Category Archives: Constitution

Hobby Lobby Ruling Means Imposing Religion On Workers Or Something

The stupid keeps coming in from Leftists at an alarming expected rate. Let’s look at what the Paper Of Record has to say, via their Editorial Board Limiting Rights: Imposing Religion on Workers The Supreme Court’s deeply dismaying decision on Monday in the Hobby Lobby case swept aside accepted principles of corporate law and religious […]

Are Corporations People?

One of the whiny tropes from Leftists regarding the ruling for Sebelius v Hobby Lobby is that corporations are not people. One can find a gazillion (slightly more than a sh*tload) examples in blogs, Tweets, Facebook posts, op-eds, editorials, and so forth. So, are corporations people? Remember back to the last general election when Mitt […]

SCOTUS Rules In Favor Of Hobby Lobby

Breaking news, no details yet, the Supreme Court had ruled 5-4, just like I predicted earlier (though not a hard prediction to make), in favor of religious freedom in Sebelius v Hobby Lobby. Details to follow. USA Today starts out with an interesting analysis The Supreme Court advanced the cause of religious freedom Monday in […]

Today Is Decision Day For Hobby Lobby And Obamacare Contraception Mandate

How will the Supreme Court rule? (Fox News) Supporters of the arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby — the business at the center of one of this session’s most closely watched Supreme Court cases — are sounding a confident tone ahead of Monday’s expected decision in their case challenging ObamaCare’s so-called contraception mandate. The court meets for […]

NY Times: Say, Gun Ownership Is Rather Conservative And Racist

Raise your hand if this screed by Tanzina Vega is surprising in the least Minority Gun Owners Face Balancing Act, Weighing Isolation and Stigma of Violence Standing in a small booth surrounded by displays for rifles, pistols, holsters and other firearm accouterments, the Rev. Kenn Blanchard signed copies of his book “Black Man With a […]

Anti-2nd Amendment Op-Ed: Why Aren’t We Doing Something About Gun Violence?

A bit of insensitivity to start this Saturday morning, since the op-ed writers, Mark Barden and David Wheeler, both lost their sons to the Sandy Hook nutjob. Yet, if they are going to jump into the political realm in order to call for restrictions on our Constitutional Rights, and use Father’s Day as an excuse, […]

Obama Suggests Banning All Automatic And Semi-automatic Weapons

Strangely, he doesn’t suggest that the huge number of people who protect him who carry automatic and sem-automatic weapons should be disarmed (Daily Caller) President Barack Obama Tuesday suggested that the U.S. government should follow Australia’s example in dealing with shooting sprees, which involved strict gun bans on semiautomatic and automatic weapons. “Australia had a […]

Gun Miraculously Appears On Target Shelf After Anti-gun Group Applies Pressure

I don’t want to really go down a conspiracy road, but, this makes you wonder (Forbes) Gun safety advocates are asking Target to ban ‘open carry’ in its stores. After a string of victories at fast food chains in recent weeks, gun control activists are renewing pressure on discount giant Target Target to ban firearms […]

Bummer: Fast Food Place Robbed Same Day It Went Sorta Gun Free

Serendipity* is a stone cold mother, isn’t it? (Daily Caller) On the same day that Sonic, an Oklahoma City-based fast food chain, issued a statement against customers carrying guns at their restaurants, an employee at the company’s Topeka, Kan. store was robbed. According to Topeka police, two males robbed a carhop on Friday afternoon, reports […]

Liberals Are Super Upset About A Few People Killed With A Gun…

…but not over the others killed with a knife. …but not over those hit with a car. …but not the tens of millions killed and tortured by their favored communist/socialist rulers like Stalin, Mao, Chavez. …but not over the tens of thousands killed in Syria by guns, bombs, and chemical weapons. …but not the millions […]

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