Woman Who Regretted Abortion Denied Lawsuit Against Planned Parenthood
An Illinois appeals court has ruled against a woman who sued a Planned Parenthood clinic because it did not inform her that the abortion she requested would take a human life....
Constitution
Federal Court Rejects Va.’s ObamaCare Challenge
A federal court of appeals threw out Virginia’s legal challenge to Obamacare and with it, the principles of federalism and state sovereignty. Thursday, the three-judge panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th...
ACLU of Florida Sues for Drug Testing of Welfare Applicants
A 35-year-old Navy veteran, Luis Lebron, is suing the state of Florida over its policy that all welfare applicants be drug tested prior to receiving benefits. The American Civil Liberties Union...
Calif. Supreme Court Will Hear Pro-Prop 8 Arguments
The California Supreme Court will be hearing arguments from gay marriage opponents next week in the Proposition 8 court battle. According to The Blaze, this next stage in the court battle...
Who’s the “Constitution” Candidate for President?
Daily Caller editor Peter Tucci has noticed that many Republican candidates for President have made scant mention of the U.S. Constitution on their campaign websites, despite the fact that the Constitution...
Idaho Woman Challenges Fetal Pain Abortion Ban
A woman in Idaho has filed the first ever lawsuit against the “fetal pain” abortion ban. Filed by Jennie Linn McCormack against Bannock County, the lawsuit contends that the new law...
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Pro-Life Sonogram Law
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a law, passed by the Texas legislature in May, that requires a woman seeking an abortion to receive a sonogram at least 24...
Hawaii Gun Laws Challenged in Court
Citizens in the Aloha State of Hawaii are seeking to challenge the restrictive gun regulations on the books on the basis that they violate Second Amendment rights. In a lawsuit mounted...
Court Denies Police Immunity in Video Arrest
Declaring a First Amendment right to videotape police making an arrest in public, the federal First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has denied a police claim of immunity and allowed...
Is the Blocking of Recess Appointments Unconstitutional?
A recent article in the Washington Post posited that the obstruction by the Congress of presidential recess appointments is unconstitutional. This debate emerged in light of the fact that currently,...
Administrative Law: The Second Set of Books
At 5:30 p.m. on a Wednesday in June, Thomas James Ball of Holden, Massachusetts (left), drenched himself with gasoline and struck a match. He burned to death at the door of...
Popular Vote Project Is Against Spirit, Letter of Constitution
Percolating through the legislatures of many states are bills that would provide that a state's electoral votes would go to whichever presidential candidate receives a majority of the national popular vote,...
The Federal Bureau of Instigation
Many observers have long detected a fishy odor about the domestic terrorism plots the Federal Bureau of Investigation has busted, often to great fanfare, over the last decade. Frequently it appears...
Nullify Now! in Kansas City, Missouri
The Nullify Now! tour continues to attract support as it makes its way across the United States. Last Saturday, the tour stopped in Kansas City, Missouri, where a number of prominent...
Federalism: The Cure for Our Constitutional Crisis
While the debate over the raising, lowering, or demolishing the debt ceiling is new(ish), the fact that the federal government’s financial house is in disorder is a situation that has existed...