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- Historic Document · May 29, 2012The Constitutions of Clarendon
king, was made this remembrance or recognition of a certain part of the customs, liberties, and dignities of his predecessors, that is to say of King Henry his grandfather … wishes or dares to accuse, the sheriff, upon the bishop’s request, shall cause twelve lawful men of the neighborhood or the vill to take oath before the bishop that
- Historic Document · May 29, 2012The Bill of Rights
seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons … criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public
- Historic Document · May 29, 2012Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the numbers of those who, having eyes … hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible
- Opinion · May 25, 2012Remarks on Religious Liberty
women, people who are committed to defending our most essential freedom -- religious liberty. We tend naturally to focus on religious freedom issues that rise to the national level. Those cases … faith communities, and small businesses, and family-owned firms to provide drugs that can cause abortions or chemical contraceptives that violate their beliefs, then the First Amendment to the Constitution
- Opinion · May 23, 2012Is That a Spy in Your Pocket?
purses. In the absence of clear guidance, a recent report from the American Civil Liberties Union suggests, law enforcement agencies are making up the rules as they go along, often … Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, that would require the government to obtain a probable-cause warrant before intercepting or demanding geolocation data, except in emergencies and cases involving foreign intelligence. That
- Opinion · May 15, 2012Obama Is the Extremist, Not Conservative Talkers
which splitting the difference with Obama has advanced or would advance the cause of conservatism or constitutional liberty. We wouldn’t reduce our debt, for example, by agreeing to reduce
- Opinion · May 15, 2012Romney Understands America
understanding of America. On Saturday, Mitt Romney delivered a speech to the 6,000 Liberty College graduates. It was an important speech, not only because it seems to have closed … values or culture that most determines human behavior. Violent crime is not caused by a murderer’s lack of moral values, father, self-discipline, church life, or marriage
- Opinion · May 10, 2012Evangelicals Will Rally for Romney
woman. All embrace the value of religious faith and practice, and pursue religious liberty. Moreover, in an age where some seek to drive a wedge between fiscal conservatives and social … fundamentally transform the United States of America” must be stopped. And there is cause for hope, as the North Carolinians this week reaffirmed marriage as the union
- Alexander's Column · May 10, 2012Instant Justice for Sociopaths — Semper Justitia
natural rights [of the people] are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best … cell phones. Everette and Skinner told the men they would kill them if they caused any problems, but reassuringly noted that they would not shoot the Marine
- Opinion · May 8, 2012Conservatives and Gays
quite courageous. He should be regarded as a major asset to the conservative cause. It is the gay Left that argues that every gay person must think like a leftist … minority, or anti-gay. Gay men and women who believe in the American Trinity -- Liberty, In God We Trust, and E Pluribus Unum -- and who believe in small government
- Opinion · May 7, 2012An HHS Pork Mandate?
Evangelicals, many Lutherans and some Jews to include insurance coverage for drugs that can cause abortions. Yet, that is exactly where we are with the Obama administration’s unconscionable … resisted. And resisted not just by Catholics,but by all Americans who cherish religious liberty
- Opinion · May 4, 2012Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be ‘Julia’
Grants for putting Julia through college. Instead of acknowledging how costly Obamacare mandates have caused individual-market health care insurers to drop plans altogether, Obama promotes the government-manufactured umbilical … choices should be a matter of personal responsibility, Big Daddy Obama heralds his religious liberty-crushing birth control/abortion mandate for allowing Julia to “focus on her work instead of worrying
- Opinion · Apr 25, 2012Conservative Consumers: Stand Your Ground
believe in “the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty.” They are under fire from a longstanding network of liberal groups -- tied to the Democratic Party … Public Radio’s Peter Overby -- a former staffer at the anti-ALEC group Common Cause, a fact that he failed to disclose to radio listeners in at least two recent
- Opinion · Apr 25, 2012Does Comedy Central Have a Right to Freedom of Speech?
enter Comedy Central, and other Viacom facilities, and seize its papers without showing probable cause or securing a warrant?” Why not? Sanders-Deutch expressly says the rights protected … After all, the Fifth Amendment says “nor shall any person ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” It does not say “any corporation.” And, again
- Opinion · Apr 19, 2012Judging, the Cosmic Way
judge, which includes deciding whether majorities are misbehaving at the expense of individual liberty. Justice Felix Frankfurter, whose restraint Wilkinson praises, said the Constitution is “not a document … Declaration. Wilkinson worries about judges causing “an ever-increasing displacement of democracy.” Also worrisome, however, is the displacement of liberty by democracy in the form of majorities indifferent
- Alexander's Column · Apr 19, 2012Patriots’ Day: Sons of Liberty Then and Now
Season for a Patriot Spring “Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate … encourage each other, and shew the whole world, that a Freeman contending for Liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.” --George Washington, 1776 Image
- Opinion · Apr 5, 2012Freedom or Fairness in 2012?
unfettered Wall Street greed or Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae government corruption that caused the 2008 financial meltdown? And which model better served its people: America’s or the European … world’s trade and commerce. These are the ancient arguments that once pitted the liberty of the American Revolution against the egalitarianism of the French, the statist visions of John
- Opinion · Apr 4, 2012Dupes for the State
hurt other people. Smoking hurts other people.” Public misunderstanding, ignorance and possibly contempt for liberty play into the hands of people who want to control our lives. Responses … almost so -- there are many activities we engage in that either cause harm to others or have the potential for doing so, but we don’t ban all of these
- Opinion · Mar 25, 2012Smearing Our Troops
bravado about standing up to tyrants and bearing any burden for the sake of liberty. And then, to make good on their bold words, they find another place to take … alleged massacre in either Iraq or Afghanistan. What about the idea that multiple tours caused Bales to commit the atrocity? While it is likely his defense lawyer may employ that
- Opinion · Mar 23, 2012Mr. Obama’s Kulturkampf?
course, it’s always hard to get journalists to understand a story about religious liberty. The famed Rothman and Lichter study found that 91% of reporters and columnists … force Catholic institutions -- hospitals, schools, and para-church ministries -- to provide drugs that can cause abortions now, why wouldn’t his next move be to mandate they actually provide