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Opinion · Mar 10, 2012
Privacy v. Technology
Circuit Court of Appeals approves warrantless cell phone searches. The expanding conflict between constitutional rights and technological advances has taken another turn in Texas. On February 29th, the U.S. Court … 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
Opinion · Mar 8, 2012
Another Piece of Obama’s Radical Puzzle
racism was both a pervasive and permanent aspect of American life. This belief led him to throw his support behind a journal entitled Race Traitor , whose editors stated that … that cases usually turned not on what the law is, not on what the Constitution says, but on the predilections of the judge making the decision. That view
Opinion · Mar 2, 2012
The Left, Not Social Conservatives, Threatens Religious Liberty
attempting to monitor actual voter fraud and protects his friends who engage in real-life voter intimidation. I could go on. What do I mean about Democrats and their cronies … threat to religious liberty or would even remotely infringe on any of our constitutional rights concerning it, you get nothing but innuendo and fantastic hysteria. Santorum and other social conservatives
Opinion · Mar 1, 2012
What You’re Paying for Your Child to Learn at College
Founders were sexist, racist slaveholders whose primary concern was preserving their wealthy status. --The Constitution says what progressives think it should say. --The American dropping of the atom bomb … going into debt in order to support an institution that for four years, during the most impressionable years of a person’s life, instills values that are the opposite
Opinion · Mar 1, 2012
Super PACs Can’t Crown a King
owner, keeping Newt Gingrich’s candidacy afloat with large infusions to the super PAC supporting Gingrich, then kingmaking isn’t what it used to be. Notice that the fellow with … they come together in corporate entities or unions to speak collectively. What is the constitutional basis for saying otherwise? This decision’s practical effect is primarily in empowering unions
Alexander's Column · Feb 23, 2012
The Model for Presidential Character — George Washington
people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people … dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these
Opinion · Feb 21, 2012
Black (Liberal) History Month
noted that following Republican Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Republicans supported the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which ended slavery, provided for equal protection under … former member of the KKK. Byrd eventually recanted his racist beliefs, but late in life still used the phrase “white n----r” in an interview. West’s point is that
Opinion · Feb 16, 2012
Communism by Insurance Mandate
problems? No, that is not in the cards. Just as liberals have turned the Constitution into a vehicle for achieving all the left-wing policies they could never get Americans … identical. The contraception diktat is only the beginning of the government controlling your life under ObamaCare. There are approximately 100,000 more decisions the HHS Secretary will have to make
Opinion · Feb 15, 2012
A Tea Party Senate Takeover
Indiana, another aging liberal Republican dinosaur is fighting for his political life by masquerading as a tea party standard-bearer. The six-term 79-year-old Sen. Dick Lugar … Obama’s favorite Republican -- hasn’t lived in his home state since 1977. He supported the Obama stimulus law, job-killing environmental mandates and the taxpayer bailouts of Fannie
Opinion · Feb 14, 2012
Losing Liberty
reports the Wall Street Journal, saying they still have “serious moral concerns” and cannot support the announced compromise, despite the fact that many thousands of religious institutions will be exempted … from such behavior? If the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom is to be annulled, along with the already voided “endowed” right to life written into the Declaration of Independence
Opinion · Feb 3, 2012
Blacklist
those who mean us harm. West Point cadets take an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” and to “bear … appeared in public. Dutch politician Geert Wilders lives under constant threats against his life because of his outspoken views on Islam and his cautions about “Islamification in the Netherlands.” Ayaan
Opinion · Feb 2, 2012
Obama’s Auto Bailout Lies
reorganization.” Why not Chapter 11 bankruptcy? Politics. The same unions that threw their support behind Barack Obama’s presidency wanted quid pro quo. A Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding was viewed … union, salaried employees retained only 30 percent of their pensions, and none of their life and health insurance. GM will be allowed to deduct up to $45 billion
Article · Jan 30, 2012
Occupy Oakland Burns U.S. Flag
either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” --Samuel Adams Occupy Oakland lit up this weekend … very same people that some of our elected leaders have, in a roundabout way, supported: “In some ways, [Occupy Wall Street protests are] not that different from some
Opinion · Jan 26, 2012
Re-Elect Obama: Vote Newt!
Democrats refuse to say “abortion,” while supporting every manner of destroying human life.) Romney supports E-Verify and a fence on the border. As governor he promoted English immersion programs … student visa who gets a higher degree in math or science. Gingrich supports importing a slave labor force from Mexico under a “guest worker” program and wants to create government
Alexander's Column · Jan 19, 2012
Some Rich Republicans Don’t Get It
mere mention of such obligations was tantamount to supporting Democratic Socialism . Of course, he knew better than to question my life-long devotion to Liberty, including first and foremost … lost on the Left today, as they endeavor to undermine the authority of our Constitution by replacing Rule of Law with rule of men , and enacting economic policies that
Opinion · Jan 18, 2012
The Emperor Barack
presidents who chafe under the high court’s authority to rule on the constitutionality of aspects of their agendas, Obama is unhappy with the court’s failure to recognize … that of his personhood. Too bad. As we are often reminded, “Into each life some rain must fall.” Thanks to the high court, Mr. Obama has been much in need
Opinion · Jan 18, 2012
People Inc.
fact that he likes to use his power as a consumer to deny his support to firms -- specifically insurance companies -- that don’t provide good service. Who doesn’t like … corporations people? OK, corporations aren’t people in the whole carbon-based humanoid life form sense. If they were, then Stephen Colbert would be right that Romney was a serial
Opinion · Jan 11, 2012
The Mythical Middle in American Politics
amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. According to the network exit poll, African-Americans, who made up 10 percent of California voters, supported the marriage amendment … Latinos, who made up 18 percent of California voters, supported it 53 percent to 47 percent. California’s middle class supported the marriage amendment, too, according to the exit poll
Opinion · Jan 9, 2012
The Weakness That Saps the Strength of GOP Candidates
getting the Senate summoned into voting for a law preventing the removal of life support for Terri Schiavo. Santorum’s position was intellectually defensible (and shared by Democrats like … candidate has to be a Christian -- a necessary concession in a nation whose Constitution bars any religious test for office. But in discussing these issues, he needlessly gave credence
Opinion · Jan 6, 2012
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize
most far-reaching civil rights legislation in a century. We celebrate this month the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Junior . He kept his eyes on the prize … Senate gave even stronger support, proportionately, than Democrats did to push through that historic legislation. Dr. King was willing to lay down his life. His assassination by a white racist