Breaking Update: Ninth Circuit rebuffs Newsom’s courtroom coup June 20, 2025Charlton Allen
Yesterday evening, a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel—including a Biden appointee—rebuked Judge Charles Breyer and stayed his overreaching attempt to strip President Trump of command over the California National Guard.
Trump’s Broad Constitutional Powers March 17, 2025Ted Noel
Properly understood, the president’s executive powers are sufficiently broad that President Donald “St. George” Trump can slay the Deep State.
Birthright citizenship: The facts March 16, 2025Walter E. Block
The illegal immigrant, by definition has broken the law that would have otherwise allowed him to become a legal immigrant and eventually a full-blooded citizen.
America Unburdened by What Has Been August 21, 2024Phil D'Agostino
What they mean is to unburden themselves from the limits and confines of the Constitution and to burden us instead with their dream of a New Utopia right here and right now.
Reviving the Constitution July 9, 2024Fritz Pettyjohn
In calling for a "Second American Revolution," the Heritage Foundation demonstrates its ignorance of the First.
Church and State − Not Church versus State August 22, 2021Anthony J. DeBlasi
That the Left’s warrant against the church reeks of vengeance against the Creator is something that nobody is supposed to notice in today’s post-truth Woke World.
The scales have fallen January 27, 2021Tricia Henry
When rot enters a healthy body and its defenses are not aroused, that body's survival depends only upon the life cycle of the disease. Our Republic lives now at the sufferance of its illness.
Civil war, revolution, or nanny-state? December 28, 2019Eric Utter
If we are to have any hope of slowing down the balkanization of America and stopping the rush to tribalism and chaos, if we are to treat people equally and each individual life with dignity, we must re-establish the primacy of Natural Law.
Fun with Roe v. Wade Rhetoric July 18, 2018William Sullivan
Which Supreme Court justice made the following observation in 1985? "Roe v. Wade ... ventured too far in the change it ordered and presented an incomplete justification for its action."
Liberty: Yours, Mine, and Ours July 4, 2018Mike J. Kirkwood
Punishing society's producers is a culture-killing death from within, suicide. Those who would devour the golden egg-laying goose, be warned: not only will there be no gold, but there will be no more eggs.
A Republic, If You Can Keep It March 15, 2017Paul Pauker
The media keep harping on the supposed danger of Donald Trump to democracy. One problem: the United States isn't a democracy.
What If A President Were One Of Us? June 10, 2016Geoffrey P. Hunt
Regular Joes and Marys lack the conceit to assert they are faithful practitioners of civic virtue, although they possess far more honesty, and far less corruptibility than the current dominant political class.
The Cannons of Government April 13, 2016Philip Ahlrich
Liberalism has changed into a politicized authoritarian ideology. It has become, in effect, a strategy of power.
The End of Popular Consent April 11, 2016Philip Ahlrich
Progressives have long understood that by circumventing the Constitution through executive orders and administrative regulations that have the effect of law, they can lead society into a settled acceptance of unpopular State actions
Mark Levin's <em>Plunder and Deceit</em> July 29, 2015Thomas Lifson
Once again Mark Levin, the constitutional scholar and radio talk show host, has written an important book that should be in the library of every thoughtful conservative.
The New Iron Triangle April 17, 2014Robert Charles
The U.S. Constitution – and Founders who designed it – sought to anticipate all possibilities, however, we confront a new configuration of leaders and behaviors, some of which may go beyond what the Founders foresaw.
The Plan for Police Nullification March 26, 2014Selwyn Duke
As first responders, law enforcement officers can also be first persecutors or first protectors. What they actually will be is up to us.
More Dim Dems March 13, 2014Russ Vaughn
Sheila Jackson-Lee offers some unintnetional comic relief on the House floor.
The Lamp of Experience: Constitutional Amendments Work March 7, 2014Rob Natelson
Opponents of a Convention of States long argued that there was an unacceptable risk a convention might do too much. Now they increasingly argue that amendments cannot do enough. Opponents will soon find their new position even less defensible than the old.
Our Weimar Republic February 26, 2014Bruce Walker
Two of the most notorious changes in the German nation as it moved from Weimar Germany to Nazi Germany bear an eerily similarity to what is now occurring in the USA.
The Final Constitutional Option February 9, 2014Robert Berry
Having been dormant for centuries, a potent section in the U.S. Constitution is now in the minds and on the lips of a new generation of reformers who are determined to keep the nation out of an abyss.
Article V Convention: Path of Least Resistance February 1, 2014Robert Berry
In what is taking shape as a sort of Great Awakening, state legislators have begun to learn that they hold equal status with Congress when it comes to proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The Hallowed and Hollowed Constitution January 11, 2014Shelby Williams
Ending government decay is not likely possible with a single amendment. We must contemplate the sort of deliberative process that gave birth to the Constitution to begin with.
The U.S. Constitution has no Teeth October 8, 2013Michael Bargo, Jr.
With regard to purely Constitutional issues, such as the First Amendment violations of the IRS, there doesn't seem to be any teeth in the Constitution.
Overturn WallaceAugust 18, 2013Edward H. Stewart, Jr.
Town of Greece v. Galloway gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to curtail the federal government's war on religion.
A Living Document? Well, that Depends July 17, 2013Jim Yardley
"Liiving document" essentially means that the Constitution can be interpreted to mean just about anything that the current administration wants it to mean.
Real Americans Don't Trust the Government July 6, 2013Jonathon Moseley
"If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." Our problem today is a lot of men who think that they're angels.
Our True Founding Principles July 4, 2013Jerome Huyler
If the Declaration and the Constitution are the foundation on which this country is built, then it was John Locke who created the framework for them
Selective Constitutional Deafness May 6, 2013Selwyn Duke
After a certain point when battling barbarians, the rulebook has to go out the window. Have we reached that point in the U.S.?
How Sharia Kills Free Speech March 10, 2013Andrew G. Bostom
In direct violation of the rights of freedom of speech and religion enshrined in the Constitution, the Islamic concept of blasphemy will be the point of collision between American and Muslim cultures.
The Hijacking of America March 2, 2013John Ozanich
The logic and meaning of the Constitution have been degraded by actions of the Supreme Court. Political powers have been quick to take advantage.
Protecting American Rights at the Local Level March 1, 2013Tom Trinko
While Americans can survive with smaller sodas at restaurants and without plastic bags, what is to prevent local and state governments from introducing far more intrusive limitations on the rights of their citizens?
Bypassing the Politicians on Gun Control February 14, 2013Robert Eugene Simmons Jr.
While amending the U.S. Constitution is a difficult process and full of political barriers, the Founders also gave us a method to bypass that through the power of the 10th amendment.
Assassin in Chief? February 7, 2013Herbert W. Titus and William J. Olson
We are on the brink of the Senate giving the president of the United States the power to kill whomever he wants.
Madison's Republic February 2, 2013Timothy Gordon
American constitutional problems took a while to show up, on account of the solid foundation of classical republicanism not taken out of the mix. But show up they did.
Madison's Constitution January 27, 2013Timothy Gordon
When James Madison shaped and defended throughout 1787 the document which became our Constitution, he did not follow Montesquieu's most important admonitions, but rather presumed to "correct Montesquieu" in three cardinal ways.
A Constitutional Credit Limit December 11, 2012Dexter Wright
If every time the government reaches the maximum on its national credit card, and Congress simply raises it, what good is a debt limit?
Fatal Attraction: US Flirts with International Speech Codes December 9, 2012Nathaniel Sugarman
UN Special Rapporteur Mutama Ruteere has recommended that countries adopt "legislative measures" to cambat "racial hatred", specifically identifying the United States as a country that should consider legislation targeting internet hate speech.
Madison's cure to 'the dangerous violence of faction' August 19, 2012Lee Cary
Today, the Executive Branch of our government is presided over by someone who pins his hopes for re-election on pitting competing factions against one another. It is the political divide-and-conquer" strategy on audacious and transparent display.
Rubio and Birthright Citizenship May 4, 2012Cindy Simpson
Those who argue against "birthright citizenship" have just been thrown under the same bus as the "birthers" -- whether or not they like it, or the GOP admits it.
A Very Simple Job Description April 21, 2012Jim Yardley
President Obama complains constantly that his job is made harder because of the negative slant of the Constitution. That's quite a claim when the Constitution devotes only 322 words to the president's job.
Shredding the Constitution April 18, 2012Janet Levy
The U.S. Constitution, which has guided American society for over two centuries, inspiring nations worldwide and serving as a model for governance, is under serious threat today from the very individuals charged with protecting it.
FDR Redux: Obama Challenges SCOTUS April 4, 2012Fay Voshell
Who is this president who darkens counsel with ignorant words concerning the balance of power established by the Constitution of the United States?
America Flexing Its Muscles April 3, 2012Jim Yardley
Thanks to the current debate in the Supreme Court over Obamacare, ordinary citizens, all over the nation, are beginning to feel comfortable discussing the Constitution of the United States
The Constitution, 'Constitutional Law,' and ObamaCare March 27, 2012George Leef
Within just five years, the United States went from strict limits on the power of the federal government to virtually no limits -- not because the Constitution had changed, but because "constitutional law" had changed.
All Hail Obama February 21, 2012Harvey M. Sheldon
The willingness of the White House to exceed the Constitutional powers of the President and assert authority beyond that directed in federal statutes is starting to show up more frequently.
The Hitman Cometh: America to be 'War Zone' December 19, 2011John Griffing
The push by the Obama Administration to progressively strip Americans of basic liberties in the pursuit of political objectives has now taken on more draconian overtones, and no one seems to have noticed.
A Chicago Politics Expansion of Executive Privilege November 14, 2011Mark J. Fitzgibbons
Proponents of Executive Privilege in the Solyndra affair are expanding a limited doctrine not expressed in the Constitution into a rule of law protecting crony capitalism and potential lawbreaking.
Obama 'Can't Wait' for the Rule of Law October 26, 2011Mark J. Fitzgibbons
America will not lapse into a dictatorship; we won't let that happen. But the dictatorial aspects of the Obama administration must be called out for what they are: lawbreaking.
Federal Fever August 31, 2011Bruce Walker
If the body politic is sick, blame federal fever, a delusional ailment causing swelling of the federal element of the Republic.
The Government Has Rights? August 20, 2011Charlotte Cushman
The government has one purpose and one purpose only and that is to protect our rights, not to jam laws down our throats for the "common good."
