Federal Judge Rules That NSA Metadata Collection Program Likely Unconstitutional
A potentially big legal setback for a big National Security Agency program.
A potentially big legal setback for a big National Security Agency program.
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.
A song written when Grover Cleveland was President is still protected by Copyright Law. That makes no sense at all.
If one is going to worship at the alter of original intent, it might be useful to know a bit of history.
While it upheld the Affordable Care Act today, the Supreme Court also placed some clear limits on Congressional power. That’s a good thing.
Two centuries ago, a war that makes less and less sense with the passage of time began.
The Founders would never have thought to do more than count people in the Census!
There are a number of problems with the notion that the Federalist Papers provide a perfect guide to the Constitution.
If we taught the Federalist Papers more rigorously would that lead to a shared view of the constitution?
The White House and its allies have already declared war on a decision that won’t even be rendered until three months from now.
Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 authorizes the President the authority to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil, without trial because they allegedly support the enemy.
The US came a lot closer to something resembling a parliamentary system than most people think.
Is America’s political system to blame for our current problems?
Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.
How many Texas politicians does it take to screw in a non-communist light bulb?
An ex-CIA agent says that someone in the Bush White House tried to use the agency to “discredit” Iraq War critic Juan Cole.
It’s not the size of your government that counts — it’s what you do with it that matters.
On the eve of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, another shot has been fired by those boycotting the meeting due to the presence of a gay conservative group.
Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.
Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.
Republicans in Idaho are talking about resurrecting the foolish and discredited idea of nullification as a weapon in the fight against ObamaCare.
I’m blogging Mark Levin’s Conservative Manifesto. Here’s part one…
208 years ago today, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to The Danbury Baptist Association that has resonated through the years.
Like it or not, the U.S. Constitution has always been a political document, evolving depending on the players on the stage.
For the first time in 35 years, the Senate may finally be on the verge of reforming the filibuster.
If 33 states can muster support to kill a law, how would it have gotten enacted to begin with?
Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is speaking positively about an Amendment that would drastically alter the relationship between the Federal Government and the states, and a method of ratifying it that could do serious damage to the Constitution as a whole.
Reason’s Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie have a pretty amusing rejoinder to the Obama administration’s attempts to smear the anonymous funding of television ads opposed to their agenda in a video titled “Who is Publius? or, Who’s Afraid of Anonymous Political Speech?”
Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.
In his farewell speech on Friday, Rahm Emanuel said that the Obama Administration had faced tougher times than any previous President. That is a fundamentally absurd idea.
Both the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, impressive as they are, must be understood in terms of not just applied political philosophy, but practical politics as well.