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- Opinion · Jul 6, 2020Like the Nation’s Founders, Americans Say: ‘More Immigrants, Please’
level.) The shift in opinion is being driven, like so much else in American life, by party affiliation. While Republicans’ views on immigration policy haven’t changed much over … decade, pro-immigration sentiment among Democrats has soared. Since 2016, the proportion of Democrats supporting an increase in immigration has climbed from 30 percent to 50 percent, an all-time
- Opinion · Jul 6, 2020Anti-Slavery Party Formed
slowly over time. – Practical Neutral, which cared less about the value of human life, being more interested in jobs, wages, economy and tax-tariff issues. – Moderate Democratic South … their jails to hold the accused. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation under questionable Constitutional authority. The issues was settled by passage of the 13th Amendment, officially ending slavery. Every
- Opinion · Jul 4, 2020‘Greatest Revolution That Has Ever Taken Place in the World’s History’
YEARS, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” John Jay was President … Bonaparte. A kind of a constitutional government had been created in the Netherlands in 1579 by the Protestant Union of Utrecht, but that constitution was really a loose federation
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2020This Fourth of July, Do Law and the Constitution Still Matter?
justices prefer, regardless of the text of the Constitution and the law itself. When the court exceeds its constitutional authority, it is acting outside the law and it is feeding … interpretations of the Constitution to serve a political agenda is at odds with the Constitution itself. America’s hope for justice and freedom, for enjoying “life, liberty, and the pursuit
- Article · Jul 3, 2020Independence Day 2020
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among … Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2020Great News!
stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose. Biden’s promise to codify Roe v. Wade and unleash the Justice … legitimate authority of voters in pro-life states. But focus on the phrase “under any circumstance.” In other words, Joe Biden supports abortion on demand for any or every reason
- Opinion · Jul 2, 2020Unpredictable John Roberts
upholding segregation laws. Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, a Christian association that supports a network of crisis pregnancy centers, reacted to the decision: “This lawsuit was, from … helping women make life choices. Some states mandate they be used before a woman goes through with an abortion, which has led some women to choose life for their babies
- Alexander's Column · Jul 1, 2020You Know You’re on the Right Side of History When...
than ever, given the leftist chokehold on our nation. Please take a moment to support our 2020 Independence Day Campaign now. Amid all the “cancel culture” desecration and destruction … throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one’s life, career, and reputation
- Opinion · Jul 1, 2020Abraham Lincoln and the Meaning of the 4th of July
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Founding Fathers meant something specific by these words … year allowed under the Constitution. Lincoln also pushed back against the notion that a principle can be proven false simply on the basis that its supporters are hypocrites
- Opinion · Jul 1, 2020‘A Finger of the Almighty Hand’
George Washington reminded the country in his farewell address, “religion and morality are indispensable supports.” Even Benjamin Franklin, arguably the most cosmopolitan and scientifically minded of the Founders, argued that … soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with Justice in another Life respecting its Conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental Principles of all sound
- Opinion · Jun 30, 2020Madonna of the Trail Defies Statue-Toppling Culture
something else they wanted to express: hatred of America. Activists dismiss any support for keeping the Emancipation Memorial. They claim that because Lincoln is standing over a kneeling slave with … were flawed — most of them poor or middle-class immigrants looking for a better life. Those who possessed wealth and power did much to undo the lives and traditions
- Opinion · Jun 29, 2020Washington’s Prophetic Warning
number of large American city jurisdictions with mayors, commissioners, and city councilmen failing to support the police in the face of hostile confrontation, which demoralizes the police and undermines their … other employers and venues. The First Amendment that is at the heart of our Constitutional freedom and differentiates America from almost every other county is under severe attack. And when
- Alexander's Column · Jun 24, 2020Kaepernick v. Carney ... Dishonor v. Honor
flag, the same flag that Medal of Honor recipient William Carney risked his life to raise and defend, and under which more than a million American warriors have served … Constitution did not authorized slavery, he said: “There is neither warrant, license, nor sanction of the hateful thing [slavery]; but, interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution
- Opinion · Jun 23, 2020Democrats Erasing History
didn’t have to happen at all in this country. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, it was understood that the southern bloc of delegates, which would eventually take the name … limit the population of black Americans, and it continues its work today with the support of the same party. If not for abortion, the black population in the U.S. would
- Opinion · Jun 22, 2020The Constitution Says No to DC Statehood
federal system is spelled out in the Constitution, so the only way to modify that standing is to modify the Constitution. The plain import of Article I is that … Amendment were repealed. And the only way to repeal a constitutional amendment is with another amendment. Like most things, life in Washington involves tradeoffs: DC residents are closer
- Article · Jun 19, 2020The BLM Straw Man
traction. Leftists insisted upon a racist narrative that did not comport with the individual life experiences of the vast majority of Americans, who believe that judging others based upon skin … decried as “racist” and “dehumanizing” of black people. Did Americans’ understanding of what constitutes racism suddenly change overnight? Not likely. The reason for this sudden shift appears to be more
- Opinion · Jun 19, 2020Enough Destruction and Deception
Marines. We, all of us ... white, black, brown, red ... are sworn to defend the Constitution, and give our lives for this country if need be. No one who bears that … USMC became the foundation of my attitude toward all things racial. Our life depended on their performance and competency. It was an article of faith. They were
- Opinion · Jun 19, 2020Conservatives Should Feel No Investment in Confederate Monuments
going to be harder to ask African-American soldiers willing to sacrifice life and limb for their country to look past them. The Richmond statue of Lee, which Virginia governor … rights that the Confederacy used to justify secession wasn’t meant to preserve our constitutional scheme, but to demolish it. The idea had been developed by former vice president John
- Article · Jun 18, 2020Atlanta DA’s Politically Motivated Injustice
other refused to work their shifts -- “ Blue Flu .” As reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “There are officers walking off,” [Vince] Champion [Southeast regional director for the International Brotherhood … vehicles.” Champion said he has been told APD was attempting to get back-up support from adjacent law enforcement agencies. But he said some agencies declined to help. “Why would
- Article · Jun 18, 2020Mass Police Resignations Ensure Societal Chaos
anger every decent American thoroughly disgusted with self-aggrandizing “revolutionaries” and their equally contemptible supporters in media, academia, “woke” corporations, and Hollywood — along with a Democrat Party content … ground as long as it gets to rule the anarchic carcass of a former constitutional republic. “We Are Leaving” will resonate with thousand of cops across the nation no longer