No Habeas Corpus for Bagram Detainees
A federal court of appeals on May 21 ruled that detainees held by the United States at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan...
Constitution
Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: Clearly Opaque
When President Obama named Elena Kagan as his nominee for justice of the Supreme...
States’ Suit Against ObamaCare: Miles to Go to the Supreme Court
As has been faithfully chronicled by The New American, the attorneys general of 20...
The Second Amendment in National Parks
The Second Amendment prohibits Congress from passing laws that interfere with a citizen’s right...
The Cost of Educating the Children of Illegal Aliens: Exorbitant
A new study prepared for The Social Contract Press entitled “The Burden of Plyler...
Lawmakers Launch 10th Amendment Task Force
As the Tenth Amendment movement to restore constitutional principles in government gathers momentum, a...
The ObamaCare Mandate: Constitutional Tax?
In a now famous admission of disregard for our nation’s founding document, Speaker of...
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Mojave Cross
On Wednesday, April 28, in a surprising 5-4 ruling by the United States Supreme...
Media Calls the Tea Party Patriots “Seditious”
When Joe Klein of Time magazine was forced to defend his comments about Sarah...
Eminent Domain and the Kelo Echo
“This is abuse…. It’s [another] case of eminent domain abuse,” said Renee Smith-Ward, owner...
High Court Hears Arguments on Christian Student Group
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments April 19 to decide whether or not a...
Citizens Rewarded for Giving Cops ‘the Bird’
As a headline writer for the Kansas City Star put it, "A bird in...
Texas Attorney General Appeals Divorces of Gay Couples
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealing two divorces of homosexual couples married in...
Pelosi and the Pillars of Change
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) once famously chided a reporter who asked...
Judge Rules National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional
A Wisconsin federal judge was in rare form yesterday when she declared the National...
Starbucks Sticks With Second Amendment
As reported previously, Starbucks has found itself enmeshed in the struggle between activists who...
Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretapping Violates FISA
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled March 31 that the executive branch...
Recess Appointments and the Constitution
“Side-stepping Senate confirmation,” declared the New York Times. “This is going to make problems...
U.S. Judge Frees Guantanamo Detainee
Judge James Robertson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered...
Bearing Arms: A Right … and a Duty?
The Massachusetts Judicial Council ruled on March 10 that the Second Amendment of the...
