Nearly all of American constitutional law today rests on a myth. That myth, presented as standard history both in junior high civics texts and in advanced law school courses on constitutional law, runs something like this: A long, long time…
While discussing freedom of speech and freedom of religion with a group of German students in 2013, our then Secretary of State John Kerry insinuated that America’s First Amendment allowed our country to be stupid. Can’t imagine why that struck…
Most Americans assume that rulings and decisions handed down in cases that come before American courts are based on, and consistent with, the “rule of law”. But, regrettably, this is not true. In American courtrooms today, court rulings are not…
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be,” Let me quote Thomas Jefferson again… “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a…
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” Frederic Bastiat…
Most of us had parents, grandparents or great-great grandparents who had to overcome numerous obstacles to become citizens of the U.S. Not only were they required to learn English and take a citizenship test, but they were required to renounce…
“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal – well meaning but without understanding.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1928 Our Founding Fathers felt strongly about limiting the power of judges because they had suffered under…
Religious liberty means much more than just the freedom to believe whatever you like, or pray to the god of your choice. It means the right to preach, teach, and worship in public and private. It means the right to…
“Religious freedom is one of the core principles upon which the American system of government is based. And yet religious freedom is under assault: Politicians mock the faithful’s claims of religious conscience, while government entities and actors treat religious freedom…
Has America reached a point of no return? Have we plunged so far off the deep end that nothing can be done to salvage the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or any semblance of a free state? Have we become…
“Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship.” Alexander Hamilton Government indoctrination centers have…
Taking a page straight out of 1984, Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary has changed the definition of assault rifle to fit pro-gun control talking points. The definition has been amended by adding “a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is…
“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.” Charles de Montesquieu The American Socialist movement has shown nothing but utter contempt toward the Constitution, natural law, America’s sacred…
“The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period…The United States came…
