San Francisco Considers Ban on Circumcision
San Francisco, California, is a city known for being a bastion of all things progressive, secular, countercultural and counter-traditional. Ever since the Hippie Movement of the 1960s took root in the...
Constitution
Do Naval Academy Mealtime Prayers Violate the Constitution?
A recent op-ed published in the Baltimore Sun accused the United States Naval Academy of “defying the Constitution — specifically the First Amendment.” ...
Congressmen Condemn Obama Attack on Congressional War Powers
Members of both parties in the House and Senate chambers of Congress — including Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — have strongly condemned President Obama for flouting...
FDA Raw: Ron Paul v. Milk Police
“If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?” asked Rep. Ron...
High Court Dismisses Atheist Challenge to “Under God” in Presidential Oath
The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed the latest legal challenge of noted atheist Michael Newdow (left) to religious wording in government business, “refusing to hear a complaint about President Barack Obama adding...
Supreme Court Says Warrants, States’ Rights Unnecessary
States cannot grant their citizens wider freedoms from search and seizure than federal courts do, and police may manipulate events that allow them to avoid getting Fourth Amendment search warrants from...
President’s Announced Immigration Policy Unconstitutional
In 1964 President Adolfo López Mateos of Mexico and President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States met on the border separating their two nations to celebrate the official end of...
Indiana Supreme Court Says Citizens Can’t Resist Rogue Police
Citizens have "no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry [to their homes] by police officers," Indiana's Supreme Court declared May 12 in a controversial 3-2 decision, Richard L. Barnes v. Indiana. ...
Former UN Ambassador: Obama Will Target Gun Ownership in Second Term
In 2012, were the American people to go to the ballot box and deposit their vast political capital in the account of Barack Obama, the word is that he will use...
Federalist Papers and the Right of “Self-Defense”
The growing unrest among state legislatures and the zeal of millions of Americans to restore the balance between the federal and state governments (principally through the restoration of the sovereignty of...
Challenge to President Obama’s Eligibility to be Heard by 9th Circuit Court
Arguments in one of the lawsuits challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President of the United States has finally worked its way through the California court system and will be heard...
Poll Finds Tea Partiers Won’t Cut Spending, Will Hike Taxes
From reading the news and listening to the talking heads, one might get the impression that the Tea Party movement consists of government-slashing radicals who are equally fed up with both...
What Does It Mean To Be a “Natural Born Citizen”?
Thanks to Donald Trump and his billion-dollar-network bully pulpit, the issue of President Obama’s birthplace (and the related issue of why he’s never released a long-form birth certificate) is not going...
New Law Could Undermine Westboro Baptist Ruling
Apparently when the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in March that the Westboro Baptist Church had a constitutional right to protest military funerals, regardless of the deplorable nature of the...
Michigan State Police Reportedly Extracting Personal Info From Cellphones
The Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is questioning the Michigan State Police's use of cellphone "extraction" devices. Specifically, the group claims that law enforcement is clandestinely using portable...