Elena Kagan Approved as 112th Supreme Court Justice
The full Senate voted 63-37 on Thursday, August 5, to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. With the support of...
Politics
Elena Kagan and Chief Justice Roberts: Same Difference?
A recent story published by the respected online political magazine, Politico, proposes to set...
A Stark Contrast Between Liberty and Tyranny
Does the U.S. Constitution limit the federal government to a few, specifically enumerated powers,...
Obama Claims “End” of Combat Operations in Iraq (Sort of)
President Barack Obama announced “America’s combat mission in Iraq would end” in an August...
Praying Pro-life Student Arrested in Chicago
On Saturday, July 3, 25-year-old Northwestern University graduate student Joseph Holland was arrested in...
Pawlenty of What for President?
Republicans are not inclined to run debutantes for President. No Obama, please. Republicans love...
Senators Call for Hearings on 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause
Several key GOP senators are calling for congressional hearings into the 14th Amendment’s supposed...
No Compromise on Compromise
From infancy on, most Americans hear a steady litany of "compromise, compromise, compromise." Whether...
Feds Asked to Determine “Natural” Chicken
The United States Department of Agriculture is pondering changes in the regulation of “natural”...
Gingrich Wants Attacks on Iran, North Korea
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Republican of Georgia, apparently believes the United...
Ryans Roadmap II
The first time Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) offered his “Roadmap for America’s Future” to...
Does the District Court Have Jurisdiction in Case Against Arizona?
Apart from the question of whether there exists an enumerated power in Congress to...
Is There an Enumerated Power Over Immigration?
In Judge Susan Bolton’s ruling granting the federal government partial preliminary injunction of several...
Defense Secretary Gates Mortified, Appalled by Wikileaks Exposure
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told ABC's Christiane Amanpour he was “mortified” and “appalled”...
Obama Seeks Expanded Internet Surveillance Authority
Just one week after the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report castigating the...
Beck Closely Examines Tea Party Movement
Fridays on the Glenn Beck program have been dubbed “Founders’ Fridays,” as Beck has...
Who’s at Fault if WikiLeaks Endangers Innocents?
The federal government loves corporate whistleblowers; they get paraded before congressional committees and treated...
ACLU: Obama’s “New Normal” Is Bush’s Old One
Though neoconservatives and other pro-national security-state types would have Americans believe that President Obama...
California Faces Total Meltdown
Governor Schwarzenegger of California on Wednesday ordered furloughs for 156,000 of the state’s 237,000...
Internal USCIS Memo Cuts Congress Out of Amnesty Plan
Last month, The New American chronicled President Barack Obama’s presumed intention to circumvent the...