Unequal Application of Election Law
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 156 Current Event According to the National Review On Line; January 12, 2010 Coates Speaks The Best He Can It’s not news that Christopher Coates, the former chief of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, was relieved of his post on January 5 [...]
President Can’t Wait on The Constitution
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 155 Current Event According to MSNBC.com; April 24, 2012 Obama: Can’t hardly wait The New York Times examines how Obama is using his executive powers as he faces a Congress blocking many of his initiatives.” But increasingly in recent months, the administration has been seeking ways to act without [...]
Drop Fees “for the children”
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 154 Current Event Fox News/| Associated Press; May 27, 2012 Schumer asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story [...]
Elmbrook Can Recover Liberty
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 152 Current Event According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 23, 2012 Elmbrook loses graduation ceremony appeal The Elmbrook School District violated the constitutional separation of church and state by holding graduation ceremonies inside Elmbrook Church, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday. Writing for the majority [...]
Liberty Lost To Incorrect Church-State Decision
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 149 Current Event From FoxNews.com; February 09, 2012 Rhode Island town readies for ‘boisterous’ hearing on now-covered prayer bannerA Rhode Island town is bracing for a potentially “boisterous” public hearing next week where officials will vote on whether to fight a court order to take down a prayer banner [...]
ObamaCare Discourages Marriage
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 142 Current Event Published October 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com Obama’s Health Care Law Penalizes Marriage, Analysts Say A new wrinkle has surfaced in the implementation of the federal health care law that critics argue will impose a significant penalty on women and marriage. The law includes generous subsidies [...]
Is Earth Day a Religious Event?
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 137 Current Event According to the Washington Post, March 26,2012 EPA to impose first greenhouse gas limits on power plants The Environmental Protection Agency will issue the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants as early as Tuesday, according to several people briefed on the proposal. [...]
Dept of Justice or Dept of Revenge?
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 132 Current Event According to the New York Times, December 23, 2011(full article available on-line) Justice Dept. Rejects South Carolina’s Voter ID Law – NYTimes.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that would require voters to present photo identification, saying the law [...]
