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Religion/Republican platform/Supreme Court

God *is* allowed in public schools

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Constitution/Republican platform/Supreme Court

Amending the Constitution

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

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 ...

Free speech/Religion/Supreme Court

But it says "Congress shall make no law…"

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states plainly: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting ...

Constitution/Supreme Court

Advice and consent

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Censorship/Free speech/Nudity/Religion/Sex/Supreme Court

"That’s obscene, and I’m offended!"

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Constitution/Marriage/Republican platform/Supreme Court

Stripping jurisdiction from the Federal courts

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Law/Religion/Supreme Court

God is banished from the classroom?

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Religion/Sex/Supreme Court

Sexual morality and Texas

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Pledge of Allegiance/Religion/Supreme Court

Further commentary on the pledge of allegiance

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 3 Comments

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...

Due process/Religion/Supreme Court

Presumption of innocence

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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