Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 12:19 Written by Cody Harness Monday, 29 March 2010 10:39
Most of us who had a reasonably traditional education can recall having learning about “strict constructionists” and “loose constructionists” — two schools of thought about how properly to interpret the Constitution. The term has survived into modern times to describe various judicial philosophies, and in addition to serving as a guide for evaluating the constitutionality of federal law, is also used to describe how judges rule on the application of the laws relevant to various cases brought before the courts. It is sometimes used as a synonym for “originalism” — adherence to the “original intent” of the authors of the Constitution.
Last Updated on Monday, 24 May 2010 15:55 Written by Alan Scholl Wednesday, 24 March 2010 10:40
President George Washington’s Farewell Address speaks to Americans today more than ever.
Last Updated on Friday, 26 March 2010 14:35 Written by Patrick Krey Monday, 22 February 2010 10:25
The “Principles of 98,” as they came to be known, are rarely discussed in modern history lectures even though these are integral to understanding how our federal Constitution was intended to function. These are the principles of state interposition or nullification that assert that if the federal government fails to check itself through one of its three branches, then it would be up to the states to rein in the feds.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 16:21 Written by Alan Scholl Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:54
I ran across news accounts that Bill Gates (of the Microsoft empire), David Rockefeller (bank and oil baron), the United Nations, in cooperation with Northrup-King (the seed giant), and Archer/Daniels/Midland, or ADM, the corporate farming/chemical/seed giant were funding a “saving heirloom seeds” program for “posterity.”
Read more: Food: The Elephant in the Living Room of Freedom.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 11:40 Written by Charles Scaliger Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:35
The sinewy, bearded man raced up the brushy hillside, blood streaming from his nose from the terrific exertion. He did not consider himself a fast runner, but on this occasion the terror of sudden and agonizing death lent wings to his feet.
Somewhere not far behind, his pursuers, their lean bodies more accustomed than his to the severe terrain, were closing in, determined to avenge the death of one of their own. They carried weapons, though they were unlikely to grant their quarry a quick and easy death if they caught him.
Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 11:49 Written by Becky Akers Tuesday, 05 January 2010 10:42
The United States has embroiled much of the world in its War on Terror, occupied Iraq since 2003, and bombed Afghanistan — all to “spread liberty.” Karl Rove alleged in 2006 that George W. Bush “is committed to something no past president has ever attempted: spreading liberty to the broader Middle East.” Bush himself insisted last January that “our strategy is to spread liberty.” Apparently, freedom spreads around as easily as peanut butter.
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The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave office, I must inform the citizen of this plight.-- President John Fitzgerald Kennedy - In a speech made to Columbia University on Nov. 12, 1963, ten days before his assassination.