Category: Constitution & Bill of Rights

With the Heller decision only hours old, the National rifle Association, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, filed suit against Chicago and San Francisco seeking to overturn obviously unconstitutional laws those cities have on the books. In the case …

Rebounding smartly from horrific rulings that protect terrorists at Gutamano Bay and child rapists here at home, the United States Supreme Court has redeemed itself, at least partially.

The constitutional amendment process is a complicated and lengthy affair. This is because we cannot be certain what consequences might arise from a seemingly minor alteration of the Constitution. To be sure, exchanging the electoral-vote system for direct election would …

Today’s US Supreme Court ruling advising the country and the world that foreign terrorists now essentially are afforded the same rights to have their cases tried in the US federal court system and pounds another nail into the coffin of …

Apparently the sticky problems confronting our nation, including wars in two foreign nations, the very real threat of terrorism, gasoline near $5 a gallon, rising inflation and unemployment, spiraling health care costs, record federal deficits, old, declining infrastructure, and massive …

An artist sketches a young subject. During the session, the artist engages in conversation with the subject, observes the subject’s mannerisms, and develops a sense of the subject’s personality. The finished work not only encompasses the physical exactness of the …

You may have heard the commercials being run around the country sponsored by the AARP as part of their “Divided We Fail” campaign. If you have not had the nauseating displeasure of hearing these ads, here is the deal. …

Liberal support for the removal of prayer in schools, the Ten Commandments from public buildings, and other expressions of religious belief in the public square is premised upon the United States as a “secular nation.” When conservatives object to such …

As a Jew, growing up in New York, I participated in religious studies no different from my Christian friends. Although the books we read may have been different in context, the message was the same. Be a good person, believe …

Over the past eight years, out-of-control spending, Iraq, economic concerns, and the culture wars have eclipsed gun control in the public debate over politics. However, the renewed debate that accompanied the expiration the assault weapons ban has shown that Americans …

Following her primary victories over rival Barack Obama on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton proclaimed, “We’re going to protect our country and preserve our Constitution. We’re going to lead with our values.” So, once again Clinton has said two different things …

Have you heard the good news? Barack Obama is for change! Well, that seals it! He’s got my vote! Why you ask? Isn’t he a liberal Democrat? Well yeah, but he’s for change! …

Picture this if you will: You are on the way to a soccer game in your car with your kids and the children of neighbors in the back seat. Your SUV has been acting up and again this time the …

As an education reformer, I read about education every day. I read about ways to hold institutions of higher learning accountable for their education curriculum, I read about how important it is to have highly qualified teachers, and I read …

As Bugs Bunny once said, “Of course you know, this means war.” Someone needs to tell that to Ron Paul, before he drives himself Looney Tunes over what he calls the “undeclared war” in Iraq. The idea that the …