John Armor interview on Accent Radio Network
Don’t miss John Armor TODAY at 11:06-11:20 AM EST on Accent Radio Network – The Right Balance with Host Greg Allen. The topic will be “ACLU Outrage: No sex on San Francisco ID cards”.
Reform Entitlement Programs Without Increasing Taxes
The above article, by Jack Kemp, found here.
Peter Ferrara‘s, Slimming Entitlement Costs, dated October 8, 2007, found here.
A Time-Honored Observance
Read George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation here.
The American Civil Rights Union wishes its valued supporters a Bountiful and Happy Thanksgiving!
Supreme Court Announcement
On 20 November, the Supreme Court accepted for review the Heller case, on the right to own a gun, from the District of Columbia. The lower court, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, had ruled that individual citizens had a Second Amendment right to own guns for self-defense in the District, contrary to the law passed by the D.C. Council.
This is a critical case to bring the 2nd Amendment in from the cold. All other basic rights from the Bill of Rights have long since been declared “fundamental” and applied to the states as well as to the federal government. […]
Horace Cooper: Please Don't Pick This Fight
Many Congress watchers assumed that the fight between the House Judiciary Committee and the White House over subpoenas to former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten would end when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned.
Local court battle over protesting at soldiers' funeral begins
BY JOE DEJKA
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Security was tight Monday as a Kansas woman appeared in Sarpy County Court to answer charges that she mutilated a flag and put her child in danger while protesting at the funeral of a Bellevue soldier.
Although the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office prepared for a possible protest by members of the Westboro Baptist Church, to which Phelps-Roper belongs, none materialized. Shirley Phelps-Roper, 50, came into the courthouse in the company of just a few family members and her attorney to push for more specifics on the charges she faces.
According to Bellevue Police, Phelps-Roper had her 10-year-old […]
Oklahoma Law on Illegal Immigration Stands
Oklahoma passed a law to discourage businesses in that state from hiring illegal aliens, and property owners from renting to illegal aliens, similar to laws passed in Hazleton, Penn., and Farmers Branch, Tex. But in Oklahoma, the federal judge considering whether the law was unconstitutional, let it stand, and illegal aliens by the thousands are now fleeing Oklahoma. Both the law and the court decision are positive examples to the rest of the country, including Congress and the Supreme Court.
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The facts for this story, but not the legal conclusions, come from a story on the KOTV website, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, […]
'Failure' of the First Amendment?
The facts for this comment, but not the legal conclusions, come mostly from an article published in the Raleigh News & Observer on 27 October. This story is related to the positions of the ACLU because, contrary to its stated mission, the ACLU favors maximum freedom of the press for those media who favor the political views as them.
This editorial in the Raleigh News & Observer is entitled, “Above and Beyond.” It tells in plain but powerful words the story of Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy Seal, who was part of a four-man team sent on a dangerous mission, deep into enemy controlled territory in […]
Punishment will hurt community
Read Hans Zeiger’s article, in today’s The Philadelphia Inquirer, here.
Read additional emails here.
Strike this down
In the wake of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Congress is preparing for another showdown with the White House. But this time the dispute won't be over health care spending for children, instead the dispute has consequences for all Americans because it is over which branch of government is best suited to know which ground rules are needed for fighting the war on terror.