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What you need to know about the left’s outrage from a constitutional standpoint.
It seems to me like there’s a group of people who, whenever they don’t get their way, start throwing temper tantrums and demanding things change so they will win. Call them leftists, progressives, or anything you want, but you know the people I’m talking about. After they lost the presidential election in 2016 they called…
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CNN’s Restraining Order and the Constitution
There have been numerous media reports about the lawsuit CNN brought against the Trump administration’s suspension of Jim Acosta’ press pass and the temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly to reinstate it. While I could not find a copy of the judge’s order, it’s pretty easy to determine the constitutionality…
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Another Reason to be Careful About Treaties
In another example of why we need to be careful about the treaties we sign on to, I found an article describing a United Nations court’s “order” that the U.S. lift sanctions on Iran. Now, since there are a lot of issues with an “order” issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), we’ll just focus…
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Birthright Citizenship
In an interview with Axios, President Trump stated that his staff is preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. As you might expect, this has led to a lot of discussion and debate around both the constitutional basis of birthright citizenship and the authority of the President to change this policy…
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Regulations and the State of the Union
I watched a Right Angle YouTube video last night and while I’m usually in agreement with most of what these gentlemen say, I was terribly disappointed with their position on a proposed federal regulation regarding drug advertising.
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Thugocracy
In the latest example of intolerance run amuck, the Daily Press of Victorville, CA reported that the banners for an Orange County crusade was removed from a local mall. You’re probably asking: Why did they have to remove the banners? After two weeks of being in the malls, the Irvine Company contacted Harvest and told…
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What happens when criminals run amok and the police stand by and watch?
I’ve seen multiple reports of a riot (erroneously called a “demonstration”) going on in Portland, OR while the police stood by and watched. The police claimed they were concerned that enforcing the law would “inflame the situation”. This seems to me a very good opportunity to discuss two important rights protected by the Bill of…
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Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees
In this stunning decision, the supreme Court overturned existing precedent, (referred to as “stare decisis” which is Latin for “let the decision stand”) to find that mandatory collection of agency fees from those who choose not to join public sector unions is a violation of their First Amendment rights.
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