The Second Amendment in National Parks
The Second Amendment prohibits Congress from passing laws that interfere with a citizen’s right to bear arms. A recent amendment proposed by Senator...
Constitution
The Cost of Educating the Children of Illegal Aliens: Exorbitant
A new study prepared for The Social Contract Press entitled “The Burden of Plyler v. Doe,” by economic journalist Edwin S. Rubenstein highlights...
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Lawmakers Launch 10th Amendment Task Force
As the Tenth Amendment movement to restore constitutional principles in government gathers momentum, a group of Republican Representatives in Congress announced the formation...
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The ObamaCare Mandate: Constitutional Tax?
In a now famous admission of disregard for our nation’s founding document, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), when asked where in...
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Mojave Cross
On Wednesday, April 28, in a surprising 5-4 ruling by the United States Supreme Court, justices ruled that the 1st Amendment “accommodates” for...
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Media Calls the Tea Party Patriots “Seditious”
When Joe Klein of Time magazine was forced to defend his comments about Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck coming “close to being seditious,”...
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Eminent Domain and the Kelo Echo
“This is abuse…. It’s [another] case of eminent domain abuse,” said Renee Smith-Ward, owner of Wag’In Tail, a dog-grooming salon in Auburn, New...
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High Court Hears Arguments on Christian Student Group
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments April 19 to decide whether or not a public institution can deny recognition to a student group...
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Citizens Rewarded for Giving Cops ‘the Bird’
As a headline writer for the Kansas City Star put it, "A bird in the hand is worth four grand." That, at least,...
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Texas Attorney General Appeals Divorces of Gay Couples
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealing two divorces of homosexual couples married in Massachusetts, which have been granted by Texas judges Tena...
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Pelosi and the Pillars of Change
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) once famously chided a reporter who asked where in the Constitution Congress was authorized to mandate...
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Judge Rules National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional
A Wisconsin federal judge was in rare form yesterday when she declared the National Day of Prayer to be unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge...
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Starbucks Sticks With Second Amendment
As reported previously, Starbucks has found itself enmeshed in the struggle between activists who are attempting to deprive Americans of their Second Amendment...
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Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretapping Violates FISA
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled March 31 that the executive branch cannot flatly ignore the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of...
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Recess Appointments and the Constitution
“Side-stepping Senate confirmation,” declared the New York Times. “This is going to make problems worse,” exclaimed Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “What this is going...
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