Reciting the Constitution at a public meeting just got one New Jersey woman arrested. Not only did reading a portion of America’s founding document to support her property rights argument land the woman in the back of a police cruiser, she was also told to turn over her guns. Eileen Hart was arrested for allegedly making “terroristic threats” at a public forum about tax disputes. She attended the relatively small meeting with her husband Keith and their little girl. New Jersey citizens were upset about a mandatory re-evaluation of residential property taxes. Hart, along with
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MONROEVILLE, NJ – New Jersey mother Eileen Hart was arrested last Saturday at a public tax forum after peacefully protesting the handling of her property tax case. Hart’s husband and seven-year-old daughter were with present with her at the Gloucester Community Center as she presented her case for refusing to allow property tax inspectors to enter her home days earlier. Hart is an orthodox Jew and had refused to have the inspectors in her home when her husband was away at work. During the forum, she was told that since she didn’t let the inspectors into
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Editor’s Note: Way Off the Grid is a satire feature of Off the Grid News. While the articles in this section may deal with current events, they are meant to portray these topics in a satirical and humorous light. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision Monday to strike down a Montana law that
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THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. There was no greater issue debated during the drafting and adoption of the U.S. Constitution than what the role of a new central government would be. All the delegates to the Constitutional Convention convened with fresh
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A beekeeper of 58 years wants to know how an unelected state agency, which appears to answer to no one, can come in and destroy years of research, equipment, and bees without due process and even without a search warrant. Has recent loose interpretations of the Constitution and the power of the federal government spilled
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There is much talk these days about the Constitution, but who were these men that approved the document that has been our foundation for well over two centuries? The fifty-five delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention were a distinguished body of men who represented a cross section of eighteenth-century American leadership. While they were an extraordinary collection of leaders, they also came representing a cross section of the colonists intent on creating a new nation. Some were wealthy, and some were not. Most were well schooled, yet they were from a variety of educational backgrounds.
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A number of conservative scholars and legislators think it’s time for the American people to get serious about the Constitution. Dr. Richard Brake of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute has been conducting a civic literacy program for several years. That national initiative is designed to assess the level of civic learning on today’s college campuses. His findings raise serious red flags. The ISI gave a basic multiple-choice civics test to 14,000 freshmen and 14,000 seniors from over 80 schools. Combined with that test and testing of the nation’s adult population, Brake says there is serious epidemic
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggests the U.S. Constitution is not the best model for modern democracies to follow.

Ginsburg, traveling during the court’s break, addressed her remarks students at Cairo University while visiting with legislators and judges in Egypt. The Justice visit comes at the same time Egyptian officials are preparing to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers. In an interview with Al Hayat Television last Wednesday, Ginsburg said, “I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I…

As the new century approached, President Thomas Jefferson faced a serious dilemma. Napoleon Bonaparte’s aggression made it apparent that New Orleans, essential to international trade, and the Mississippi River, which was critical for national and international commerce, might soon be closed to U.S. trade. Spain had returned its vast American territories to France in a secret compact, and President Jefferson knew he needed to act quickly. One giant problem stood in Jefferson’s way. The Constitution made no provision for acquiring territory. Disregarding that troublesome fact, Jefferson took matters into his own hands and sent envoys
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The only way evil can flourish is if good men do nothing. We can never be silent in the face of those wishing to destroy others. – Edmund Burke On Sunday evening, United States President Barack Obama announced the killing of Al-Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden in a raid carried out by U.S. Special Forces
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