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...
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...
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Bearing Arms: A Right … and a Duty?
The Massachusetts Judicial Council ruled on March 10 that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not apply to state governments and,...
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Court Upholds “Under God” and “In God We Trust”
A San Francisco federal appeals court ruled that the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on...
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Six-year-old Suspended for “Gun” Violation
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...
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Firearms Freedom Spreading
The Tenth Amendment movement sweeping across the nation has made its way to the Beehive State. The Utah-Made Firearm Act states that all...
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Census Should Stick To Constitutional Limits, Says Ron Paul
Every time a year ending in a zero swings around, the federal government conducts a census — typically in early spring, meaning that...
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TSA and the Fourth Amendment: Take another Look
When Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that Major General Robert Harding was President Obama’s latest nominee for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA),...
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Partial Gun Rights Victory Could Have Other Implications
Analysts are predicting at least a partial victory for gun rights after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in McDonald v. Chicago,...
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McCain-Feingold and Free Speech
Hillary Clinton will not easily be mistaken for Sir Winston Churchill, but our nation’s Secretary of State borrowed a metaphor from old “Winnie”...
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U.S. Postal Service: Time to Free the Mail
When U.S. Postmaster General John Potter recommended eliminating Saturday delivery service in order to save money, he was merely responding to the postal...
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States Act to Block Federal Healthcare Mandates
James Madison, known to history as the Father of the Constitution, reckoned that “the first and most natural attachment of the people will...
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Tenth Amendment Summit Offers Solutions
"This is real hope," one enthusiastic attendee told this writer during the First Annual Tenth Amendment Summit held in Atlanta, Georgia, February 25-26....
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Obama Signs Patriot Act Extension
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.)...
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CPAC, the JBS and Conservatism’s Real Fringe
One frequent news angle in stories regarding The John Birch Society's sponsorship of this week's ongoing CPAC conference has been the question of...
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