We will be giving a talk at our general meeting on August 23rd on the US Constitution based on a paper by former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at Hillsdale College.
You can download the paper here.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Constitutional Amendments and Citizenship Rights
An excellent article by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online:
From the article:
Liberal devotees of the “living Constitution” always made a fair point. The Founding Fathers never envisioned a world with jet planes, split atoms, stem-cell therapies, one-click porn, or MTV’s Jersey Shore. Similarly, the ratifiers of the 14th Amendment would be stunned to learn, in July of 1868, that they had just created an adamantine right for homosexuals to marry one another and receive state benefits to boot, as a federal judge in California recently decided (overruling, I might add, the will of California voters).
From the article:
Liberal devotees of the “living Constitution” always made a fair point. The Founding Fathers never envisioned a world with jet planes, split atoms, stem-cell therapies, one-click porn, or MTV’s Jersey Shore. Similarly, the ratifiers of the 14th Amendment would be stunned to learn, in July of 1868, that they had just created an adamantine right for homosexuals to marry one another and receive state benefits to boot, as a federal judge in California recently decided (overruling, I might add, the will of California voters).
Some Links
Conservative and Related Websites of Interest
National Review Online – The original magazine of conservative thought. Founded by William F. Buckley Jr.
The Weekly Standard – Conservative weekly news and commentary magazine
Townhall.com – Syndicated conservative columnists
The Wall Street Journal – Opinion and Commentary
David Horowitz Freedom Center
The American Enterprise Institute
American Thinker
Americans for Prosperity
The Heritage Foundation
The Cato Institute – Libertarian think tank.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education – Dedicated to free speech on campus
New Jersey Family Policy Council
Free Market Economics
EconTalk - Library of Economics and Liberty
Café Hayek - Free market blog
Free To Choose Network – The ideas of the late economist, Milton Friedman
National Review Online – The original magazine of conservative thought. Founded by William F. Buckley Jr.
The Weekly Standard – Conservative weekly news and commentary magazine
Townhall.com – Syndicated conservative columnists
The Wall Street Journal – Opinion and Commentary
David Horowitz Freedom Center
The American Enterprise Institute
American Thinker
Americans for Prosperity
The Heritage Foundation
The Cato Institute – Libertarian think tank.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education – Dedicated to free speech on campus
New Jersey Family Policy Council
Free Market Economics
EconTalk - Library of Economics and Liberty
Café Hayek - Free market blog
Free To Choose Network – The ideas of the late economist, Milton Friedman
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A Constitutional Reading List
Some good books to read on the constitution and America's founding documents.
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future
How To Read The Federalist Papers
Four Pillars of Constitutionalism: The Organic Laws of the United States
On the Second Amendment
That Every Man Be Armed
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future
How To Read The Federalist Papers
Four Pillars of Constitutionalism: The Organic Laws of the United States
On the Second Amendment
That Every Man Be Armed
William McGurn: Are Americans Bigots? - WSJ.com
From the Wall Street Journal. William McGurn writes what many of us have been saying all along. A good essay worth reading. Are Americans Bigots?
Thomas Sowell
See Thomas Sowell's latest article here: Applauding Immaturity at Hunter College High School
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