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John Armor: Anchor Babies, Away

By |2023-05-20T09:41:01-04:00September 29th, 2007|

The Constitution is simple, short and easy to read. There is no excuse for any reporter to write about it, without reading it. The latest example is an article about anchor babies in the Orlando Sentinel today (29 September) by Jim Stratton.

The article concerns a comment about anchor babies by Fred Thompson, Republican candidate for President. If you haven’t followed the illegal immigration debate, anchor babies are children born on US soil of illegal immigrant parents. The babies get citizenship. Then, the provisions for “reuniting families” kick in, and the baby assists the parents in becoming legal.

It is […]

You Can Run over a Child in Massachusetts

By |2023-05-20T09:41:01-04:00September 27th, 2007|

On September 26th, Antonio Montenegro ran over a child on a bicycle in a crosswalk, in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Montenegro is an illegal immigrant who has been driving without a license for eight years. Onlookers forced him to stop when he ran over 12-year-old Zachary Titus, who was on his bicycle..

Marines Denied Right to Film in San Francisco

By |2023-05-20T09:41:02-04:00September 26th, 2007|

The facts for this comment, but not the legal conclusions, came from an article published on KGO7 TV on September 24.

The US Marines proposed to shoot a recruiting commercial on the streets of San Francisco, as they already had on the streets of New York. They wanted their famed Silent Drill Team to perform for just a few minutes on ordinary city streets. New York said yes. But San Francisco said no.

The ACLU was not directly involved in the rejection in San Francisco, but it’s thinking on the subject of military recruiters definitely was. If the ACLU was genuinely concerned about preserving freedom […]

Veto SCHIP

By |2023-05-20T09:41:03-04:00September 25th, 2007|

A healthy debate.

At: nationalreview.com

Peter Ferrara: Veto SCHIP: A Healthy Debate

By |2023-05-20T09:41:04-04:00September 24th, 2007|

Yes, President Bush, please do veto the massive expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that the Democrats are rolling through Congress, as you pledged to do in Thursday's press conference.

John Armor: Judging the Judges, and the Reporters

By |2023-05-20T09:41:04-04:00September 24th, 2007|

On 24 September, the New York Times published an article on the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, which approved the Indiana voter ID law in January, in a divided decision. The losing plaintiffs asked the whole circuit to rehear the case, which it just rejected, so the decision stands.

Both dissenting Judge Terence T. Evans in the 2-1 decision, and reporter Adam Liptak, the reporter on the story, demonstrated a profound misunderstanding of the role of judges in the American political system. But first, the article denigrates the well-respected Judge Richard A. Posner, who wrote the majority decision.

Judge […]

Horace Cooper: Executive Decision

By |2023-05-20T09:41:05-04:00September 22nd, 2007|

President Bush's announcement of the name of the person who would replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was eagerly anticipated by many in Washington. Gonzales, caricatured as inept and bumbling by critics of the President, had decided in August that he wouldn't continue in his designated role as Washington's whipping boy du jour.

Executive Decision – Town Hall

By |2023-05-20T09:41:06-04:00September 22nd, 2007|

https://www.townhall.com/Columnists/HoraceCooper/2007/09/22/executive_decision

President Bush’s announcement of the name of the person who would replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was eagerly anticipated by many in Washington. Gonzales, caricatured as inept and bumbling by critics of the President, had decided in August that he wouldn’t continue in his designated role as Washington’s whipping boy du jour. In the end the President’s choice of Judge Michael Mukasey wasn’t a surprise as much as it was a stinging acknowledgement of the complete political breakdown that has taken place in Washington – a breakdown that increasingly is trampling all over the executive’s appointment power. If after 2008 the Democrats win […]

Constitution Week

By |2023-05-20T09:41:07-04:00September 21st, 2007|

Thanks to the American Civil Rights Union for the opportunity to blog about students’ rights on American college and university campuses. I am especially pleased to be able to blog this week as we pass the two hundred twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. Below I quote a post from yesterday on The Torch, the blog of my employer, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), on Constitution Day, the rise of the Bill of Rights, and its significance to college students.

To secure liberty, the Framers had agreed to structural arrangements in the Constitution including checks and balances, […]

Put Your Lack of Money Where Your Mouth Is

By |2023-05-20T09:41:07-04:00September 13th, 2007|

The subtext of yesterday’s Joint hearing in the House featuring General Petraeus and the coming Senate hearing, is the position that the Democrats in Congress will take when the dust settles. Some Democrat warhorses, like Senator Kennedy, staked out their position in advance of the hearings and the “Petraeus Report.” But for the Liberals to actually DO anything will require the consent of their back benchers in both Houses. And, that is very much an undecided outcome.

When the United States engages in military action, the Constitution requires two forms of congressional consent. One is a declaration of war, a joint resolution […]

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