Constitution - The New American

New DOJ Policy Restricts Use of Cellphone Spying Tools

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy regarding the way law enforcement can use cell-site simulators. The policy...

C. Mitchell Shaw September 4, 2015

Hillary Taking on NRA in Quest for More Gun Control

Bob Adelmann September 3, 2015

Hillary has decided that with her election as president all but in the bag, she can now blatantly take on the gun rights...

Federal Judge Rules for Pro-life Group on Contraception Mandate

Raven Clabough September 1, 2015

A federal judge in Washington issued a ruling on Monday in favor of the pro-life group March for Life against the federal contraception...

North Dakota Authorizes Police to Use Weaponized Drones

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. August 31, 2015

North Dakota becomes the first state to allow police to use weaponized drones. ...

Appeals Court Overturns NSA Spying Case

C. Mitchell Shaw August 29, 2015

Last May a U.S. District Court handed down a decision that the NSA's broad-sweeping collection of private citizens' phone meta-data was illegal, "unprecedented...

Defense Department Guidelines Allow Journalists to be Treated as “Belligerents”

Warren Mass August 27, 2015

The most recent Department of Defense Law of War Manual, released on June 15, has come under fire from journalists for its guidelines...

Trump’s Use of Eminent Domain to Take What He Wants

Bob Adelmann August 27, 2015

Donald Trump's success in building his business empire is attributable in part to his use of the Fifth Amendment’s eminent domain clause to steal...

Jeb Bush Would Expand NSA Spy Powers at Expense of Civil Liberties

Warren Mass August 19, 2015

Speaking at an Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security forum at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on August 18, former Florida...

AT&T Helped the NSA Spy on Internet Traffic

Warren Mass August 17, 2015

National Security Agency (NSA) documents recently provided to the New York Times and ProPublica by former intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward J. Snowden...

VA Backs Down on Threat to Take Idaho Veteran’s Guns

Bob Adelmann August 10, 2015

The Veterans Administration, in another example of the dangers of the recombination of the three separate powers of government into a single agency,...