A record percentage of Americans believe the federal government has too much power, according to a new Gallup poll. Sixty percent of Americans say government has too much power, while 32 percent say it has “about the right amount of ...
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Kerry Signs UN Gun Treaty, Undermining US Sovereignty
Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of the Obama administration Wednesday. Although Kerry claims the UN treaty will not limit the Second Amendment rights of Americans, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and ...
Read More »College Stops Student From Distributing Copies Of Constitution
First Amendment rights are under attack at Modesto Junior College in California. A student attempting to exercise his free speech rights by handing out copies of the Constitution was told to stop any such activity on the campus. On Constitution ...
Read More »Obama Nominee Asks: Does The Constitution Still Matter?
Richard Stengel, President Obama’s nominee for US undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, has questioned whether or not the Constitution even matters anymore. Stengel’s Constitution essay appeared in Time for a Fourth of July cover story in 2011. The controversial ...
Read More »Truckers To Strike In Protest Of Big Government Overreach
Truck drivers are planning a three-day strike in Washington, DC, to protest the ongoing “corruption of the Constitution” by the federal government. The freight transportation stoppage is scheduled to take place October 11-13. The striking truckers are asking all Americans ...
Read More »Federal Agents Wait For Citizens To Cross Border, Avoiding Need For Warrant
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is once again coming under fire for possible violation of constitutional rights. New claims have emerged about DHS agents tracking a man, and then searching and seizing his electronic devices along the United States ...
Read More »Missouri Bill Nullifying Federal Gun Laws Defeated, But Supporters Not Giving Up
Just when it seemed Missouri and the US federal government were going to have a showdown over gun laws, the state senate backed down. By the slimmest of margins, the Missouri Senate Wednesday failed to override the governor’s veto of ...
Read More »Becoming Prepared: One Couple’s Story
There are a lot of people in America today who are concerned about emergency preparedness. Just like people were afraid of the Russians in the 50s — building bomb shelters and stocking them with all of the things that a ...
Read More »States’ Rights Clash: Texas Defies Pentagon On Same-Sex Benefits
The Texas National Guard says it will deny benefits for same-sex spouses, despite the Pentagon’s position on the subject. The decision is based firmly on a states’ rights argument. In Texas, the state constitution defines marriage as a union of ...
Read More »Technology Calling Into Question Constitutionality Of Police Checkpoints
It’s been almost a year and a half since I wrote the article A Brief History of Checkpoints (and What to do About Them). That’s not a really long time in the grand scheme of things, but some progress regarding ...
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