July 4, 1776 – Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve…
Struggling to Show Anti-Koch Amendment Is “Reasonable”
A proposed Constitutional amendment would give Congress authority to regulate every dollar… by Byron York While much of Washington grapples with international crises, chronic economic troubles, and upcoming midterm elections,…
Liberals Champion Freedom of Speech — Except in Politics
by Michael Barone I’m old enough to remember when American liberals cherished the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. They celebrated especially the freedom accorded those with unpopular…
What Does the Oregon Shooter Tell Us About Our Gun Laws?
This just in: Criminals don’t follow the law. by Charles C. W. Cooke KGW News has identified the Oregon shooter. He was just 15 years old. What does this mean…
Freedom of and for Religion, Not From It
by Jonathan S. Tobin Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court once again affirmed that the so-called “wall of separation” that exists between church and state is not quite the edifice that liberals…
Progressives are wrong about the essence of the Constitution
by George F. Will In a 2006 interview, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said the Constitution is “basically about” one word — “democracy” — that appears in neither that document…
Holder’s view of the Constitution and the Rule of Law
Attorney General Eric Holder, who has given new meaning to the phrase a law unto himself, was remarkably candid in his testimony before Congress this week. Outrageous, but candid. “There…
Free Speech Wins Big In Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court just lessened the influence of those “shadowy groups with harmless-sounding names” President Obama warns against. We’ll see how the Democrats’ rich donors like the sunlight. In a…
Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter — a Case Study
And why individual creators of content are now having such a difficult time protecting their work-product. This video of recording artist Maria Schneider testifying before Congress explaining how difficult it…
White House cannot selectively enforce the law
Frontiers of Freedom has consistently maintained that the constitutional division and separation of powers explicitly prohibits the President of the United States from unilaterally rewriting laws and from selectively enforcing…
Obama Delays Obamacare’s Employer Mandate – Yet Again
During a visit to Monticello with the President of France on Monday, President Obama quipped, “That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.” Some would argue…
The political exhibitionism of the State of the Union
by George F. Will As undignified as it is unedifying and unnecessary, the vulgar State of the Union circus is again at our throats. The document that the Constitutional Convention…
Is Barack Obama an imperial president?
President Obama’s use of executive action to get around congressional gridlock is unparalleled in modern times, some scholars say. But to liberal activists, he’s not going far enough. by Linda…
If You’re Upset, Be Upset for the Right Reasons
by Peter Roff These days almost everyone has a blog or a column or a podcast or some means of participating in the national conversation that goes on daily about,…
Obama’s Disdain For The Constitution
by M. Northrop Buechner Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, he has changed it five times. Most notably, he suspended the employer mandate last summer. This…