IRS trying to restrict free speech … again
After the IRS scandal in which the IRS targeted conservative groups to silence them, one might think having been “caught” braking the law, the IRS would behave itself. However, the…
Intellectual Property Rights and Regulation of Technology
by George Landrith One of the most important parts of the Constitution is one of the least recognized. While American’s appreciate the importance of free speech and free elections, few…
Obama considers executive orders as second-term agenda crumbles
by Ben German President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress. Gun control legislation…
How to Keep the Constitution
by Rep. Justin Amash When I entered Congress, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and I have followed through on that promise. The political elites of…
The Virtue of the Constitution
by David Corbin and Matthew Parks Two hundred and twenty-six years ago today, the Constitutional Convention came to an end. The delegates completed the first step in a process that…
Can the President write his own laws?
by Charles Krauthammer As a reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, many federal drug laws carry strict mandatory sentences. This has stirred unease in Congress and sparked a…
Obama’s Unconstitutional Steps Worse than Nixon’s
by George F. Will President Obama’s increasingly grandiose claims for presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency. Desperation fuels arrogance as, barely 200 days into the 1,462 days…
The Internet Is Not the Wild West
by Peter Roff In late July, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held a hearing to examine the role played by copyright law…
Why does the Left want to suppress free speech?
by Michael Barone Many people on the political left don’t much like the First Amendment. That seems odd to someone of my generation. In past times people who suppressed what…
Massive Data Mining: Are the programs justified?
According to the Obama administration and some members of Congress, the National Security Administration’s (NSA) data mining operations have been critical to the disruption of numerous terror plots. The publicly…
Ronald Reagan, “You’re out there on the frontier of freedom.”
Ronald Reagan said to conservatives, “You’re the troops. You’re out there on the frontier of freedom.” A young soldier stands guard in the cold, looking out over no-man’s-land through to…
The unconstitutional war on journalism
by Nick Gillespie The press-punishing, speech-chilling, and unabashedly overreaching actions by the Obama administration against the Associated Press and Fox News Channel’s James Rosen lay bare the essential dynamic between…
Be careful what you say …
“It is eerily ironic that only days after Obama told students to reject the voices that warn of government abuses and overreaching, it turns out that the Obama Administration has been systematically abusing…
The Cornerstone of American Liberty
by George Landrith The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 — more than 225 years ago. That is long enough ago that it is easy to take for…
The Electoral College — The Last Round
by Gordon S. Jones My last column on the Electoral College prompted a number of thoughtful responses, so I would like to deal with those, and then make some…