In what can only be considered a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court handed down it’s decision on campaign spending limits for corporations. The ruling was 5-4 in favor of removing the limits that prevented corporations from spending money from their general treasuries in support of a particular candidate. There are a lot of things...
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Now that the Massachusetts election is over there’s an issue that arose during the campaign that I thought was worth looking at further. There was a controversy in the Massachusetts election wherein one candidate accused the other of lying. Shocking! According to a Washington Examiner story (not a preferred source but adequate for this...
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The Mojave National Preserve covers 1.6 million acres in Southern California and is managed by the National Park Service (NPS). In 1934 the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars erected a cross at Sunrise Rock in the Mojave to honor Americans who died in combat in World War 1. The cross was...
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The First Amendment is getting a close look by the Supreme Court this session. I’ve already written here about the challenge to corporate “speech” and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform laws in the Hillary: The Movie case. Last week the Court heard two cases involving the placement of a memorial cross on public property...
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Coming Soon to the Supreme Court: “Hillary: The Movie” On September 9th the Supreme Court will rehear the case Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission, better known as the Hillary: The Movie case. The case revolves around the First Amendment right to free speech and the McCain-Feingold law restricting corporate campaign financing. Is the movie...
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The mantra of Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign is “Change we can believe in”. He also throws hope in for good measure and he has no end of flowing speeches, telling the American people he is the “change we can believe in”. With all due respect, I beg to differ. The kind of change he...
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Much ado has been made in recent years about a phrase that isn’t even in the Constitution of the United States. “Separation of church and state” has been widely quoted and used as a basis to throw religious symbols out of government buildings and prayer out of public schools. In a letter to the...
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