But it says "Congress shall make no law…"
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states plainly: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting ...
Category: Supreme Court
Advice and consent
At the end of each year, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court issues a report, a year-end report on the Federal judiciary. This year, the Chief Justice turned...
"That’s obscene, and I’m offended!"
What do John Stagliano, Lizzy Borden, and Rob Zicari have in common? All three were prosecuted under Federal obscenity laws. Lizzy Borden and Rob Zicari were se...
Stripping jurisdiction from the Federal courts
Here is an interesting question to ponder: does Congress have the power to exempt from the United States Supreme Court or Federal courts cases dealing with cert...
God is banished from the classroom?
Note: This discussion should be considered applicable to the United States only. Prayers are one of the dominating themes of religion. They range from simple ve...
Sexual morality and Texas
In typical discussions of morality, two topics tend to come up more than most: sex and abortion. Obviously the two are related — without the former you wo...
Further commentary on the pledge of allegiance
If you threaten to take the words “under God” out of the pledge of allegiance, you’re a secular, anti-American lunatic. Or so the Christian ri...
Presumption of innocence
Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat.1 In the United States of America, any person accused of a crime is to be presumed innocent until properly obtaine...
Elena Kagan
As an attorney, Elena Kagan, currently the Solicitor General of the United States, has a distinguished and accomplished career. However she does not have any ex...
The Supremacy Clause and Treaties
The Constitution typically is interpreted to be superior to every branch of government in the United States. It lays the framework for the Federal government an...