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- Opinion · Apr 25, 2018Who Is Jim Jordan?
countless Americans who feel that Washington does not represent them. We support open, accountable and limited government, the Constitution, and the rule of law and policies that promote liberty, safety … veto it. In addition to being a fiscal and constitutional conservative, Jordan is also a stalwart pro-life Republican and has been on the front lines fighting to defund Planned
- Opinion · Apr 24, 2018Do We Still Have Freedom of Speech? Well, Yes; Sometimes We Do
government for redress of grievances. Thank goodness for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects what our Founders viewed as our God-given rights to free exercise … evaluating them, showing that the claims are supported by evidence. These include such things as that Twitter censors conservative tweets, pro-life ads, and content that governments find objectionable. Liberal
- Opinion · Apr 19, 2018‘Little Pink House’ Speaks Truth to Power
blue-collar residential neighborhood. The city empowered the NLDC to wield the awesome, potentially life-shattering power of eminent domain if, as happened, it failed to persuade all the homeowners … Supreme Court, which accepted New London’s sophistical argument that virtually erased the Constitution’s circumscription of government’s eminent domain power. This used to be limited by the notably
- Alexander's Column · Apr 18, 2018Patriots’ Day and the Flags of Our Forefathers
millions of Americans who have honored their oaths “ to support and defend “ Liberty’s enshrinement in our Constitution, are often not understood or appreciated by many young people … life — on both sides. He has since departed this life, but it’s for him — and for all who have defended Liberty at risk of their own life — that
- Opinion · Apr 17, 2018State Dept. Has a Captive Audience in Jailed Pastor
like a bad dream. The North Carolina missionary and his family had built a life in Turkey, only to watch government officials tear it all apart. After 23 years … Iowa Board of Medicine. With a strong background in hospital PR and the support of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, most people thought Asjes was a shoe-in. So, when
- Article · Apr 16, 2018Entitlements: Moral Bankruptcy Fuels Fiscal Bankruptcy
initiated in 1935, the average life expectancy of Americans was 61.7 years. Now life expectancy averages 78 years. Thus it should surprise no one that many, if not most, Americans … receive more money than they paid into the system, even as the system is supported by a drastically reduced ratio of workers to retirees. Medicare is equally problematic
- Opinion · Apr 15, 2018South Dakota Asks the Supreme Court to Circumvent Congress and the Market
government services. Absent such a nexus, however, states’ taxation of sales would violate the Constitution, which vests in Congress alone the power to impose such burdens on interstate commerce. Furthermore … 14th Amendment’s due process clause (“no state shall ... deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law”) is a guarantee of fundamental fairness “powerful enough
- Opinion · Apr 14, 2018The Hill’s Near-Debt Experience
much-needed win.” For the GOP leaders, who need to win back enthusiastic support from frustrated conservatives, this would be a good first step in what ought … revive and reassert U.S. diplomacy.” Join us in reminding the Senate that the Constitution rejects religious tests like Booker’s. Click here to add your name to our petition . Originally
- Alexander's Column · Apr 11, 2018Kennedy, Kopechne and the Chappy Cover-Up
years old when he first entered the Senate, the minimum age prescribed by our Constitution for that once-august body. He inherited the seat following the November 1962 “special election … away due to confusion caused by a concussion — though there was no evidence to support that. Then he decided to strap on a neck brace, until they determined the public
- Opinion · Apr 11, 2018Gorsuch: A Justice for All
argued in defense of Americans’ constitutional rights. In oral arguments for NIFLA v. Becerra argument, Gorsuch raised objections to California’s law compelling pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise where … much good his election has done, too.” Originally published here . Mango Peels Off Support From Pro-LGBT ‘Republican’ Congress may be grabbing all of the midterm headlines, but there
- Opinion · Apr 10, 2018In Neil Gorsuch, Trump Kept His Promise to the American People
first anniversary on the United States Supreme Court. President Donald Trump and his supporters should celebrate as well, because in Gorsuch, Trump kept one of his core campaign promises … argued in defense of Americans’ constitutional rights. In oral arguments for NIFLA v. Becerra , Gorsuch raised objections to California’s law compelling pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise where their
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2018Conservatives, Too, Undergo Secular Indoctrination
condo with, among others, one of the most prominent and influential conservatives in American life. I admired this man then and I admire him now (he has since passed … secular conservatives do with statements such as this famous one of John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate
- Opinion · Mar 30, 2018The Never Trump Delusion
have trouble accepting and processing. Donald Trump is a dominant presence in our public life, although one that his adversaries have trouble accepting and processing. The Left is still looking … blithely dismissed so the party can return to what some Never Trumpers believe constituted the status quo ante. A serious primary challenge is not in the offing. For that
- Article · Mar 29, 2018Toxic Progressivism Champions Toxic Masculinity
punishment. No doubt most progressives would heartily agree. Yet many of those same progressives support the symbolic castration of American males, promulgated as “toxic masculinity.” Unsurprisingly, college campuses are leading … Boys were once allowed to embrace their natural rambunctiousness, but that now constitutes “abnormal” behavior requiring life-altering drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall to treat the nearly
- Opinion · Mar 27, 2018March Against the Second Amendment
they had every reason to expect a big turnout. The protest had huge support from the Left. Many Hollywood celebrities attended, and the liberal media spent the entire weekend promoting … people. I see 170,000 leftists every day of my life when I go into Washington, DC. The city voted 91% for Hillary Clinton. New York City is just
- Alexander's Column · Mar 21, 2018But One Life to Lose for My Country
country rises to the level of “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.” And therein is the connection between Nathan Hale … shared by all those who have honored their sacred oath to “ support and defend ” our Constitution — and the Patriots at their side in battle. It is shared
- Opinion · Mar 21, 2018Another School Shooting
even a religious liberty case. It doesn’t matter what your views on life or faith are. Everyone should instinctively know that government in America cannot compel speech. For example … Even two of the court’s liberal justices seemed skeptical of the law’s constitutionality. A decision is expected later this summer. Left-Wing Chutzpah Former Attorney General Eric Holder
- Opinion · Mar 18, 2018Freedom of Speech Includes the Right to Remain Silent
Tuesday, it will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of measures that California’s government has taken to compel pro-life entities to speak against their own mission. Crisis pregnancy … women’s choices. The Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro, author of an amicus brief supporting the crisis centers, says it is telling that California has no comparable law requiring abortion
- Opinion · Mar 9, 2018Democratic Trumpsteria Continues
election. Now the Left’s unrepentant persistence is sustaining and even increasing Trump’s support. Please let liberals’ learning disability continue. They freak out over everything Trump does, apparently … past weekend, Trump quipped that Chinese President Xi Jinping is “now president for life. President for life. No, he’s great. And look, he was able to do that
- Article · Mar 7, 2018Unconstitutional No-Fly, No-Buy Won’t Prevent Mass Murder
Jeff Flake is warning America about rising Stalinism and the next he’s supporting a bill that strips the rights of citizens who’ve been arbitrarily placed on secret government … moral evil to imprison foreign enemy combatants without due process, even demanding constitutional rights for them. Yet these same Democrats (and, evidently, some Republicans) are all too eager to deprive