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April 2016

April 05, 2016

How the Founders tried to prevent a Donald Trump

If Republicans pull some convention maneuvering to prevent the nomination of Donald Trump, wouldn't that thwart the...

February 2016

February 01, 2016

LCMS congregation will go before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from an LCMS congregation. Trinity Lutheran...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

So is Ted Cruz eligible or not?

Donald Trump is a "birther," casting doubt on Barack Obama's eligibility to be president, since...

January 11, 2016

Justice Scalia says government can favor religion

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a Catholic high school that the Constitution allows for...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

On Trump, the Constitution, and how he’s like Obama

Rich Lowry has a great column on Donald Trump's disregard for the Constitution. Also how...

July 2015

July 07, 2015

Supreme Court can’t tell what “legislature” means

Lost in the tumultuous week of Supreme Court rulings over Obamacare and gay marriage was...

July 06, 2015

The right to dignity

To find a right to abortion in the Constitution, the Supreme Court justices in Roe...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Supreme Court makes gay marriage the law of the land

The Supreme Court has legalized gay marriage throughout the nation, going so far as to...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Today the Supremes take up gay marriage

Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether state laws defining marriage as...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Supreme Court will settle gay marriage

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will, in effect, decide if...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Amnesty by decree

President Obama has issued an executive order protecting some 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation....

November 18, 2014

Immigration amnesty by executive order

President Obama, having been unable to get his way in Congress and now faced with...

November 10, 2014

Our latest war is now illegal

The War Powers Act allows presidents to launch hostilities at their discretion, but they must...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Congress approves war with ISIL with little debate

Congress signed off on President Obama's plan for an air war against the Islamic State,...

September 16, 2014

Religious liberty for atheists, too

Enlisting or re-enlisting in a military service requires taking an oath, ending in the words...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Supremes reject Obama’s “recess” appointments

The Constitution's balance of powers is re-asserting itself. President Obama had been appointing officials that...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

“Fixing” the Second Amendment

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, having spent much of his career trying to...

January 2014

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 15, 2014

Federalizing gay marriage

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

September 2013

September 02, 2013

Obama will ask Congress before attacking Syria

President Obama has agreed to ask Congress for authorization before he attacks Syria. I salute...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Obama administration defends government-sponsored Christian prayers

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that will decide whether or not it is...

August 20, 2013

Rule of Law vs. Rule by Decree

We have discussed the president's bad habit of ignoring or even altering laws that he...

August 16, 2013

When the president does it, it’s not illegal

Those who oppose Obamacare may well be glad that the President keeps delaying the implementation...

August 15, 2013

Taxation without representation

Just what school children need: more internet! President Obama has a new signature program in...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

The First Amendment is going out of style

According to a recent study, more and more Americans--on some issues a majority of them--no...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Green lawmaking by executive order

President Obama, being unable to get his environmental and anti-global warming agenda through Congress, has...

June 27, 2013

Other consequences of the gay marriage rulings

The Supreme Court rulings supporting gay marriage have other consequences. According to Thomas Peters, "these...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

The militia part of the Second Amendment

The Washington Post has a front page story saying that the Second Amendment had always...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Assassination courts?

Is this back to the Star Chamber approach to justice, with secret courts, no indictments,...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

Checking and balancing the President

The Constitution's separation of powers and checks and balances at work: A federal appeals court...