I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s. According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.” Desperate […]
History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID
This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much research and reflection, includes a […]
Did That Sovereignty Resolution Mean Anything?
By Shelli Dawdy On March 29, 2010, I published an article here about the effort taken by GiN and so many Nebraskans to get the Sovereignty Resolution passed through the Nebraska Unicameral. Since then, I’ve been wondering…will that effort go to waste? Sovereignty…what does it really mean? On April 13, 2010, the Nebraska Unicameral passed […]
A Republic If You Can Keep It
The story goes that Benjamin Franklin was approached by a woman as he left the Constitutional Convention 1 Recorded by Constitution signer James McHenry in his diary which was reprinted in 1906. Reference.. She asked: “What have you given us?” Franklin is said to have replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” This exchange […]
In the News: October 29-November 4, 2009
UPDATED September 27, 2011: Note that some sites remove or move items after some time has lapsed. Where possible, we have linked to the article originally cited, if it exists elsewhere online. CAP AND TRADE: Senate Panel Approves Democratic Climate Bill By Richard Cowan, Reuters; November 5, 2009
In the News: October 22-28, 2009
CAP AND TRADE: Carbon Advantage of Biofuels May Be Overstated By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post; October 23, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Senate Judiciary Chairman Unable to Say Where Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans to Buy Insurance By Matt Cover, CNS News; October 22, 2009 Hoyer Says Constitution’s “General Welfare” Clause Empowers Congress to […]
In the News: October 15-21, 2009
Across the Country CAP AND TRADE: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October 14, 2009 A Baker’s Dozen of Reasons to Oppose Cap-and-Trade By Nick Loris, The Heritage Foundation; July 21, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October 14, 2009 Hoyer Says Constitution’s […]
In the News: Week of October 1-7, 2009
Across the Country CAP AND TRADE: Health Care and the Constitution By John Hendrickson, Public Interest Institute; October 7, 2009 The Constitution: It’s Not Just for Conservatives by Josh Eboch, Tenth Amendment Center; October 1, 2009 Mourning Constitutional By Matthew Ladner, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs; September 29, 2009 Locking Up Political Speech: How Electioneering […]
In the News: Week of September 23-30, 2009
In Nebraska
In the News: Week of September 17-23, 2009
In Nebraska Across the Country: CAP AND TRADE: Cap and Trade: The Wall Street Tax By Rep. Michelle Bachmann; September 21, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES: 50 Bright Stars: An Assessment of Each State’s Constitutional Commitment to Limited Government By Nicholas Dranias; September 17, 2009 U.S. Constitution: The Originalist Perspective By David Forte; September 17, 2009 The […]
