Showing posts with label Bill Of Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Of Rights. Show all posts

Whitney Neal: Igniting A Passion For Liberty

Through classroom engagement.         While initially penned on parchment paper, the Constitution transcends time and technology to remain one of the most influential and inspirational documents in the history of the world. Issues debated in Philadelphia by the Founders are still argued in the halls of Congress with a vigor and passion      ... MORE

Do Christians & Conservatives Really Desire A Police State?

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin.  Washington's criminal class is bipartisan. A Nazi-like, Stalin-like, Mao-like Police State is being constructed in earnest in America. It started with the Patriot Act in 2001. And it has only gotten worse every year since. And, in reality, this burgeoning Police State has no serious opposition–with the exception of 75 million + gun owners.  ... MORE

Jury Trials Keep The Government Under Control

by Nathan Wente.    Because justice is a result, not just a process. The 6th Amendment states: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed…” The right to a jury trial should be, and was designed to be by our     ... MORE

110 Year-Old Case Still Inspires Supreme Court Debates

by George Will.     What potential nominees should be asked. Today's most interesting debate about governance concerns a 110-year-old Supreme Court decision. Two participants in this debate are the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a justice on the Supreme Court of Texas. The latter is trouncing the former. In his same-sex      ... MORE

Warren Beatty: Is The End Of Free Speech Near?

Want hate speech laws? Go to hell.  The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states (in part): "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech[.]" Regarding free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1964, with unanimity, said:  "... we consider this case [NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. SULLIVAN, 376 U.S. 254] against the background of a     ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: What If We Didn't Have A Constitution?

What if the rule of law is an illusion?    What if we didn't have a Constitution? What if the government were elected by custom and tradition, but not by law? What if election procedures and official titles and government responsibilities merely followed those that preceded them, and not because any of this was compelled by law,    ... MORE

National Contempt For 1st Amendment: 51% Of Democrats & 37% Of Republicans Want “Hate Speech” To Be A Crime

Enough to make lady liberty cry.   Since 1994 people convicted of federal crimes motivated by the 'actual or perceived' identity of victims have faced tougher sentences. Many other states had passed 'hate crime' statutes in earlier years, and in recent years many states have been adopting laws which make crimes motivated by the victim's   ... MORE

Why The Bill Of Rights Would Never Pass Today

by Charles C W Cooke.    Having watched closely the manner in which questions of liberty and power are batted around in the first part of the 21st century — most recently during the disgraceful contretemps that Indiana’s rather tame Religious Freedom Restoration Act provoked across the land — I have come to wonder of late whether the Bill of    ... MORE

Publius Huldah: Nullification is a Natural Right!

Understand your history & you will understand nullification. What did our Framers really say we must do when the federal government usurps power? They never said, "When the federal government ignores the Constitution, amend the Constitution." They never said, "File a lawsuit and let federal judges decide." Instead, they advised two manly   ... MORE

Rand Paul Champions An Unenumerated Right To Privacy

by Damon Root.       In his speech yesterday announcing his 2016 presidential campaign, Rand Paul gave the following reasons for why he is seeking the White House: I have a vision for America. I want to be part of a return to prosperity, a true economic boom that lists all Americans, a return to a government restrained by the Constitution. A return  ... MORE

Matthew Boyle: Rand Paul Blows Away Liberal Black Audience With Conservative Message & Founder's Vision

Kentucky senator hits it out of the park at Boise State. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was a hit speaker on the campus of Bowie State University on Friday, earning several rounds of applause and a standing ovation for the conservative message he delivered to a predominantly liberal audience at the historically black university—part of an    ... MORE

Pop Quiz: How Many Constitutional Rights Have We Lost?

What politicians have done to promise of America.    This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right. The 1st Amendment protects speech, religion, assembly and the press. The Supreme Court    ... MORE

Intolerant Conservatives In Conflict With Individual Rights

by Kerry McGill.       Leave me alone! Well, not me, exactly. But others who differ from others, such as homosexuals, atheists, creationists, evangelists, extremists and the like. It seems as though many people have a chip on their shoulder about someone with whom they strongly disagree. America used to be a "live and let live" society      ... MORE