by Jay Sekulow. In the aftermath of an IRS targeting scandal that may have influenced the 2012 election,
in the midst of criminal and congressional investigations, while civil
litigation is pending in federal court, before a single deposition is
taken and while the IRS clings to tens of thousands of documents, the
president of the United ... MORE
Do you like to cook? Throw dinner parties? Many people enjoy that, but paying for the food, plus accessories, is expensive. Would you host more often if you could get your guests to cover the costs? Or suppose you'd like to go to a dinner party to meet new people in your neighborhood. Or maybe when you travel, instead of eating at ... MORE
Industrial hemp to be treated as commodity not drug. The United States federal government may not be ready to sanction marijuana use, but a new agriculture bill is set to legalize preliminary stages of hemp production in states that allow the practice. A new farm bill, passed by Congress on Tuesday, would allow universities and state ... MORE
Jefferson and Madison understood the rightful remedy. Does a state have the right to nullify federal statutes the state considers unconstitutional? This depends largely on how you define “nullification.” It also depends on what you mean by “right” and what kind of document you understand the Constitution to be. In other words, it ... MORE
Here’s a pitch for a procedural: Cops track down the number of
police shootings in the United States in a given year. Why should that
require any detective work? It’s that there are currently no national
statistics on how many people are shot by police each year. In some areas, such as Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and ... MORE
by Daisy Luther. In the government is not you dept ... The game is called “Cross the Line” and many outraged parents believe that it does just that. A middle school in Marinette, got a group of 5th-8th graders together and organized a really fun game that asked students to step forward to answer “yes” to a series of highly personal ... MORE
The Constitutional power of the state. In a speech last month at the Texas Public Policy Foundation,
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that, rather than ignoring certain laws,
President Barack Obama should go to Congress to start “a real
conversation” about federal drug policy. “You could have
hearings. You could look at the problem. You could ... MORE
by Tom Precious. As gun-rights and gun-control groups continue to argue over the effects of the New York SAFE Act, one consequence is clear: Membership in the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association has soared since the law was enacted a year ago. Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, said the NRA ... MORE