Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts
Cutting Constitutional Corners Won't Stop Terrorism
by Andrew Napolitano. If you were looking for a needle in a haystack, simple logic would tell you that the smaller the haystack the likelier you are to find the needle. Except for the government. Since Edward Snowden revealed the federal government's unlawful and unconstitutional use of federal statutes to justify spying on all ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Spies Who Ruin Us
The Fourth Amendment has numerous virtues. In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/11 and create the impression that it was doing something — anything — to avoid a repeat, the federal government tampered seriously with freedoms expressly guaranteed in the Constitution. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The Surveillance State Is Alive & Well
Life in the electronic concentration camp. Bottle up the champagne, pack away the noisemakers, and toss out the party hats. There is no cause for celebration. We have secured no major victories against tyranny. We have achieved no great feat in pushing back against government overreach. For all intents and purposes, the National ... MORENullification And The Kentucky Resolution Of 1798
by William J. Watkins, Jr. Because the United States was founded as a constitutional republic -- one based on certain specific principles, not power or privilege -- Americans of all eras frequently raise concerns about federal authority that bear resemblance to debates from earlier times in our history. A good illustration of this “echo effect” in American ... MOREThe Unelected Shadow Government Is Here To Stay
by John W. Whitehead. America’s next president will inherit more than a bitterly divided nation teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe when he or she assumes office. He will also inherit a shadow government, one that is fully operational and staffed by unelected officials who are, in essence, running the country. To be precise, ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The President And The Rule Of Law
Shackling an unconstitutional loose cannon. Earlier this week, a federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld an injunction issued by a federal district court in Texas against the federal government, thereby preventing it from implementing President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration. Critics had argued and two federal ... MOREWalter E Williams: Attacking Our Founders
History, without context, is of negligible value. Many of my columns speak highly of the wisdom of our nation's founders. Every once in a while, I receive an ugly letter sarcastically asking what do I think of their wisdom declaring blacks "three-fifths of a human." It's difficult to tell whether such a question is prompted by ignorance or is the fruit ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: The Natural Right To Self-Defense
A confirmed liar's assault on the Constitution. While the FBI continued to analyze the emails Hillary Clinton thought she deleted and her advisers pressed her to hire a Republican criminal defense attorney in Washington, a madman used a lawfully purchased handgun to kill a professor and eight students at a community college in Roseburg, ... MOREYes, The Second Amendment Protects Individual Rights
by Damon Root. What the New Yorker gets wrong about guns and the Constitution. In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court recognized
what numerous historians and legal scholars have been saying for many
decades: Namely, that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
secures an individual right—not a collective one—to keep and bear arms.
Yet despite ... MORELawmakers: U.S. Plan For Internet May Be Unconstitutional
by Rudy Takala. President Obama's plan to "internationalize" the Internet may be unconstitutional, key members of Congress are claiming. The group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last week, saying the plan to relinquish oversight of Internet domain name functions to a global, multi-stakeholder body raised ... MOREFrank Newport: Gallup Poll Reveals That 51% Of Country Still Fail To See Government As An Immediate Threat
Half the country is oblivious to lost liberty. Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses "an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens," similar to what was found in previous surveys conducted over the last five years. When this question was first asked in 2003, less than a third of Americans held ... MOREWhitney 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
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