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- Alexander's Column · Nov 12, 2009A Silver Lining to Storms of Sorrow
have sacrificially served our nation, honoring their sacred oaths to support and defend our Constitution. So, each year at this time, I have the privilege of profiling friends whose conduct … harm’s way in defense of American Liberty , honoring their oath “ to support and defend “ our Constitution. Pray for our Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please consider a designated
- Alexander's Column · Nov 5, 2009The Birthright and Inheritance of Freedom
unapologetic socialist, to the office of president. At the time, Obama’s politically moderate supporters scoffed at the charges of socialism, but unlike Bill Clinton, who ran to the center … Like many of you, I have devoted my entire adult life to the mission of ensuring individual liberty, restoring constitutional limits on government, and to promoting free enterprise, a strong
- Opinion · Oct 27, 2009A Long-range Strategy
Declaration of Independence: ‘All people are created equal and endowed with unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ We pledge allegiance to the Republic as one nation … justice for all. But the greatest expression of our national identity is the constitution of the United States which established the responsibilities and rights that go with citizenship.” All true
- Alexander's Column · Oct 22, 2009The Rights and Obligations of Liberty
both learn about and support our Constitution, and we are obliged to do so above and before all other pursuits, for without constitutional Rule of Law, there are no other … state legislatures ratify changes in the Constitution.” However, writes Williams, “The three branches of our federal government are no longer bound by the Constitution as the framers envisioned and what
- Alexander's Column · Oct 15, 2009Our Constitution is on Life Support
medicine, our Founders would have surely incorporated universal health care within the Constitution. But, supporters of this argument expose their arrogance, and it is here mentioned to disabuse them … with their frontal assault upon our Essential Liberty. Patriot Readers, the U.S. Constitution is on life support. To prevent it from flat-lining, we must exude high dudgeon, we must
- Opinion · Oct 14, 2009Bigot Bonus
James Byrd have in common: Their killers were arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison or death, all without the benefit of hate crime laws, state or federal … bias-motivated violence. In more than a decade of lobbying for this law, its supporters have never shown that state officials are letting people get away with murder, or lesser
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2009Criminal Records
bare-chested, codpiece-wearing future governor of California declares that the best thing in life is “to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation … which are far tamer than images routinely used by animal rights activists to rally support for their cause, have substantial educational, historical and scientific value. The prosecution’s experts disagreed
- Alexander's Column · Sep 17, 2009Essential Liberty Project
life to ensure that the legacy of liberty, “endowed by our Creator” and codified by our Founders in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, is sustained … preserved for our posterity. “Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. ... Our obligations to our country never cease but with
- Opinion · Sep 2, 2009Unfair, Unbalanced, but Free
Court will consider whether the ban should be scrapped altogether, along with its dubious constitutional rationale: the notion that the government has a legitimate interest in regulating the marketplace … support for the corporation’s political ideas.” Applied to nonprofit organizations such as Gun Owners of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Right to Life Committee
- Opinion · Sep 1, 2009Good Thing We Don’t Mix Religion and Politics Anymore
separation” between church and state. What? That phrase doesn’t appear in the Constitution? No matter. Democrats know that conservative Republicans, particularly Christians, are dangerous religious fanatics. When Democrats invoke … spoke by conference call to about a thousand mostly Reform rabbis, asking for their support of health care reform when they address their congregations at the upcoming High Holiday services
- Alexander's Column · Aug 27, 2009Lion of the Left
them is expressly authorized by our Constitution, that venerable old document he has repeatedly pledged by oath “to support and defend.” Kennedy’s long Senate tenure was, in fact, defined … Constitutional Constructionists in order to convert the Judiciary into what Thomas Jefferson called the “Despotic Branch” stacked with jurists who subscribe to the notion of a so-called “Living Constitution
- Opinion · Aug 21, 2009Another Promise Broken -- in Record Time
been quickly and quietly shelved with minimal attention to the law and the Constitution. The evidence is right there on the videos recorded Election Day, 2008, when uniformed members … affidavit in support of the Justice Department’s complaint. He characterized the incident in Philadelphia as “the most blatant form of intimidation I have encountered in my life in political
- Opinion · Aug 19, 2009Astroturf and Sunlight
them from speaking their minds. Last week Public Citizen lobbyist Craig Holman, whose group supported the astroturf provision rejected by the Senate in 2007, complained to The Hill that … National Right to Life Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU warned that the measure “imposes onerous reporting requirements that will chill constitutionally protected activity.” It said
- Alexander's Column · Aug 13, 2009Principium Imprimis — First Principles
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 … simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation
- Opinion · Aug 6, 2009Sebelius: Don’t Sweat the Details
details more important than that? Why would anyone trust government with their health and life when there are so many things government already does poorly and inefficiently? Sebelius and members … Arlen Specter, Sebelius responded to shouts and catcalls from a skeptical audience at the Constitution Center in heavily Democratic Philadelphia. She said Specter shouldn’t be criticized because the Senate
- Opinion · Jul 29, 2009When Is a Human a ‘Human Being’? Ask the White House Science Adviser
humans aspire to greater material prosperity, but the number of people that can be supported on Earth if everyone is rich is even smaller than if everyone is poor … includes the above passage by noting that legal scholars do not believe humans are constitutionally recognized as “persons” until they are born. But the authors don’t clarify when exactly
- Alexander's Column · Jul 23, 2009The Second Amendment: An Unalienable Right
endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Bill of Rights, then, is a clear delineation of constraints … copy of our Constitution , and be prepared to educate anyone charged with enforcing the law, just what it is that they have sworn to “Support and Defend.” And a final
- Alexander's Column · Jul 16, 2009Margaret Sanger — The Racist Founder of Planned Parenthood
care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” --Thomas Jefferson I don’t usually cite advice from Supreme … constitutional authority, Holdren writes, “Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population
- Opinion · Jul 15, 2009The Real Litmus Tests Sotomayor Should Face
petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives.” The Constitution does not guarantee respect for anyone’s private life, and anyone who believes that is either illiterate or willfully … bluster about applying the law and judging impartially, is a liar. Her support for decisions that completely remold the law at judicial discretion demonstrates her desperate wish
- Opinion · Jul 9, 2009Spread Freedom? Not so Much
told The Washington Post that he was concerned with “actually delivering a better life for people on the ground and less obsessed with form, more concerned with substance.” There … Supreme Court and the Constitution in an attempt to repeal term limits (which help sustain democracy in Central America by preventing presidents-for-life). The Supreme Court ordered the military