Constitution

Supreme Court to Decide if Cross Violates Constitution

The fate of an 8-foot tall Latin Cross in the Mojave National Preserve sits in the crosshairs of a case before the United...

Rebecca Terrell October 8, 2009

Can the County Sheriff Save the Constitution?

Patrick Krey September 30, 2009

Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, is not afraid to ruffle some feathers in order to halt what he considers violations...

Media Targets State Sovereignty Movement

Patrick Krey September 15, 2009

Two hundred and twenty-two years ago this week, the Constitution was signed by the Framers in Philadelphia. To commemorate this historic event, the...

Court Says U.S. Officials Can Be Sued for Violating Rights

Thomas R. Eddlem September 7, 2009

The 9th District Court of Appeals ruled two to one on September 4 that innocent people thrown into prison on material witness pretexts...

Court Sets New Rules for Computer Searches

Jack Kenny August 28, 2009

In a ruling with broad implications for computer privacy, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that federal investigators...

U.S. Court Throws Out Warrantless Wiretapping Case

Thomas R. Eddlem August 21, 2009

U.S. District Court Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York dismissed an ACLU challenge to the U.S. government's warrantless...

Copyright and Wrong

Thomas R. Eddlem August 18, 2009

“The Obama administration told a federal judge Friday the $1.92 million jury verdict against a Minnesota woman for sharing 24 music tracks on...

Secret Prisons and Gag Orders Continue Under Obama

Thomas R. Eddlem August 10, 2009

President Barack Obama took office with a pledge to end secret prisons and minimize government secrecy, but evidence revealed by the American Civil...

Obama’s Healthcare Arrogance and Constitutional Inversion

Thomas R. Eddlem July 23, 2009

President Obama has famously issued a deadline to Congress to pass a healthcare package before the August recess. And those bold marching orders...

Senate Considers Vote on Concealed Firearm Laws

James Heiser July 22, 2009

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,...

The Prejudice of Atheists

Selwyn Duke July 17, 2009

Ever since the separation-of-church-and-state ruling in 1947, there has been an ever-intensifying effort to denude our public sphere of religious symbols and sentiments....

Obama Will Soon Propose Indefinite Detention Without Trial

Thomas R. Eddlem June 30, 2009

The leftist Brookings Institution has put forth an indefinite-detention-without-trial legislation proposal that National Public Radio says the Obama is considering issuing in executive...