God *is* allowed in public schools
If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve seen someone post this to their wall: A dog had followed his owner to school. His owner was a fourth grade...
Category: Supreme Court
Amending the Constitution
A columnist on Yahoo! recently posted a list of 7 ways Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) would like to change the Constitution. Of those seven, only two are ones with ...
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 ...
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“The burden of proof rests on who asserts, not on who denies.” In the United States of America, any p...