Constitution
Is the Constitution on Life Support?
Mark Twain, upon hearing that his obituary had been erroneously published, told a reporter, “Reports of my death are exaggerated.” Lately, there has...
States Join to Protect Citizens from Federal Government
Twenty states have joined in a lawsuit in Florida asking a federal court to enjoin the implementation of Obamacare. These states are alleging...
Read moreCourt Says No GPS Tracking Without Warrant
When you are driving down a public highway, the police may not track your progress with an electronic device without a warrant, a...
Read moreLeft and Right Unite in Call for Article V Convention
The clouds of a constitutional crisis are being seeded by the Left and the Right and are reaching the point of saturation. This...
Read moreFeds’ Lies About Body Scanners Laid Bare
After years of assurances from government officials that the feds’ full-body scans of airline passengers and other persons are discarded immediately and never...
Read moreDespite Kagan, Public Knows Little About Supreme Court
Now that Elena Kagan has been confirmed as Justice of the Supreme Court following several weeks of highly publicized hearings, the public remains...
Read moreDo 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...
Read moreFeds Grant Permission to Challenge Targeting of U.S. Citizens
On Wednesday, officials from the Department of the Treasury removed a hurdle from the path of two organizations seeking to challenge the constitutionality...
Read moreElena Kagan and Chief Justice Roberts: Same Difference?
A recent story published by the respected online political magazine, Politico, proposes to set forth similarities between the philosophies of constitutional interpretation espoused...
Read moreA Stark Contrast Between Liberty and Tyranny
Does the U.S. Constitution limit the federal government to a few, specifically enumerated powers, with all other powers retained by the states or...
Read moreSenators Call for Hearings on 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause
Several key GOP senators are calling for congressional hearings into the 14th Amendment’s supposed grant of citizenship to children born in the United...
Read moreNo 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 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 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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