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Mourning the Bill of Rights
The Classic Liberal Blog | December 15th 2009 by theCL
Today is Bill of Rights Day. Should we celebrate? Or should we mourn the Bill of Rights? The Vision of the Founders: Dead and Gone Editor’s Note: Bill of Rights Day is Tuesday, December 15th. But as Kevin Gutzman points out in this article, it’s read more
Broken System?
Bessette Pitney Text | December 14th 2009 by John J. Pitney, Jr.
At the UK Guardian, Michael Tomasky says that the constitutional system is broken:We Americans have always been proud of our constitution and the principle of separation of powers. The system has always ensured that the minority party has certain r read more
Jury Trials; More Knowledge, Not Less, is Best Approach
Recipe for success | December 13th 2009 by Dmobile215
Image via Wikipedia The Jury Trial system is getting more and more publicity surrounding the tendency of juries to discuss cases, read newspapers, research the Internet and generally ignore Judge and Prosecuto read more
Religion, Holidays, and the Establishment Clause
Bessette Pitney Text | December 13th 2009 by John J. Pitney, Jr.
As we discuss in chapter 5 (civic culture) and chapter 6 (civil liberties), many questions arise under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, which bans government from "respecting an establishment of religion.” These questions often become p read more
N.C. To Atheists: You Can’t Hold Office
Miscellanea Agnostica | December 12th 2009 by PsiCop
The election of an atheist, a month ago, to a municipal office in Asheville, North Carolina, has caused a ruckus and may result in a lawsuit, if North Carolinian religionists have any say in the matter. The AP reports (via CBS News): Asheville City read more
St. Louis Defense Lawyers
where everything is for free | December 12th 2009 by gary cortez
You can hear the sirens blaring. “Get on the ground now,” the cop screams. You’re forcibly shoved onto the ground or the hood of a car while your hands are cuffed behind you and then your put into a car to be taken away to the polic read more
Denial of Funding for ACORN Ruled Unconstitutional
College Blog - CollegeTimes | December 12th 2009
Judge Nina Gershon, of the United States District Court in Brooklyn, ruled yesterday that Congress cannot single out ACORN to deny federal funding. As some constitutional experts had expected, Judge Gershon ruled that Congress’ action against A read more
FOXNews.com: Lawsuit Threatened [by self-destructive Republicans…
The Inside Straight | December 12th 2009 by The OttO Show
Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell believes in ending the death penalty, conserving water and reforming government — but he doesn’t believe in God. His political opponents say that’s a sin that makes him unworthy of serving in read more
FOXNews.com: Judge Rules Effort to Strip ACORN of Federal Funds…
The Inside Straight | December 12th 2009 by The OttO Show
The U.S. government’s move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, handing the embattled group a legal victory. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon issued the preliminary injunction against the gov read more
Senate Health Care Bill Exempts Certain Counties from Medicare Cu…
Dakota Voice | December 12th 2009 by Bob Ellis
Just a few weeks ago we heard about the $300 million bribe Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) received from the architects of the Senate health care bill in order to get her vote for cloture. As we might have expected, the sweetheart deals, the carving out read more
Like trying to get information from the KGB
The Cornish Democrat | December 12th 2009 by The Cornish Democrat
Nationalisation of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall House of Commons debates, 13 May 1975. An extract: We as Members of Parliament may not know, are not allowed to know and never will know who is getting what for doing what. In other words, t read more
Mary Landrieu refuses to state where the constitution authorizes…
America's Watchtower | December 11th 2009 by steve dennis
When Senator Mary Landrieu was asked where the constitution gives congress the authority to mandate healthcare coverage this was what she had to say: Well, we’re very lucky as members of the Senate to have constitutional lawyers on our staff, read more
Weekend Links
Cato @ Liberty | December 11th 2009
By Chris Moody Health care insurance mandates: Why it is unconstitutional for the government to force you to purchase a product you don’t want to buy. Should malpractice reform be included in the pending health care bill? The end of globali read more
An Unlikely Shout Out on Race, Discrimination and Tort Reform
Illinois Deserves the Truth | December 11th 2009 by Illinois Deserves the Truth
We always like to pay particular note when our friends over at Dick Cheney’s favorite think tank, the Manhattan Institute, decide to give the Center for Justice & Democracy props—especially since we can always use it to bring more attention t read more
Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed
Cato @ Liberty | December 11th 2009
By Ilya ShapiroIn today’s Washington Times, Ken Klukowski and Ken Blackwell co-authored an op-ed about McDonald v. Chicago and the Privileges or Immunities Clause titled, “A gun case or Pandora’s box?” If that title sounds familia read more
What You Ought to Know: Separation of Church and State
Dakota Voice | December 11th 2009 by Bob Ellis
A lot of people in America are very mixed up on religious freedom and the so-called "separation of church and state." (I say "so-called" because while there is indeed separation of church and state in America, it isn't what many people have been misl read more
Parents Not Sitting Still for Anti-Christian Christmas Restrictio…
Dakota Voice | December 11th 2009 by Bob Ellis
Parents in New York and Oregon recently voiced their disagreement with school officials who banned Christmas trees and Santa Claus displays because the decorations supposedly promotion Christianity. Dakota Voice: Exposing the pernicious lie read more
Ten Major Beliefs
ArborInvestmentPlanner.com Blog | December 10th 2009 by Ken Faulkenberry, MBA - Investments
(I had an FB friend challenge me to put my top 10 beliefs in writing. I didn’t realize what a great exercise this would be. I want to challenge others to do the same. Here are my “Ten Major Beliefs” by Ken Faulkenberry) I beli read more
Rozanna
VegasPaparazzi | December 10th 2009
Ok explain it to me like I’m a fifth grader who is Rozanna? I work as a cocktail waitress at a well established club in Las Vegas and love what I do. It’s the diversity of people I meet, our locals and new visitors that make my job fun. In read more
Health Care Mandate Is Unconstitutional — and Don’t Leave Hom…
Cato @ Liberty | December 10th 2009
By Ilya ShapiroYesterday the Heritage Foundation released a new paper on the unconstitutionality of the proposed health care mandate. Think tanks aren’t normally in the habit of promoting their peer institutions’ work, but this paper i read more
Faith, Freedom, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (Liberty Magazine)
ReligiousLiberty.TV - Celebrating Freedom of Conscience | December 10th 2009
By David A. Pendleton – Ever since President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court, the chattering classes have speculated endlessly regarding the impact she might have on the future of American jurisprudenc read more
The Ultimate Irony
RedStateEclectic | December 10th 2009 by Laura
Comes when/if Ron Paul has to vote against his own bill… I’m becoming more of an anarchist all the time, I’m afraid—although the obvious answer is to vote the bums out—ALL of them—and elect only people who will take seriously their oat read more
Technical Education in India By Rohit Kumar Mehra
e-Guru.org | December 10th 2009 by umesh
The history of inculcating formal technical education in India started in the 19th century although it got momentum in 20th century with the onset of Constitution of Technical Education Committee of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). After read more
Whole Food Nutrition or Drug Slavery podcast link
The Robert Scott Bell Show | December 9th 2009 by Robert Scott Bell
Whole Food Nutrition or Drug Slavery podcast link -- It is astonishing that congressional representatives actually believe that they know what is the right health care system for you and me. They cannot even take care of themselves. Nor can the read more
Movement to Nullify National Health Care is Growing
Dakota Voice | December 9th 2009 by Bob Ellis
In response to what some opponents see as a Congress that doesn’t represent their interests, State Legislators are looking to the nearly forgotten American political tradition of nullification as a way to reject any potential national health care p read more
10 Rules for Dealing With the Police
Cato @ Liberty | December 9th 2009
By Tim LynchOur friends at Flex Your Rights have a new film that is about to be released. It’s called 10 Rules for Dealing with Police. Trailer for the film here. I have seen the entire film and it is an outstanding work–accurate and read more
Are You a Criminal? Maybe You Are and Don’t Know It
Cato @ Liberty | December 9th 2009
By Tim LynchYesterday, Michael Dreeben, the attorney representing the U.S. government, tried to defend the controversial “honest services” statute from a constitutional challenge in front of the Supreme Court. When Dreeben informed the read more
Walden Student: Eric Langhorst, Missouri Teacher of the Year (200…
Walden University Alumni Association Blog | December 9th 2009
Walden University is proud to have more than 40 state teachers of the year—including Eric Langhorst, education doctoral student—currently working toward advanced degrees at its Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership. “Teach read more
The Manhattan Declaration And The Joker
I, Pandora | December 9th 2009 by matthew
This is not Hugh O'Shaughnessy Sometimes the cynics are so ludicrous you can’t help but laugh. It’s the only thing you can do in the face of huffy and misguided rants such as this one: No one who surveys the statistics of abortion in read more
Google chief: Only miscreants worry about net privacy
Free Market Mojo | December 9th 2009 by Ariel Goldring
From The Register: If you’re concerned about Google retaining your personal data, then you must be doing something you shouldn’t be doing. At least that’s the word from Google CEO Eric Schmidt. “If you have something that you read more
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