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Eric Holder flops

Eric Holder treated his friends in the media abominably over the last several months. So he tried to make it up to them with a private...

Barack H. Obama gave one of the worst State of the Union addresses of his career.

Constitution13 years ago

Moral authority and legal authority

A United States Senator finally said it: Barack H. Obama is throwing away his moral authority to lead the country. If only this same Senator was...

Constitution13 years ago

Congress! Now it’s your turn

That is to say, it is time for Congress “not to let a crisis go to waste.” Throughout Obama’s life timing has proven to be a...

The Constitution, which sets forth the principle of rule of law, defines what is unconstitutional, and guarantees freedom of speech and other liberties of a Constitutional republic, and also describes the impeachment power. (How many know of the Jewish roots of this document?) Hypocrisy threatens Constitutional government. Could Israel use a constitution like this? More to the point: would a Convention of States save it, or destroy it? (Example: civil asset forfeiture violates the Constitution.) Quick fixes like Regulation Freedom Amendments weaken it. Furthermore: the Constitution provides for removing, and punishing, a judge who commits treason in his rulings. Furthermore, opponents who engage in lawfare against an elected President risk breaking the Constitution.

Constitution13 years ago

Lois Lerner takes the Fifth

Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of vetting tax-exemption applications, pleaded the Fifth Amendment yesterday. Besides botching her taking of the Fifth, she displayed an...

Washington at prayer - a nuclear option for a non-nuclear age. Washington would have later reason for thanksgiving. His is an example of exceptional statesmanship.

Executive13 years ago

Obama’s Crown vs. Washington’s Cross

As you ponder the spectacle of Obama acting like a king, remember this: Criminals mock society’s laws. Your compassion is a weakness that your enemies do...

James Rosen reminds us: we are all Thomas Becket today.

First Amendment13 years ago

James Rosen case: we are all Becket

Four years ago, James Rosen, Fox News Washington Bureau chief, involved himself in a leak of classified information. Only this time the Justice Department told a...

The IRS administers Obamacare and made a rule the Supreme Court might have to strike down.

Legislative13 years ago

IRS scandal should surprise no one

Yesterday the scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service broke wide-open. Angry members of a key subcommittee (including half its Democrats!) took turns denouncing the agency and...

Constitution13 years ago

IRS scandal makes case for tax reform

The IRS scandal grows by the hour. Every hour shows more proof that the Internal Revenue Service behaved badly, and always has. But people aren’t looking...

Margaret Sanger would approve of Kermit Gosnell

Constitution13 years ago

Kermit Gosnell convicted of murder

A jury has just convicted Kermit Gosnell, MD, the infamous Philadelphia abortionist, of murder in the first degree on three counts. Each of these counts involves...

Constitution13 years ago

IRS scandal widens

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has always targeted conservative groups, pro-Israel groups, and groups seeking to improve America. Now its activities are a public scandal. But...