Constitution - The New American

GOP Platform Calls for Multiple Amendments to the Constitution

The Republican Party’s 2016 platform includes troublesome proposals to remedy real problems with the excessive and dangerous methodology of amending the Constitution. ...

Warren Mass July 20, 2016

DOJ Wants Supreme Court Rehearing of Obama Amnesty Case

Raven Clabough July 19, 2016

On Monday, the Department of Justice petitioned the United States Supreme Court for rehearing of U.S. v. Texas, a challenge to President Obama’s...

ACLU Preparing to Sue Trump If He Wins

Bob Adelmann July 18, 2016

The ACLU is preparing to do battle if 1) Trump wins in November, and 2) tries to implement his proposals. ...

Local Law Enforcement Collecting Thousands of Iris Scans for FBI, Pentagon

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 16, 2016

Through a "pilot program" the FBI is using local law enforcement to collect hundreds of thousands of iris scans. Those scans are then...

HuffPo Editorial: Second Amendment “Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to Own a Gun”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 15, 2016

Writing in the Huffington Post, Larry Harris, Jr. proposes a rewrite of the Second Amendment that would disarm all but the "militia" and...

Republicans Push to Put FBI Surveillance Power Outside of Oversight

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 15, 2016

Senator John McCain and others are proposing a bill that would grant expansive new surveillance powers to the FBI and would place those...

School Board in Virginia Asks High Court to Rule on Transgender Restroom Case

Warren Mass July 15, 2016

The Gloucester County, Virginia School Board filed an emergency appeal with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on July 13, asking the High...

Bipartisan Group of Reps Creates Caucus to Protect Fourth Amendment

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 14, 2016

A bipartisan group of 25 U.S. representatives has created the House Fourth Amendment Caucus to protect privacy rights that Congress does away with...

South Dakota Forcibly Catheterizes Suspects Refusing to Submit to Urine Test

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 13, 2016

In defiance of the rights protected by the Fourth Amendment, the state of South Dakota forcibly catheterizes anyone refusing to submit to a...

Supreme Court Deals Another Body Blow to the Fourth Amendment

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 13, 2016

In its decision in the case of Utah v. Strieff, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the rights protected by the Fourth...

Obama and Hillary Exploit Murdered Cops to Federalize Police

Alex Newman July 11, 2016

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are exploiting the killing of five police officers in Dallas to push a range of assaults on the...

Obama Ramps Up Gun Control Rhetoric, Arms Federal Agencies to the Teeth

Clinton Alexander July 9, 2016

According to a recent report by openthebooks.com, non-military federal agencies have received $1.4 billion in “guns, ammunition, and other military style equipment during...

YouTube Removes Anti-Jihad Video, Citing “Hate Speech” Policy

Raven Clabough July 8, 2016

A video critical of sharia law and jihad has been removed by YouTube for allegedly violating the company’s “hate speech” policies. Entitled “Killing...