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The Second Amendment is the reset button on the Constitution. But can the Deep State achieve gun control or gun confiscation without enablers in office? Gun control takes that away. Those who seek gun control often use mass shootings to press for it.

Gun control: excuses, excuses

Excuses, excuses. Barack Obama comes from the extreme statist wing of the Democratic Party. Everybody knew that during the 2008 campaign. So on Wednesday evening (June...

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.

Constitution10 years ago

Christie plumps for Patriot Act

Last night Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey had some bitter words for his likely rival, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.). He said those words at a...

The Knesset: 61 years of parliamentary democracy, and counting, in Israel. But do its members properly love their country? Or does the dysfunctional way Members are chosen, with their election rules that do not conform to Jewish law, lead to a pointless scramble for patronage? A new Manifesto calls for radically reforming the way Israel picks Members of this body. Furthermore, terms like right and left, as in other parliaments, mean little when no one will articulate first principles.

Guest Columns10 years ago

Policy flaws, regime flaws, and patriotism

Whether the Israel’s government is led by the Left or by the so-called Right, conventional right-wing critics of the Government find it easy to fault its...

The NSA surveillance program is now in bad hands.

News10 years ago

Patriot Act parts expire

Once again, for now, you are secure in your telephony metadata “papers” against unreasonable search and seizure. You are also secure in the “papers” another place...

World news10 years ago

Deborah and Joan of Arc?

Back in 2000 I wrote a piece, “Israel Needs Another Golda.” Remember the witticism about Golda, that she was the only man in Israel’s Cabinet? Well,...

The Ten Commandments, foundation stones of liberty

Guest Columns10 years ago

Anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism: introduction

Innumerable volumes have been written on anti-Semitism – meaning hatred of Jews and Judaism. It really started more than 3,000 years ago after the Sinai revelation....

French Naval tricolor ensign, with a broad red stripe.

Human Interest10 years ago

What’s left?

The Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman said that she would not use her platform of fame or share her strong leftist opinions inappropriately. So she granted an...

Constitution10 years ago

Rand Paul v. Patriot Act

Last week, the Senate failed twice to stop debate on two bills to try to keep the Patriot Act alive in one form or another. The...

Constitution10 years ago

Patriot Act in trouble

The USA-PATRIOT Act might expire, however strange that might seem. Two motions for cloture failed in the Senate this week. The Senate Republican Floor Leader will...

Obama interferes in Israeli elections. Does he also use taxpayer money to pay for it?

Editorial10 years ago

LIERs against Israel redux

On 20 May, Prof. Paul Eidelberg of Bar-Ilian University described, in these pages, an especially annoying class of Israel critic. These LIERs (Libertarians, Internationalists, Egalitarians, and...