Congressional Agenda for 2003
The clouds of election contests are behind us and a new Republican majority in both Houses of Congress will gather in January.
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Judicial Activism: the Biggest 2002 Election Issue
The election on November 5th is a very crucial election. The entire existence of our constitutional republic hangs in the balance. We have suffered a half century of activist/liberal court decisions that seriously threaten to undermine our Rule of Law.
Continue reading →The Biggest Election Issue In 2002
The coming election won’t decide whether or not we go to war, whether the Homeland Security bill will pass, whether seniors will get their prescription drugs paid for by the taxpayers, or whether Social Security will be privatized.
Continue reading →How To Pick Judges
The delays and wrangles about President George W. Bush’s scores of unconfirmed judicial nominees highlight the underlying issues between the two political parties. The Republicans want constitutionalists and the Democrats want judicial activists.
Continue reading →Copyrights and The Constitution
It seems self-evident that no individual should be allowed to own a law that all of us must obey.
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Time To Put Limits On Term Limits For Congress
It’s time to realize that the term limits movement itself has limits. It works well for the president, governors, state legislators, and even congressional chairmanships, where the trappings of power become irresistible.
Continue reading →How Did We Get A Federal Curriculum?
Behind frequent protestations by public officials about local control of the schools, a federal curriculum has been quietly imposed by law.
Continue reading →Where Do Politicians Go In Their Afterlife?
The pharmaceutical corporations, whose generous political spending gives them unrivaled clout with public officials, now have big plans to capitalize on public fears after 9/11.
Continue reading →Fast Track Is Unconstitutional
Where are all those strict-constructionist Republicans who’ve been complaining about activist judges who don’t respect the fact that the U.S. Constitution gives “all legislative powers” to the Congress? Don’t those Republicans realize that it is just as unconstitutional to transfer legislative powers to the executive branch?
Continue reading →Second Amendment Rights In Reality and In Court
If the hijackers had used guns for their crimes on 9/11, we would surely now be caught up in a frenzy of demands that this “lesson” calls for tough gun-control legislation.
Continue reading →Triad Response to Terrorism
As President Bush has warned us, this is a new kind of war. He is doing a good job of the military and diplomatic legs of the U.S. response to terrorism, but it’s up to citizens to insist that the response on the homeland front be effective and constitutional.
Continue reading →Humans vs. Fish at Klamath Falls
On July 12, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) offered Amendment 899 to release the river water to the farmers. That should have been a no-brainer — what could be easier than choosing between desperate farmers and a couple of ugly fish?
Continue reading →Let's Encourage, Not Discourage, Allegiance
Back in the olden days of the Cold War, a favorite sport of the liberals was to accuse conservatives of seeing imaginary spies and traitors under the bed. Who could have predicted that a real spy named Robert Hanssen and a traitor named Marc Rich would be dominating big- media headlines in 2001?
Continue reading →The Way We Elect Our Presidents
Hillary Clinton’s first legislative proposal since her election as Senator was to call for the abolition of the Electoral College. It’s no surprise that she will use her celebrity status to advance a series of bad ideas, and this is one of the worst.
Continue reading →Don't Knock The Electoral College
Senator Hillary Clinton’s first legislative proposal since her election was to call for the abolition of the Electoral College.
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United Nations Millennium Summit
Even before the United Nations Millennium Summit begins on Wednesday (tomorrow), the conclusions are already drawn. The consensus process used at their meetings assures the outcomes of every UN meeting. Let me explain how it works.
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