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Oklahoma Law on Illegal Immigration Stands

By |2007-11-02T14:28:34-04:00November 2nd, 2007|

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?

By |2020-04-23T21:50:23-04:00October 27th, 2007|

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 […]

Strike this down

By |2023-05-20T09:40:45-04:00October 23rd, 2007|

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.

Horace Cooper: Strike This Down

By |2023-05-20T09:40:46-04:00October 23rd, 2007|

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.

Peter Ferrara: Slimming Entitlement Costs

By |2023-05-20T09:40:47-04:00October 17th, 2007|

Federal spending has hovered around 20% of gross domestic product for more than 50 years now, ever since it settled down after World War II. Despite all the battles over taxes and spending in that time, the federal share of our economy has remained fairly stable.

Peter Ferrara: Support President Bush's SCHIP Veto

By |2023-05-20T09:40:47-04:00October 17th, 2007|

The bill extending the State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP) program that President Bush just vetoed would have increased spending on the program by 140%, costing $60 billion over just the next five years.

ACRU Parker Cross-Petition Argument

By |2023-05-20T09:40:49-04:00October 15th, 2007|

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court on Friday, October 12 in the case of Parker v. District of Columbia urging the Court to grant the requested writ of certiorari on behalf of 5 of the original 6 plaintiffs seeking to strike down the District’s gun control laws as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had found that these 5 plaintiffs did not have standing in the case and dismissed them from the suit.

However, in regard to the remaining plaintiff, Dick Anthony Heller, the D.C. Circuit […]

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