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- Opinion · Apr 14, 2015A Very Fluid Race for the Republican Nomination
Carolina and Nevada. Two weeks ago, Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for president at Liberty University, and last week, Rand Paul announced at the Galt House hotel in Louisville, Kentucky … isolationist. That made Rand Paul’s views on foreign policy less appealing — and apparently caused him to strike a different note in his announcement. Bottom line: It’s a very
- Article · Apr 11, 2015Congress Has a Lot of ‘Criminalization’ to Undo
toll the administrative state is taking on the criminal justice system, and liberty generally. In 2007, professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School recounted a game played by some prosecutors … prosecutors, and ongoing corrosion of the rule and morality of law. Congress, the ultimate cause of all this, has work to undo
- Article · Apr 9, 2015Congress Has a Lot of ‘Criminalization’ to Undo
toll the administrative state is taking on the criminal justice system, and liberty generally. ... There are an estimated 4,500 federal criminal statutes — and innumerable regulations backed by criminal penalties … prosecutors, and ongoing corrosion of the rule and morality of law. Congress, the ultimate cause of all this, has work to undo
- Opinion · Apr 9, 2015When Everything Is a Crime
toll the administrative state is taking on the criminal justice system, and liberty generally. In 2007, professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School recounted a game played by some prosecutors … prosecutors, and ongoing corrosion of the rule and morality of law. Congress, the ultimate cause of all this, has work to undo. (c) 2015, Washington Post Writers Group
- Opinion · Apr 7, 2015All Politicians Don’t Lie Equally, and Lying Does Matter
standards in governance. I’m also weary of the intellectual laziness and cynicism that cause so many, including on the right, to let this type of statement stand, unchallenged … even worse because politics is governance, which substantially affects our lives, our liberties and our pursuit of happiness. Moreover, it’s one thing to say “politicians often
- Article · Apr 4, 2015Indiana and Arkansas Concede to Politics in Religious Liberty Fight
counters. While this analogy seems a stretch, the notion of comparing one’s own cause to the civil rights struggle is some mighty high moral ground to seize -- and seize … Left labels them bigots? Or do they stand firm to fight for Liberty? Lawmakers made their choice plain
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2015Let’s Recognize Who the Real Haters Are
business owners’ refusal to perform services or sell products for events that celebrate causes that violate their religious beliefs be considered harassment. The only people being harassed on this issue … backbone to stand up for what is right on this issue and vindicate religious liberty? COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM
- Article · Apr 2, 2015Re: Indiana’s Religious Liberty Uproar
Cal Thomas : “If I visit a kosher restaurant and order a pork
- Opinion · Apr 1, 2015How RFRA Became Controversial
freedom have turned against it because they see it as a cover for conservative causes. Indiana’s RFRA, like the federal version, says the government “may not substantially burden … state constitutions have been interpreted to impose similar restrictions. For years, the American Civil Liberties Union and other left-leaning organizations supported these laws, which have been used to protect
- Opinion · Mar 24, 2015Ted Cruz, the Antiobama
numerous ways, including the venue he chose for it. He made his announcement at Liberty University, which is a conspicuously Christian institution located in Virginia, the veritable birthplace … unmistakable sincerity -- the sense that unlike so many politicians, he cared more about the causes he was championing than his own political ambitions. Cruz is nothing if not Reaganesque
- Opinion · Mar 24, 2015The ‘John Wayne Moment’ We’re In
when inflation, the energy crisis and the Iran hostage crisis came near to causing national psychological breakdown. We yearned for John Wayne, or someone, to come boiling over the hill … brains and vigor, will struggle for advantage. Cruz’s appeal, as his Liberty University launch made clear, is to “millions of people of faith all across America,” with their deep
- Opinion · Mar 23, 2015Videographers Fast-Forward to Marriage Fight
Springfield, Fayetteville, Utah, and others to kick down the door between government and religious liberty. Under the umbrella of these sexual orientation-gender identity (SOGI) ordinances, cities are quietly ushering … religious group” for the purpose of “(a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group
- Opinion · Mar 17, 2015Meddle Detectors: Senate Probes WH Influence in Israeli Election
thing the world’s leaders can all agree on is the importance of religious liberty. While Christians run for their lives in the Middle East and Africa -- or worse, suffer … issue near and dear to the United States. As Americans, there is no cause more critical, no ideal more sacred. ##’I Have Come to Indoctrinate Your Children
- Opinion · Mar 13, 2015School Rejects Censorship as a Matter of Principal
student recorded the audio and sent it to the Left’s attack dogs, it caused quite a stir. But if FFRF thought a little letter would scare Superintendent Michael Gilbert … hats go off to the Superintendent for teaching these liberals a lesson in religious liberty! ##In Ferguson, All Wounds Run Deep 01EX5BZ7CR7QKXYYTH6PV7RM6C.png A “peaceful” protest outside the Ferguson Police Department
- Opinion · Mar 9, 2015Patriots Deflate Marriage
license to discriminate -- it’s a chance to demonstrate the state has burdened religious liberty. In a letter supporting the House version of the bill, 14 legal experts on religious … where this standard applies, it has not been interpreted in crazy ways that have caused problems for those jurisdictions; if anything, these laws have been enforced too cautiously
- Article · Mar 5, 2015No Justice for Ferguson
first and foremost, by their oaths “to Support and Defend” our Constitution and the Liberty it enshrines. But that doesn’t mean a few haven’t forgotten who they … nearby. He was ordered out of his car for a pat-down, seemingly without cause, and then arrested for “eight violations of Ferguson’s municipal code,” including not wearing
- Opinion · Feb 23, 2015Georgia Peaches a Fit Over Senate Bill
tying the knot -- right around Christians’ freedoms. While the Left cries “discrimination” for their cause, grandmas like Baronnelle Stutzman are actually the victims of it. Out in Washington State … ceremony that violated her faith. And she isn’t alone. The clash between religious liberty and same-sex “marriage” continues to explode in businesses across America, where shop owners
- Opinion · Feb 20, 2015The Last Thing the Middle East Needs Is More Democracy
week, which was crammed with predictable feel-good ideas for combating the imaginary root causes of Islamic extremism. And in the midst of arguing that radicalism is principally driven … democratic impulses. It is Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi -- no great friend of liberty, granted -- who’s spoken out most forcefully about the future of Islam. Yet the Obama
- Article · Feb 19, 2015Trust, but Verify — Even Conservative PACs
political candidates. All donations support our operations and mission -- fanning the flame of Essential Liberty.) Is the moral of the story, then, that Americans should throw their hands up (while … cause, what else did it miss?” So what’s a conservative to do? Simply, our first goal should always remain standing up for First Principles and Essential Liberty
- Opinion · Feb 11, 2015Begging to Die
concluded that criminal penalties for assisting suicide “unjustifiably infringe” on “the right to life, liberty and security of the person,” but only “to the extent that they prohibit physician-assisted … termination of life and (2) has a grievous and irremediable medical condition ... that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition