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April 2014

April 01, 2014

The Obamacare deadline is past

If you don't have health insurance and didn't sign up for Obamacare, you are in...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

How the Hobby Lobby argument went

Here is an account, by reporter Robert Barnes, of the argument before the Supreme Court...

March 25, 2014

Supremes hear Hobby Lobby’s case today

Today the Supreme Court hears the case being brought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood...

March 20, 2014

Making distinctions in religious liberty cases

Fordham theology professor Michael Peppard says that the religious liberty issues being raised by gay...

March 18, 2014

Songs about health insurance

In a desperate, last-ditch attempt to get 18-34 year-olds to sign up for Obamacare--those "young...

March 10, 2014

Few uninsured are signing up for Obamacare

A survey has found that only 1/10th of the uninsured have signed up for Obamacare. ...

March 06, 2014

How to treat the losers in the marriage war

Advocates of gay marriage are evidently victorious, or soon will be. So how will the...

March 05, 2014

The German homeschooling family can stay!

The Supreme Court turned down the appeal of the Romeikes, that German family who sought...

March 04, 2014

“Erotic liberty” vs. “Religious liberty”

Al Mohler gives us some useful language in thinking about the conflicts of the day: ...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Split California into six states?

A measure that proposes to split California into six states--since the one has so much...

February 21, 2014

“America is unraveling”

Deroy Murdock plumbs new depths of pessimism about our government and our political system. Does...

February 18, 2014

No state ban on gay marriage has been upheld

A federal judge overturned Virginia's state constitution that defines marriage as being between a man...

February 13, 2014

A conservative alternative to Obamacare?

A conservative alternative to Obamacare has been unveiled. Read about it after the jump. Then...

February 13, 2014

Textbook’s version of the Second Amendment

How American history and the Constitution are taught in high schools: The authors of United...

February 13, 2014

Why Rand Paul is suing the President

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution reads as follows: The right of the people to...

February 11, 2014

Employer mandate postponed yet another year

President Obama postponed yet again the Employer Mandate part of Obamacare, which will require employers...

February 06, 2014

The next legal obstacle to Obamacare

Under Obamacare, those who don't have health insurance coverage at work sign up for policies...

February 05, 2014

Will Obamacare make us lazy?

According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, Obamacare, when fully implemented, will cost the equivalent...

February 04, 2014

“Extreme Religious Liberty Rights”

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed back in 1997. Liberal Democratic Senator from New...

February 03, 2014

House votes to ban tax-payer money for abortion

The House of Representatives passed a bill that bans the use of tax-payer money to...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Supremes to hear Hobby Lobby’s Obamacare case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case brought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga...

January 30, 2014

The President and the Rule of Law

During his State of the Union address, President Obama said that because Congress keeps thwarting...

January 24, 2014

NSA surveillance declared illegal, but will continue

An independent review board has said that the NSA surveillance system is illegal. But the...

January 23, 2014

The best states & the worst states for the unborn

Americans United for Life has compiled a list of the best, the worst, and...

January 21, 2014

Privacy vs. anonymity

Yale constitutional law professor Jed Rubenfeld makes a distinction that, I think, advances the debate...

January 20, 2014

President modifies NSA surveillance program

President Obama has given a speech in which he announced changes in the National Security...

January 15, 2014

Federalizing gay marriage

Not long ago, advocates of gay marriage were saying that since marriage laws are set...

January 09, 2014

A “non-human person”

A court in Argentina ruled that an organgutan is a "non-human person," and so is...

January 08, 2014

The Satanic monument for the public square

This is the monument that the Satanists are trying to erect next to that of...

January 07, 2014

Religious freedom vs. human rights?

The rise of religion globally threatens human rights, according to British academic Stephen Hopgood in...