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PBS Constitutional Road Trip: Smooth Ride with a Few Bumps
This week, PBS premiered part one of a four-part series on the Constitution. In it, Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,… Read More
SecurityNews
Security and Liberty: How to Maximize Both
The horrific terrorist attack in Boston this week, and the ensuing investigation to find the person or persons responsible, once again highlight the age-old question:… Read More
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Today at the Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage and California’s Proposition 8
This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a constitutional challenge to California’s definition of marriage as the union of a… Read More
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Marriage and Faux Federalism
George Will opens his recent column criticizing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on federalism grounds by quoting from a 1948 Supreme Court case: “[U]nder… Read More
SocietyNews
Ideology, Not Science, Behind Redefining Marriage
Severe flaws and limitations exist in the scientific research into the relatively new phenomenon of same-sex parenting, argue preeminent political scientists Leon R. Kass and… Read More
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The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: The Dangers of Transnationalism
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes… Read More
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Portman: Right on the Court, Wrong on Marriage
Senator Rob Portman (R–OH) announced this morning that he now supports the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples. He was clear, however, that the… Read More
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Uniting Around the Constitution
Budget cutters, cultural conservatives, and national defense hawks ought to be able to rally around a common standard. But what is that standard? In order… Read More
LawNews
“Violence Against Women” Act: House Bill Better but Still Flawed
The House has proposed its own reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It is an improvement over the Senate bill, but it, too,… Read More
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Frederick Douglass: America’s Valentine
Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to eat chocolate or dote on freshly delivered red roses. Oh, and to celebrate the 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass…. Read More
Health CareNews
Will Obamacare Go the Way of Prohibition?
Steve Benen on MSNBC’s “The Maddow Blog” dismisses congressional efforts to repeal all or parts of Obamacare and admonishes conservatives to get with the program…. Read More
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Constitution: You’ve Read It; Now Rely on It
At 10 this morning (be sure to catch it on C-SPAN), members of the House of Representatives will take a break from the normal hurly-burly… Read More
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On an Earlier Election Day…
If the final polls are to be believed, the 2012 election will be decided by a narrow margin. But despite a seemingly endless string of… Read More
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Do Political Conventions Matter?
Delegates have known for months (or longer) whom their parties will nominate for President. With such predictability, the national conventions have been taken for granted,… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare and the Fight to Preserve America’s Founding Principles
Since the passage of Obamacare, the federal government’s role in American citizens’ lives has grown significantly. In a recent lecture, Heritage expert Robert Moffit discusses… Read More
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Celebrate the Constitution: Read It!
The fireworks rarely fly on Sept. 17, but that holiday – Constitution Day – is just as significant as Independence Day. At least, that’s the… Read More
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The Constitution is Still Number One
Prior to his presidency, Senator Obama famously announced that empathy would be his criteria for selecting judges. Although Sonia Sotomayor deemphasized her empathetic understanding of… Read More
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This Bill of Rights Day, Let’s Celebrate the Whole Constitution
This Bill of Rights day, Let’s Celebrate the Constitution Many Americans praise the first ten amendments to our Constitution, collectively called the Bill of Rights,… Read More
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We Still Hold These Truths: The Rise of the Czar State Impedes Liberty
This is the third in a four part series. Matthew Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths, examines the timeless principles and practical wisdom… Read More
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We Still Hold These Truths: The Progressive Assault on America
This is the second of a four part series. Matthew Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths, examines the timeless principles and practical wisdom… Read More
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We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering America’s Founding
This is the first of a five part series. In the midst of frenzied efforts to remake our nation—of endless government initiatives involved in virtually… Read More
LawNews
D.C. Voting Deception: Release the Secret Memo
Ed Whelan has a strong column in yesterday’s Washington Post on the Attorney General’s attempt to suppress an Office of Legal Counsel opinion concluding that… Read More
LawNews
Actively Destroying the Republic
Robert Bork at Heritage / Photo by Andrew Blasko Former judge Robert Bork delivered the first lecture in Heritage’s Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture series that… Read More
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The Decline of the Constitution in Public Discourse
As all eyes turn to Denver and the Democratic National Convention this week, anticipation is building for Barack Obama’s address to a crowd of 75,000… Read More
LawNews
Decades Late, but Welcome to the Party!
Legal Times reports that some liberals are encouraging their friends on the Left to rethink their approach to the Constitution. The Constitutional Accountability Center, launched… Read More
