Constitution

Assembly of State Legislatures Changes Article V Text in Call for “Convention of States”

The Assembly of State Legislatures met in Salt Lake City to draft rules for an Article V convention, and changed the Article V...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 21, 2015

Can Governors Refuse Entry to Syrian Refugees?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 20, 2015

With respect to the difficult and potentially dangerous position in which Arizona Governor Ducey and the other 30 or so state executives find...

Court Overturns Injunction Against NSA Phone Surveillance Program

C. Mitchell Shaw November 20, 2015

The battle over the legality of NSA surveillance is heating up again. Just last week, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ordered the...

Judge Calls NSA Phone Data Collection Unconstitutional

Warren Mass November 11, 2015

Judge Richard J. Leon of United States District Court for the District of Columbia, delivering a ruling on November 9, blocked the National...

Yale Students Protest Free Speech Conference, Spit on Presenters

Bob Adelmann November 10, 2015

Several hundred Yale students protested a Free Speech conference at the university, hurling obscenities and spitting on the presenters when the conference ended....

Former U.S. Comptroller: National Debt is $65 Trillion, Not $18 Trillion

Michael Tennant November 10, 2015

A former U.S. comptroller general says the national debt is actually $65 trillion, more than triple the Congressional Budget Office's figure of $18...

Oregon County Nullifies All Unconstitutional State and Federal Gun Laws

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 8, 2015

Voters in Coos County, Oregon have approved a measure that nullifies all local, state, and federal attempts to infringe upon their right to...

Senator Blasts TPP as “Global Governance,” Says Stop Fast-Track

William F. Jasper November 7, 2015

Senator Sessions charges that the just-released 5,554-page Trans-Pacific Partnership turns over everything from environment, to labor, and immigration to unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats —...

Scalia: “Liberal” Justices Creating Rights, Leading U.S. to “Destruction”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 30, 2015

At a recent speech at Santa Clara University, Justice Antonin Scalia said the liberal Supreme Court was leading the United States to destruction....

Florida Bill Would Repeal All Previous Article V Applications; Calls Con-Con “Dangerous”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 29, 2015

Florida state representative Michelle Vasilinda has filed a bill that would repeal all previous calls for an Article V convention. ...

IRS Expands Surveillance Capacity, Buys Stingray Cellphone Trackers

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 29, 2015

The IRS has apparently purchased Stingray cellphone tracking devices from Harris Corporation. This is just the latest in the IRS's expansion of its...

Obama Pushes Federal Gun Control Laws During Chicago Speech

Warren Mass October 28, 2015

In his October 27 speech at the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in Chicago, President Obama called for “common-sense...