As first reported by Fox News’ Todd Starnes, Pentagon leaders have blocked soldiers’ access to the website of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The SBC is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States with 16 million members, making it
This is an update to our previous story on how the Obama administration could keep Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant for a short time until they confirm he was not working as a foreign terrorist agent who fraudulently obtained U.S.
This is an update to an earlier story, presenting the analysis of why the Constitution probably entitles Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the full range of protections in the Bill of Rights that he would receive as a civilian in federal district
As a newly-minted U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil, Boston terrorist suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev will get the full range of constitutional protections from the Bill of Rights, as we explained yesterday, except one: Tsarnaev wasn’t read his Miranda rights. In 1966,
A faction in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) just proposed a resolution to change BSA’s longstanding policy regarding openly homosexual behavior, one that will subject them to crippling lawsuits and cannot possibly survive over time. Regardless of where a
The Obama administration has placed Boston terrorist suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev in federal custody with plans to give him a civilian criminal trial in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. That’s what the Constitution requires, though some will undoubtedly question that decision.
We now know the Boston Marathon terrorists were Muslims with roots in Chechnya, the Russian province in an ongoing conflict with Moscow, with a large Muslim population and a history of violent conflict with the Kremlin in a long struggle
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) grilled Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel on a Pentagon email warning Army officers to watch out for soldiers who do not support gay marriage or who disfavor Muslims, equating them with the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis.
As a lawyer in the same-sex marriage litigation at the Supreme Court who has spent a couple years working through all the implications of declaring a constitutional right to gay marriage, it became clear that such a declaration would also
The Supreme Court has declined to take Kachalsky v. Cacace, what could have been the next big Second Amendment case for the nation. But Kachalsky was a flawed case, and another case with different lawyers might have better chances of
This is a legal analysis of the story previously filed by my colleague John Nolte. A Christian florist in Washington State, who declined to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding because she objects for religious reasons, is being taken to court
In a surprising display of putting politics over commitment to the Constitution, two previously pro-gun senators have turned on the National Rifle Association regarding gun control legislation. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have introduced an amendment to
The “pregnant man” wants a divorce, and says he will take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court now that an Arizona court has refused to give him what he wants. This is the first of many such stories Americans
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre is locked in a no-holds-barred fight with President Barack Obama over the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Today Fox News Sunday featured top surrogates for both, former Rep. Asa Hutchinson for
Today the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a global gun control treaty called the Arms Trade Treaty. Now the fight begins here at home. There are several things gun owners need to know to protect their constitutional rights.
America may have heard the last of disgraced former University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, SCOTUS declined to review the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss Churchill’s lawsuit stemming from his 2007
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen
Commentators have rightly condemned Jim Carrey on the heels of revealing himself as an ill-mannered and malicious left-wing activist after his ridiculous anti-gun video. Now Carrey is threatening to sue Fox News for criticizing him, revealing that knows as little
From the Gospel of John: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to
“I think it is a DOMA problem. The question is whether or not the federal government, under our federalism scheme, has the authority to regulate marriage.” With those words, Justice Anthony Kennedy signaled that unless someone changed his mind during
President Obama’s Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said two things in Court Wednesday that may swing Justice Anthony Kennedy one way or the other on whether to uphold or strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA
The Supreme Court’s justices spent a full hour in today’s DOMA case, U.S. v. Windsor, debating whether the case should be in court at all. In each DOMA lawsuit–including Windsor–the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) has a responsibility to defend
The Supreme Court will hear two historic cases this week on marriage: Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor. And they could fundamentally transform American society. This would be an easy case with clear adherence to two constitutional principles.
The Supreme Court will hear two historic cases this week on marriage: Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor. And they could fundamentally transform American society. This would be an easy case with clear adherence to two constitutional principles.
