Need I say more than this? Jurors who question the legitimacy of unconstitutional or immoral laws are kicked off the jury. In short, we can all rest assured that juries--the last check and balance against government tyranny in the courts--will blindly obey the will of their government masters. How is this freedom? » read more »

The Seventeenth Amendment made Senators to be elected by the people rather than by the state legislatures, effectively dismantling the separation of powers as the Founding Fathers desired. The Founding Fathers rightly believed man was cursed with sin and all but sure to be corrupt in wielding power over others. So fundamental was this belief that the entire structure of the federal government was designed to split power so completely that corruption would find inhospitable conditions for growth. The House of Representatives was to be elected by the people. » read more »

A California court has issued a ruling which effectively makes homeschooling in that state illegal. (Not surprisingly, neither the legislature nor any sort of popular sanction was involved. Such is "law" in this day and age.) In fact, the ruling is broad enough to affect charter schools and even study-at-home programs that are overseen by the public system. The case is headed to the state supreme court, so the ruling could be overturned, but that's only temporary. » read more »

A judge in Utah is persecuting a homeschooling family. Why is he doing this? Are the parents abusive? Are the children failing to learn? No, according to the article, "the judge told the woman that homeschooling fails 100 percent of the time and he wasn't going to allow it." It's always reassuring to have a fair, impartial judge sitting on the bench. » read more »

Not long ago, I happened to reread an old blog post of mine that deals with the issue of the powers granted to the federal government by the Constitution. After I finished reading my "additional thoughts" at the end, another thought occurred to me. When President Washington was considering the bill, passed by Congress, that would enact a national bank, he wanted to investigate whether it was supported by the Constitution before he signed it into law. This seems like a reasonable approach to me, but unfortunately, today's lawmakers don't seem to have much regard for the Constitution. » read more »

Still think the police are there to "protect and serve"? Ask this grandmother about that. Seems she was walking her dog in the park when a teen took a shot at her with a handgun. Naturally, she went to the police. Their response: "Walk your dog somewhere else."

Testimony of the Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853)

Greenleaf, one of the principle founders of the Harvard Law School, originally set out to disprove the biblical testimony concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was certain that a careful examination of the internal witness of the Gospels would dispel all the myths at the heart of Christianity. But this legal scholar came to the conclusion that the witnesses were reliable, and that the resurrection did in fact happen. » read more »

From http://www.mobyinthemorning.co... ...

Here is a REAL INTERVIEW with an illegal Mexican at a protest march in Texas. Trying to reason with an Illegal Mexican on the streets of downtown Houston, May 1, 2006. Jim Moore reporting for a Houston TV station:

Jim: Juan, I see that you and thousands of other protesters are marching in the streets to demonstrate for your cause. Exactly what is your cause and what do you expect to accomplish by this protest?

Juan: We want our rights. We will show you how powerful we are. We will bring Houston to its knees!

Jim: What rights?

Juan: Our right to live here...legally. Our right to get all the benefits you get. » read more »

Patents and copyrights may have been commonplace in the 18th century, but they seem to have outlived their usefulness in the 21st. Do we really need them today? Actors, for example, couldn't command obscene 20 million dollar salaries if copyrights didn't exist. Movie stars would be just ordinary people again. Publishing would certainly be a quite different industry. Of course, fraud is still immoral even without copyright or patent laws, so attributing plagiarized work inaccurately would still be criminal. I am beginning to think it may be quite possible to live without patents and copyrights. » read more »

From http://www.constitution.org/lr... ...

Seton Hall Constitutional L.J. 2001, 685

ARE COPS CONSTITUTIONAL?

Roger Roots*

ABSTRACT » read more »