Who Needs a New Constitutional Convention?
You have probably griped under your breath, “There ought to be a law to stop these people,” when confronted by a particularly noxious...
Constitution
No Habeas Corpus for Bagram Detainees
A federal court of appeals on May 21 ruled that detainees held by the United States at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan...
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Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: Clearly Opaque
When President Obama named Elena Kagan as his nominee for justice of the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, he...
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States’ Suit Against ObamaCare: Miles to Go to the Supreme Court
As has been faithfully chronicled by The New American, the attorneys general of 20 states have joined as plaintiffs in a lawsuit aimed...
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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...
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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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