Constitution Archives

Kagan Promises She’ll Reread Federalist Papers

President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan on May 10 to occupy the chair that would be soon left vacant by Supreme...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 1, 2010

High Court Rules Against Christian Group at California Law School

Dave Bohon July 1, 2010

The U.S Supreme Court ruled five to four on June 28 that a University of California law school can refuse to recognize a...

Kagan, Confirmation, and the Constitution

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 1, 2010

Elena Kagan's responses to the questions put to her by the Senate are worthy of comment since she has been nominated for a...

Utah Concealed Gun Permit Honored in Other States

Mary McHugh June 30, 2010

As we now know, on Monday, June 28, the United States Supreme Court held up that the Second Amendment guarantees Americans that their...

Concerned Women for America Labels Kagan: “Liberal Political Careerist”

Mary McHugh June 29, 2010

Our Founding Fathers, being God-fearing men, incorporated the essence of God's commandment — "Thou Shalt Not Kill" — into the Declaration of Independence...

Supreme Court Tramples Free Speech

Alex Newman June 23, 2010

In its zeal to support “anti-terror” rules without regard to the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-to-3 this week to uphold criminal...

Chicago Shootings and McDonald v. City of Chicago

Bob Adelmann June 22, 2010

When it was learned that more than 50 people were shot, some fatally, over Fathers Day weekend in the poorer sections of Chicago,...

Constitutional Concerns Raised as President Pledges to Make BP Pay for Spill

Dave Bohon June 16, 2010

Speaking to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on the evening of June 15, President Obama addressed the ongoing...

Philadelphia Pressures Local BSA to Admit Gays or Lose Lease

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 16, 2010

The City of Brotherly Love is demanding that the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America renounce the national organization's stance against...

Warning Label Goes Viral

Bob Adelmann June 15, 2010

When FoxNews.com wrote that a small publishing company put warning labels on copies of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers,...

Think Nationally, Act Locally

Patrick Krey June 11, 2010

Varg Freeborn, president of the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter at Youngstown State University in Ohio, had no idea the levels that...

That Pesky Constitution

Kelly Holt June 10, 2010

Fox News (June 9) reported that small publisher Wilder Publications has taken political correctness to the extreme with its disclaimer about America’s founding...

State Legislatures Take Up Abortion Issues

Bruce Walker June 7, 2010

State governments are reasserting their constitutional right to regulate abortion. Eleven states this year have passed laws which either restricts or controls abortion,...