Constitution

NYPD’s X-ray Van Program Lacks Transparency

The New York Police Department is using vans equipped with X-ray scanners to secretly search vehicles, and it won't release any information about...

Michael Tennant October 15, 2015

California Forces Pregnancy Centers to Inform Clients of Abortion Options

Michael Tennant October 13, 2015

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill forcing crisis-pregnancy centers to provide clients with information on how to obtain state-funded abortions. ...

Lawmen Reveal Federal Agents Consider Constitutionalists a “Threat”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 10, 2015

Law enforcement officers in Utah reveal the disdain federal agents have for constitutionalists. ...

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Drugs, Due Process, and State Sovereignty

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 10, 2015

Several states are working to reform the tyrannical practice of civil asset forfeiture, restoring due process and state sovereignty. ...

Federal Judge Strikes Down New Mexico Law Permitting Removal of Trees

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 7, 2015

A federal judge invalidated a New Mexico statute giving counties the power to cut down trees in areas prone to wildfires. ...

Will Illegal Immigrants Send Hillary Clinton to the White House in 2016?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 7, 2015

Politico says illegal immigrants may sway the 2016 elections based on manipulation of the Electoral College mechanism, causing Hillary Clinton to win. ...

Where Did Sydney Jihadi Shooter Get a Handgun in “Gun-free” Australia?

Bob Adelmann October 6, 2015

As U.S. politicians call for more gun control laws after a massacre in Oregon, the country of Australia has suffered a terror attack...

Internet Gambling Ban to Apply to Guns?

Bob Adelmann September 29, 2015

Large sums of money from brick-and-mortar gambling establishments are generating impetus for an anti-online gambling bill, which could set precedent for banning the...

DHS: States’ Refusal to Implement REAL ID Could Ground Residents

Michael Tennant September 29, 2015

Residents of four states that have refused to implement REAL ID for driver's licenses may not be allowed to fly or to enter...

Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose Govt-Mandated Health Insurance

Bob Adelmann September 28, 2015

A recent poll by Rasmussen revealed that 52 percent of Americans now oppose government-mandated health insurance, the highest it’s been since a December...

FBI Collecting Fingerprints, Photos, and Other Data on Millions

Michael Tennant September 23, 2015

The FBI is collecting fingerprints, photographs, and other biographical data from the millions of criminal background checks it conducts for employers and government...

Scalia: Same-sex Marriage Ruling “Furthest Imaginable Extension” of Court’s Authority

Warren Mass September 23, 2015

Delivering a belated Constitution Day speech at Rhodes College in Memphis on the evening of September 22, United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin...

Gallup: Almost Half of Americans View Government as Threat to Freedom

Warren Mass September 22, 2015

A Gallup Governance poll conducted from September 9-13 found that 49 percent of Americans believe the federal government poses “an immediate threat to...