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Re: Gun Rights, Friends Are Found In Unlikely Places

By |2023-05-20T09:39:18-04:00May 7th, 2007|

In today’s America, the United States Constitution is too often treated like the Queen of England – a powerless and non-binding relic of an earlier age. And just as Queen Elizabeth is in the States this week leading up to the 400th anniversary celebration of the settlement of Jamestown colony, the Constitution will occasion the obligatory nod from time to time.

But the Constitution is not like the monarchy, which long ago gave up all real authority. The Constitution, along with its Bill of Rights and other Amendments, remains in effect. Not that you would know that by the way our government leaders […]

Equal Justice Under Law?

By |2023-05-20T09:39:19-04:00May 4th, 2007|

The motto “Equal Justice Under Law” is inscribed above the grand entrance to the Supreme Court. Presumably these words are intended to describe what goes on inside. If the hate crimes bill adopted by the House yesterday becomes law, however, something very different will be going on.

Few people doubt that truly hideous crimes, like the murder of James Byrd (a black man chained by three white thugs to the back of a pickup truck and dragged through the streets until he died) deserve severe punishment. To me, that means the death penalty — and at least one of Byrd’s killers got exactly […]

To Raise the Edifice

By |2023-05-20T09:39:19-04:00May 4th, 2007|

The New York Times just reported on the find of a previously unknown letter from George Washington in May, 1787, to Jacob Morris. It was contained in a scrapbook gathered by a 10-year-old girl in 1826, and was found in a box in a mansion her descendants gave this year to the State of New Jersey.

The letter is important because it is a “new” document from the hand of Washington. Second, it refers to General Horatio Gates. Some congressmen in the Continental Congress wanted at one point to replace General Washington with Gates, because of Washington’s unending series of defeats prior to the Battle of […]

CCD: "Right To Refuse"

By |2023-05-20T09:39:19-04:00May 3rd, 2007|

The California Catholic Daily features an article discussing the effort of the American Civil Rights Union and others to protect a private doctor’s right to refuse to administer medical procedures that violates her religious convictions.

As described in the article, “Right to Refuse”, a California doctor at a fertility clinic is being sued by a lesbian for that doctor’s refusal to artificially inseminate her. Naturally, the ACLU and a slew of homosexual activists have lined up against religious freedom in the case, Benitez v. North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group, et al, is now being heard by the California Supreme Court.

For our view, […]

Rallies for Illegal Immigration: The Big Flop on May 1

By |2023-05-20T09:39:20-04:00May 2nd, 2007|

Yesterday, May 1, was supposed to be a banner day for rallying support for “immigration reform.” (“Immigration reform,” incidentally, is one of those phrases that belongs in the Dictionary for the Politically Incorrect, since its actual meaning is concealed behind its lofty appeal for “reform.” Its actual meaning is: changing immigration law so that illegal immigrants reap rewards for their disregard of the rules).

But I digress. The mainstream media has had little to say about the May 1 rallies. Indeed, the only article I have seen about it is one posted on the MSNBC news site, titled, “L.A. to probe police […]

A "Sanctuary City" Has Second Thoughts

By |2023-05-20T09:39:20-04:00May 2nd, 2007|

The Virginian-Pilot reports today that Virginia Beach, which had instructed its police that, except in limited circumstances, they were not to inquire into the immigration status of persons they arrested, has now changed course. The Pilot article begins as follows:

VIRGINIA BEACH – “City police will begin asking all people from another country about their immigration status if they are arrested, even on misdemeanor charges, and taken before a magistrate.

“The change, announced at a news conference Tuesday by Chief of Police Jake Jacocks Jr., represents an about-face for Beach police and comes after public outrage over a car crash March 30 that killed […]

Constitutionality Is Just For Those Law School Eggheads

By |2023-05-20T09:39:20-04:00May 2nd, 2007|

An AP story posted on MSNBC late this afternoon carries the following exchange — of sorts — between the Majority Leader of the Senate and the President concerning the Iraq war funding bill that the President vetoed yesterday:

“[Mr. Bush called] the original bill unconstitutional for directing war operations ‘in a way that infringes upon the powers vested in the presidency.’

“Outside the White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid bristled at that claim. ‘We are not going to be submitting our legislation to somebody at one of the law schools to look for its constitutionality. We have an obligation, under the terms of the […]

We Missed "Law Day"!

By |2023-05-20T09:39:21-04:00May 2nd, 2007|

We admit it: The ACRU forgot that yesterday was “Law Day.”

And my bet is that you did, too. But special thanks and kudos go out to Rush Limbaugh, who just brought this oversight to our attention, as well as that of millions of his listeners.

In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1 to be Law Day, in order to draw attention to both the principles and practice of law and justice in America. Here is the text of his Proclamation:

WHEREAS it is fitting that the people of this Nation should remember with pride and vigilantly guard the great […]

Vicious Murderer to Have Another Hearing

By |2023-05-20T09:39:22-04:00May 2nd, 2007|

Smith v. Texas, No. 05-11304, was decided by the US Supreme Court on 25 April, in a sharply divided 5-4 decision. The convicted murderer was arguing against his death penalty sentence in accord with the theories of the ACLU’s Death Penalty Project.

As usually happens in such cases, the Justices supporting the ACLU position fail to describe the facts of the crime. The facts appeared only in the Dissent by Justice Alito, joined by the Chief Justice and Justices Scalia and Thomas:

Mr. Smith was a former employee of a fast-food restaurant. He took “some friends” to the restaurant. As the staff was […]

Be Compassionate: Let the ACLU Win One

By |2023-05-20T09:39:22-04:00May 1st, 2007|

My colleague John Armor notes below (“ACLU Gets It Dead Wrong in Indiana”) that our friends at the American Civil Liberties Union have sued Indiana, alleging that the state’s failure to charge a fee for a license plate bearing the national motto, “In God We Trust” constitutes discrimination, since the state does charge a fee for other “specialty plates.”

John points out that the “In God We Trust” plate is not really a specialty plate, but is one of two standard plates the state issues without a special charge. This would seem to be enough to dispose of the ACLU’s complaint. Still, there is […]

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