Category: Constitution & Bill of Rights

March 13, 2010

The U.S. Census: “Rule of Law” or “Rule of Men”?

The American People have forgotten the most important Principle of our Founding: The distinction between the “Rule of Law” and the “Rule of Men”. This distinction was illustrated in a discussion about the census questions between Megyn Kelly (Fox …

February 27, 2010

Will America Stand up for its Constitution?

I’m not a lawyer, or a constitutional scholar, but I have read the constitution, which is more than can be said for most of the idiots on capitol hill. It’s unclear whether they are illiterate or just lazy, the illiterate …

February 1, 2010

Barack Obama Reacts to Supreme Court Upholding 1st Amendment Rights for Corporations

Since the Supreme Court ruling reversing the 1990 case Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and the unconstitutional provisions of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law, are of a First Amendment disposition, prefacing this and all related articles with the First …

January 27, 2010

Debate Over Constitutional Legitimacy of Health Care Reform Heats Up

Are health care mandates constitutional? Constitutional Scholar Rob Natelson responds with a resounding ‘no’ in his rebuttal to claims made by Akhil Reed Amar. “The claim that the Founding Fathers would have thought the Constitution allows Congress to impose …

January 20, 2010

Why is Obama Allowing Labor Unions to Write America’s Legislation?

Perhaps somewhere along the line I acquired an egregious misunderstanding of the premeditated and calculated limited powers granted to the Congress and the Executive Branch by the United States Constitution. It has always been my understanding, and also the understanding …

December 19, 2009

Refuting The Bad “Health Insurance - Auto Insurance” Analogy:

By Publius Huldah

It has been said, even by some law professors, that Congress can force Americans to buy health insurance because …well, everybody knows that the “government” can force us to buy auto insurance.

December 17, 2009

You Say You Want a Revolution 12-14-09

Our revolution changed the world. Our Declaration of Independence proclaims self-evident truths. That all men are created equal, they’re endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. …

December 14, 2009

Marcia Hamilton, the Stupak Amendment, and Constitutional Mayhem

My interest was piqued by the title of the article, Why the Stupak Amendment to the Healthcare Reform Bill is Unconstitutional, by Marcia Hamilton. Assuming the title was surely a play on words, as the title is nonsensical in nature, …

December 6, 2009

Ruth Marcus, the Health Care Reform Bill, the Commerce Clause, and the Ensuing Nonsensical Result

The health care reform bill that passed the House of Representatives, as well as the language in the Senate’s health care reform bill, have generated an unhealthy and contentious debate regarding the limited versus unlimited powers of the federal government. …

November 19, 2009

Why the World Has to Wait on Barack Obama for the Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty

U.S. President Barack Obama and various world leaders have decided to delay the legally binding climate treaty until at least 2010, with a concessionary tone that alluded to the possibility of delaying beyond 2010. It was argued that legal …

November 12, 2009

How Much Will Pelosi’s Health Care Reform Bill Expand the Government?

Nancy Pelosi’s health care reform bill passed by a margin of 210-205. A razor-thin victory (or was it?), thanks, no less, to her political-genius. The political cost of her bill: a potential sweeping of the 2010 and 2012 elections by …

October 31, 2009

Clues for the Clueless

CNSNews.com’s Matt Cover tried in vain to get a rational answer from Patrick Leahy (D-VT) about forcing every American to buy health insurance..

October 29, 2009

The Reasons Democrats Write Unconstitutional Laws

There are two distinct methods the Democrats have used to write unconstitutional laws. The first is through malice. This method has been employed since FDR by the continuous chipping away with the uncontested usurping of the document by a political …

October 28, 2009

DOES THE “GENERAL WELFARE” CLAUSE OF THE U.S CONSTITUTION AUTHORIZE CONGRESS …

Filed under: Constitution & Bill of Rights - 28 Oct 2009

By Publius Huldah

CNSNews.com recently posted an article, “Hoyer Says Constitution’s ‘General Welfare’ Clause Empowers Congress to Order Americans to Buy Health Insurance”.

October 23, 2009

CLIMATE CHANGE” TREATY:

by Publius Huldah

If President Obama signs a “global warming” treaty at the United Nations’ “Climate Change” Conference in Copenhagen this December; and if the U.S. Senate ratifies it, will it become part of the supreme Law of the Land? …

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