Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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RICHARD A. VIGURIE: Al Franken, Constitutional Scholar?
ConservativeHQ.com - Al Franken, the ultra-liberal comedian recently sworn in to the U.S. Senate, has been appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee that will conduct hearings on all of President Obama's judicial nominees. For Democrats determined to approve judges who will work outside the democratic process, an intense ideologue trumps a Constitutional scholar. This should be a warning sign for Republicans. Support a Free Honduras ConservativeHQ.com - Thomas Jefferson once said "a little rebellion now and then is a good thing." These revolutions are especially good when they usher in a new era of democracy and freedom, such as that which appears to be occurring in Honduras. Conservatives Closing Ranks Against Sotomayor Newsmax - [excerpt] Conservatives stepped up their criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday, but it was unclear how far Senate Republicans were willing to go to create bumps in what appears to be a smooth road to confirmation for President Barack Obama's first high-court choice. NRA raises concerns over Sotomayor Washington Times - [excerpt] The National Rifle Association said Tuesday that it would actively oppose Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation if she is hostile to senators who press her about gun rights. The letter marks a slight step forward for the group, which has still yet to say whether it flat-out opposes her confirmation or will count Judge Sotomayor's Senate confirmation vote in its influential scorecard of lawmakers. An Uphill Fight for the Right to Carry Guns on Campus Wall Street Journal - [excerpt] Raucous debates over the parameters of the Second Amendment have become a staple of the culture wars. But even on an issue as divisive as gun control, states may be nearing something resembling a national consensus: Guns don't belong in a college classroom. Will the Supreme Court Protect Free Speech? Washington Examiner - [excerpt] Citizens United, a conservative non-profit corporation, sought to air a documentary critical of then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton via video-on-demand. McCain-Feingold, the 2002 campaign finance law, banned broadcast "electioneering communications" that merely mention federal candidates in the period before national conventions, primaries, and general elections, when those broadcast communications are made by an incorporated entity or funded by corporation or union money. George Will: McNamara's Mind Townhall.com - [excerpt] Today, something unsettlingly similar to McNamara's eerie assuredness pervades the Washington in which he died. The spirit is: Have confidence, everybody, because we have, or soon will have, everything -- really everything -- under control. A Writer for Conservatives American Spectator - [excerpt] Koontz is a political and cultural conservative, a Christian who leans to the tragic view of life but celebrates tradition and the ordinary, especially ordinary love, as stays against the darkness. Few popular novelists put it on the line every book for conservative values the way Koontz does. He's a friend of liberty and human dignity. King, alas, is quite the other thing. Curtains for the GOP? Nationa Review - [excerpt] The GOP has very real problems, but this one is mainly hype. In American politics, the -party that is out of power is naturally leaderless. The United States does not have a parliamentary system with one person heading the opposition. In our system of federalism, bicameralism, and separated powers, the party that does not hold the presidency has many voices. In search of drama, however, journalists depict this normal state of affairs as if it were a terminal crisis. They have been doing so for a very long time. Does the PASS ID Act Protect Privacy? Cato - [excerpt] Changing the name of REAL ID to something else is not an alternative to scrapping it. Scrapping REAL ID is something Senator Akaka (D-HI) proposed in the last Congress. Fixing REAL ID is an impossibility, and PASS ID does not do that. Social Insecurity American Conservative - [excerpt] Americans are learning what identity thieves have long known: that nine-digit number you’ve carried most of your life isn’t such a secret. By providing personal data on blogs or social networking sites, millions have become unwitting accomplices. New CommentComments are not enabled for this post. |
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