December 15th is Bill of Rights Day in the United States
Before today, I did not know that this particular commemoration existed. December 15 is the date when the first 10 Amendments -the Bill of Rights- was officially added to the U.S. Constitution. Tim Lynch writes about the state of our Constitutional freedoms at Cato Online: The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law… abridging the [...]
If You Believe the 2nd Amendment Protects Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the 2012 Election is Critical
Why? Because the next president will likely make a couple of appointments to the Supreme Court. If (zero)bama holds onto the office, he will likely appoint more justices like radical lefty Elena Kagan, and the Constitutionally-guaranteed right to keep and bear arms will be in danger. If that happens, your right to defend yourself, your [...]
U.S. House Passes NRA-backed National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation
From Weaponsystems, a little good news if you’re a fan of that amendment to the Constitution that says you’re supposed to be able to bear arms: Reported by NRA: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an important self-defense measure that would enable millions of Right-to-Carry permit holders across the country to carry concealed firearms [...]
You Have a Right to Record the Police
I’ve seen a lot of stories over the last several months about police harrassing, and often arresting citizens who filmed them committing acts that were perceived to be unjust, or outside the bounds of their lawful duties. Police officers have to understand that the folks who pay their salaries have a right to observe and [...]
Harry Reid: Cut, Cap and Balance is “Weak and Senseless” – American People Support it 2-1
The Senate is probably going to have a vote today on the Cut, Cap and Balance legislation put together in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Via Roll Call, here’s what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has to say about it: “I think this piece of legislation is about as weak and senseless as anything that [...]
Iraq Marine Veteran Jose Guarena: Was He Murdered by the Tucson SWAT Team?
I mentioned this case earlier in the week. The Tuscon, AZ police SWAT team, in what may have been a case of mistaken identity, burst into Guerena’s house in a raid. Guerena, in the interest of defending his wife and young child from unknown assailants, grabbed his assault rifle and confronted the intruders. One of [...]
Joe Biden Said He’d Make it His Business to Impeach Any President…
…that went to war without Congressional approval. Oh, wait – that was when Bush was President. Now that Obama (*DfOaLG) is chief warbringer, I guess those rules don’t apply anymore. Ladies and gentlemen, I drafted an outline of what I think the Constitutional limits [garbled] have on the President with the War Clause. I went [...]
Collective Bargaining Is a Privilege, Not A Right
Over the last several weeks, you’ve probably heard a lot of people screaming in news coverage about how Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is trying to take away the public employee unions’ “right” to collective bargaining. This is interesting. We have a number of rights – you know, those “unalienable” ones, given to us by the [...]
Political Cudgel? It’s the Basis for our Free Society, Jackass.
Image via Wikipedia I love how liberals all over the blogosphere are poo-pooing – nah, they’re just mocking the Republican’s reading of the Constitution to start the 112th Congress. Here’s an example from Alex Altman of Time: That’s one reason why the fetishizing of the Constitution is unsettling. It’s not that it isn’t worthy of [...]
Stuff I Want: Leather Bound Pocket Constitution
I like this little United States Mini Constitution. It’s only 2 3/4″ by 3 3/4″, and contains the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and all of the Amendments. It also includes The Declaration of Independence, The Virginia Bill of Rights, Massachusetts Bill of Rights, Articles of Confederation, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, The Annapolis Convention, plans [...]
New TSA Guidelines Include Groping Frantic Children – I Feel Safer Already
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the TSA’s new security guidelines, and how they are being perceived by some to be a violation of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. Here’s some evidence that they’re just lacking in plain common sense. The little girl who’s frantically screaming in this video happens to be [...]
What’s a caudillo?
This is a re-post from yesterday; for some reason, the scheduling feature didn’t work – the link showed up in FB and Twitter, and you could link to the article, but it didn’t show up in my recent posts. Ben Stein has a good post over at the American Spectator. He likens the actions of [...]
