constitutional issues

Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Expected Tomorrow

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The Supreme Court Wire expects the gun rights decision to come down tomorrow, saying:
The U.S. Supreme Court today did not release its long-awaited ruling on whether the District’s handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. That means the potentially landmark decision will almost certainly come tomorrow morning when the court is planning to issue the last […]

Do we really need a new Constitution?

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Larry Sabato thinks so. The renowned political analyst writes in today’s Los Angeles Times that it’s time our Constitution adapted to the changing world we live in. Sabato says it’s not a radical idea, because it’s what the Founders did, and Jefferson said it should be done every generation. Not the most persuasive argument I’ve […]

Ron Paul to speak at Seattle University

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Ron Paul will speak to Seattle University on September 14 from 1:30 - 2:30 in Campion Hall. The event is being sponsored by the Seattle University Federalist Society.
On Facebook the event is described as follows.
Come hear Presidential candidate Ron Paul (R) speak on the U.S. Constitution. This event is free and open to the […]

Poll: Monitoring phone calls makes America Safer

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Rasmussen Reports:
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters believe that allowing the government to intercept phone calls from terrorist suspects makes America safer.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans believe that allowing the government to intercept such calls makes the nation safer.
To speak in light of a recent post, polls as we should all know isn’t all that makes […]

Freedom & Federalism

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Fred Thompson “re-launched” his website today. On the front page was a video of Thompson explaining federalism, its interrelatedness to freedom, and its importance in American political life.
Federalism is an important, but often a forgotten and an even more often disregarded, political framework that the creators implemented as the ultimate way to […]

Jesus, Toleration, and the Contemporary Left

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Yesterday, Michelle Malkin asked “Which is a crime?” to satirize the charging of a Pace University student with a hate crime for placing a Koran in a toilet. This is while other religiously objectionable, although apparently tolerable, acts, such as putting a crucifix in a jar of urine went without so severe a punishment. […]

Which is the crime?…

Monday, July 30th, 2007

…a Pace University student arrested on Friday on hate-crime charges after he threw a Koran in a toilet at Pace University on two separate occasions, according to police.
So, Michelle Malkin asks, “Which is a hate crime?”
A) Submering a crucifix in a jar of urine;
B) Burning the American Flag;
C) Placing the Koran in […]

Government needs to protect us…

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

…from ourselves. Apparently, this is because we are not “mentally qualified”, but those in government are?…
All the while, nevermind the meaning and intent of the 2nd Amendment. Democrats can shred the constitution because they care.