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... to federal lawsuits." While the ruling may make some progressives squirm, the decision handed down by the high court is not a clear-cut win for constitutionalists either, though it does, on balance, ...
Friday, 02 July 2010
... the Constitution, allowing the government to take property not for 'public necessity,' but instead for 'public use.'" That principle is enumerated in the final clause of the Fifth Amendment which reads: ...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
... First Amendment. Whatever one chooses to call it, it is also the one that is both in accord with common sense, natural law, and the Jeffersonian and Madisonian approach to Constitutional interpretation. ...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
... real issue that must be dealt with by this country: will we abide by the Constitution in the future or won't we? Currently the Republicans are falling all over themselves trying to discredit Obama for ...
Saturday, 24 April 2010
... industry, and they want a national ID Card to track the movements of citizens. And it’s not just the Democrats — for eight years under the Bush administration the Republicans eviscerated the Constitution ...
Thursday, 25 March 2010
... first commentator writes: “America would be a much nicer place if their constitution insisted on the right to arm bears instead.” Another says the problem in America is that the right to bear arms is written ...
Thursday, 18 March 2010
The Democrats are trying to force passage of the health care reform bill with a bit of legislative sleight of hand known as the "Slaughter Rule." Under the Constitution, all legislation must pass both ...
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
... to limit spending to services which are truly necessary." The Met Life people didn't identify what those might be, but fortunately we have those readily identified in the Constitution itself. Limiting ...
Monday, 22 February 2010
9. The Interpol Blues
(News/Blog)
... in such a way that it restores those immunities. The original text of the Reagan order, EO 12425 of June 16, 1983 reads: By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and ...
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
... the reach of the federal government created by the Constitution. Thus, an honest American conservatism opposes federal expansion beyond the scope of government envisioned by the Founders. This is not ...
Thursday, 05 November 2009
... by the Irish people in June last year, and by the French and Dutch voters before them who rejected the EU Constitution – the Lisbon Treaty’s first incarnation – in 2005. The Irish have spoken, yes, but ...
Thursday, 29 October 2009
... and opinionated individuals who are most vital to the functioning of our democracy and economy." Worse, however, is the fact that the new FTC restrictions are blatantly unconstitutional. “What concerns ...
Monday, 19 October 2009
... Court that respects the Constitution. That, necessarily, starts with an electorate that can put aside party politics, and can ignore the "advice" spewed by dubious public "intellectuals" like Gore Vidal. ...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
... property to support economic needs of others. Of course that happens in the U.S., too, but it is unconstitutional, and certainly not something that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence ...
Friday, 11 September 2009
... several important differences. First, and not insignificantly, it is the various states that mandate auto coverage for drivers. The federal government has no constitutional role to play in such mandates. ...
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
... of these principles of American political life.  And in the meantime, we'll go on opposing presidents, Republican or Democrat, whenever they attempt to use powers that the Constitution did not envision ...
Sunday, 06 September 2009
... When a hapless bureaucrat in a low level department of the unconstitutional Department of Education gets what appears to be an official email from the Homeland Security department, he or she is likely, ...
Monday, 31 August 2009
18. Future Tech
(Archive/Features)
... in Washington has been to gradually erode Constitutional protections for the natural rights and liberties this nation was, in fact, founded to protect. Fortunately, these attacks on liberty, despite being ...
Saturday, 24 January 2009
19. Malaria: The Silent Pandemic
(Archive/Features)
... such as insect nets and the like that are not as effective. It should be stated that there is no constitutional authority for agencies of the U.S. government to fund malarial control programs of any kind ...
Monday, 04 September 2006
20. Duranty’s Lethal Lies
(Archive/Features)
... power not unworthy of Lenin. It is to him that the greatest part of the credit is due for bringing about the new Russian Union, which history may regard as one of the most remarkable Constitutions in human ...
Monday, 08 September 2003