Constitution

U.S. Judge Frees Guantanamo Detainee

Judge James Robertson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered on March 22 that Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a native...

March 24, 2010

Bearing Arms: A Right … and a Duty?

Bruce Walker March 17, 2010

The Massachusetts Judicial Council ruled on March 10 that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not apply to state governments and,...

Court Upholds “Under God” and “In God We Trust”

Raven Clabough March 12, 2010

A San Francisco federal appeals court ruled that the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on...

Six-year-old Suspended for “Gun” Violation

Bruce Walker March 10, 2010

Political correctness reached a new height (or depth) when a six-year-old boy in Ionia, Michigan, was suspended from his Jefferson Elementary kindgarten class...

Firearms Freedom Spreading

Patrick Krey March 10, 2010

The Tenth Amendment movement sweeping across the nation has made its way to the Beehive State. The Utah-Made Firearm Act states that all...

Census Should Stick To Constitutional Limits, Says Ron Paul

Steven Yates March 9, 2010

Every time a year ending in a zero swings around, the federal government conducts a census — typically in early spring, meaning that...

TSA and the Fourth Amendment: Take another Look

Bob Adelmann March 9, 2010

When Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that Major General Robert Harding was President Obama’s latest nominee for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA),...

Partial Gun Rights Victory Could Have Other Implications

Alex Newman March 5, 2010

Analysts are predicting at least a partial victory for gun rights after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in McDonald v. Chicago,...

McCain-Feingold and Free Speech

Jack Kenny March 4, 2010

Hillary Clinton will not easily be mistaken for Sir Winston Churchill, but our nation’s Secretary of State borrowed a metaphor from old “Winnie”...

U.S. Postal Service: Time to Free the Mail

Bob Adelmann March 3, 2010

When U.S. Postmaster General John Potter recommended eliminating Saturday delivery service in order to save money, he was merely responding to the postal...

States Act to Block Federal Healthcare Mandates

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 2, 2010

James Madison, known to history as the Father of the Constitution, reckoned that “the first and most natural attachment of the people will...

Tenth Amendment Summit Offers Solutions

Kelly Holt March 1, 2010

"This is real hope," one enthusiastic attendee told this writer during the First Annual Tenth Amendment Summit held in Atlanta, Georgia, February 25-26....

Obama Signs Patriot Act Extension

Thomas R. Eddlem March 1, 2010

President Obama signed a one-year extension of three provisions of the USA Patriot Act Saturday February 27. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.)...