Opinion Forum

The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Interpretation

January 25th, 2013

By Dan Miller Part III Part I dealt with guns and the Second Amendment. Part II dealt mainly with the First Amendment. This Part III looks at the origins and purposes of the Bill of Rights and questions the direction in which our nation is headed. The Bill of Rights in general When the Constitution […]

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Tags: amendment, Constitution, federal, judiciary, liberty, precedent, rights, state
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Supreme Court Partially Affirms Ninth Circuit Ruling on Arizona Immigration Laws

June 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Ninth Circuit had ruled that Arizona had improperly preempted Federal immigration law. (The Court will probably release its ObamaCare decision on Thursday.) I am The Master and will enforce or ignore whatever laws I wish.

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Tags: Arizona, crime, enforcement, federal, illegal immigration, Supreme Court
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Rep. Allen West Supports National Graduated Driver Licensing Legislation

March 13th, 2012

By Dan Miller I greatly respect Colonel West and wish he were running for higher office. Were he to seek the Presidency, I would vote for him with enthusiasm. However, on this matter I think he has stepped into a trap. According to this article at his blog, Rep. West favors new federal legislation requiring […]

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Tags: driver license, federal, funding, invasive, requirements, state
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SCOTUS Grants Review of ObamaCare

November 14th, 2011

By Dan Miller By an order issued today, the Supreme Court granted several petitions for certiorari in cases challenging the constitutionality of the insurance mandate and other aspects of ObamaCare. Here is the only article I have found that provides a useful analysis of what the Court actually did. Among other things, it says Setting […]

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Tags: federal, insurance, Kennedy, mandate, Obamacare, state, Supreme Court
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Veterans Administration Cemetery in Houston Bans God

June 29th, 2011

By Dan Miller Even President Obama’s religious mentor for twenty years, the Reverend Mr. Wright, used the word that shall no longer be mentioned. According to this article, Local veterans and volunteer groups accuse Department of Veterans Affairs officials of censoring religious speech — including the word “God” — at Houston National Cemetery. In one […]

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Tags: ban, cemetery, chapel, federal, free speech, God, national, satire, VA
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