Category Archives: Constitution

Say, Whatever Happened To The Bloodbath From NC’s New Gun Laws?

Strange, yet another liberal prognostication that failed to materialize (via The Daley Gator) (WNCN) A state law that allows concealed carry permits holders to take their guns into bars and restaurants is now one year old, but even though the law is set in the books, the debate over concealed carry has not died down. […]

Salon: We Really Need To Change The Constitution

I know, you’re thinking “Salon: a whole bunch of far left nutbaggery”. And the article certainly includes quite a bit. Interestingly, the more I read, the more nuggets of rationality I found. Of course, that’s the point: getting conservatives to bob their head in agreement This is our new Constitution: How we fix gun rights, […]

Court Rules Missouri Must Recognize Gay Marriages From Other States – What About Gun Reciprocity?

Liberals should be very careful in opening this door, because it could easily be applied to gun permits (Buzzfeed) Missouri must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples that were granted elsewhere, state Judge Dale Youngs ruled on Friday. “[T]o the extent these laws prohibit plaintiffs’ legally contracted marriages from other states from being recognized here, […]

FCC To Consider Petition To Ban Redskins Name

Old and busted: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington “I do not agree with what you have […]

9 Circuit Court Of Appeals: It’s A-OK For Schools To Restrict The American Flag So As Not To Offend

But of course. Can’t have legal American citizens waving and wearing the American flag and Offending Mexicans waving and wearing the Mexican flag on Cinco De Mayo, a mostly made up holiday celebrated in one tiny Mexican province, and only celebrated here in the U.S. in order to get drunk (Daily Caller) It’s official: the […]

Mitch McConnell: Democrats To Hold Vote Against Free Speech… Update: Udall Publishes

Senator Mitch McConnell calls this an assault on free speech (Politico) hroughout August, senators had the opportunity to travel around their states and listen to the concerns of their constituents. The American people have a lot on their minds these days — important issues they expect the Democrat-run Senate to address: things like high unemployment, […]

Regarding Ferguson, I Wonder If Leftists Understand They Are Making Arguments For Smaller Government?

Many Leftists are taking the occasion of what happened in Ferguson as a means to, among other things, bash America. And push their narrative that Everything Is Racist. And mixing the two. And adding in every complaint they can think of. Anyhow, as they are making their complaints, I wonder if they realize they are […]

When It Comes To Marijuana, The NY Times Is Suddenly A States’ Rights Advocate

You may have already seen the NY Times piece by their editorial board calling for the repeal of federal marijuana laws, referring to them as “prohibition”. It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and […]

Are Feds Bringing Riot Squads To Block Illegal Alien Protesters?

If this Breitbart report is correct, this is a dangerous escalation of the federal government’s use of blatant power, which violates multiple 1st Amendment Rights As illegal immigrants continue to spill across the U.S.-Mexico border, federal authorities are attempting to relocate the migrants from South Texas to housing facilities in states across the nation. One […]

Obama Looking For Way To Get Women Free Abortifacients

This is something that has them Highly Concerned (NY Times) The Obama administration, reeling from back-to-back blows from the Supreme Court this week, is weighing options that would provide contraceptive coverage to thousands of women who are about to lose it or never had it because of their employers’ religious objections. The administration must move […]

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