Constitution - The New American

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 8 to 1 in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to freedom of speech....

Raven Clabough March 2, 2011

Gun Rights Group Outbids Austin Guns4Groceries

Kelly Holt February 28, 2011

“Keep Austin Weird,” the city motto of the Texas state capital, got a boost Saturday when the city’s second annual, no-questions-asked, “Guns4Groceries” campaign...

Montana Legislators Stick Up for the Constitution

Michael Tennant February 28, 2011

The mainstream media can handle politicians who talk about cutting government on the campaign trail but abandon those views once in office. They...

Obama Orders Government to Stop Defending Marriage Law

Dave Bohon February 24, 2011

While President Obama may be “grappling” with his own views on homosexual marriage, on February 23 he ordered his Administration’s Justice Department to...

A Tale of Two Women and the TSA

Michael Tennant February 24, 2011

Recently two women tried to pass through airport security in the United States. One was unarmed; the other was hiding a gun in...

Mississippi House Passes Bill To Track Children

Kelly Holt February 23, 2011

The Mississippi House has passed H.B. 608 providing for the establishment of a longitudinal data system to track education and student outcomes in the...

Arizona Defends State Commerce Against Feds

Kelly Holt February 22, 2011

Last week, the Arizona State Senate passed a bill, in a 21-8 vote, that could make Arizona the first state to challenge federal...

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge of Witness Detention

Jack Kenny February 21, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court next week will hear arguments in a case that may determine how far the government may go in detaining...

Patriot Act Attack on Fourth Amendment Extended, Despite Some Tea Party Opposition

Thomas R. Eddlem February 21, 2011

President Obama is expected to sign a three-month extension of three provisions of the USA Patriot Act after Congress easily passed the measure,...

Dismissing a Lawsuit — and the Constitution

Michael Tennant February 19, 2011

On February 17, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, seated in Charleston, South Carolina, dismissed a lawsuit filed by Jose Padilla against Defense Secretary...

Bill of Rights Slows Government Probe of WikiLeaks

Bob Adelmann February 17, 2011

On Tuesday, the quiet subterranean fishing expedition by the government into the WikiLeaks document disclosures last fall came to light for the first...

Activists Seek SCOTUS Recusals in ObamaCare Case

Alex Newman February 16, 2011

Pro-ObamaCare activists are seeking to have Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself in the much-anticipated high-court case expected to decide whether the...