courts do, and police may manipulate events that allow them...

Thomas R. Eddlem May 18, 2011

President’s Announced Immigration Policy Unconstitutional

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 16, 2011

In 1964 President Adolfo López Mateos of Mexico and President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States met on the border separating their...

Indiana Supreme Court Says Citizens Can’t Resist Rogue Police

Thomas R. Eddlem May 16, 2011

Citizens have "no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry [to their homes] by police officers," Indiana's Supreme Court declared May 12 in a controversial...

Former UN Ambassador: Obama Will Target Gun Ownership in Second Term

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 2, 2011

In 2012, were the American people to go to the ballot box and deposit their vast political capital in the account of Barack...

Federalist Papers and the Right of “Self-Defense”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 29, 2011

The growing unrest among state legislatures and the zeal of millions of Americans to restore the balance between the federal and state governments...

Challenge to President Obama’s Eligibility to be Heard by 9th Circuit Court

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 25, 2011

Arguments in one of the lawsuits challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President of the United States has finally worked its way through...

Poll Finds Tea Partiers Won’t Cut Spending, Will Hike Taxes

Michael Tennant April 25, 2011

From reading the news and listening to the talking heads, one might get the impression that the Tea Party movement consists of government-slashing...

What Does It Mean To Be a “Natural Born Citizen”?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 22, 2011

Thanks to Donald Trump and his billion-dollar-network bully pulpit, the issue of President Obama’s birthplace (and the related issue of why he’s never...

New Law Could Undermine Westboro Baptist Ruling

Raven Clabough April 21, 2011

Apparently when the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in March that the Westboro Baptist Church had a constitutional right to protest military...

Michigan State Police Reportedly Extracting Personal Info From Cellphones

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 20, 2011

The Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is questioning the Michigan State Police's use of cellphone "extraction" devices. Specifically, the group...

Second Amendment Rights Once Again at Risk

Raven Clabough April 19, 2011

Americans continue to watch their Second Amendment rights diminish, this time as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ( still known...