President to bypass Congress on semiautomatic weapons ban?
Gun rights activist John Snyder explains.
Category: Constitutional Concerns
Egypt assembly adopts draft constitution: “Muslim Brotherhood constitution”
Egypt’s constituent assembly has adopted a draft constitution after a marathon all-night session that began shortly afternoon on Thursday and ran until Friday morning. The assembly – boycotted by liberals and Christians – has...
Congress implored to denounce sexual-orientation therapy
In the latest attack on therapies aimed at helping gay patients who want to become heterosexual, a congresswoman from California said Wednesday that she was introducing a resolution calling on Congress to denounce the practice. Rep....
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) suggests an amendment to the constitution to restrict free speech rights
“We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.”
Butler Univ: Ignore ‘American-ness, Maleness, Whiteness, Heterosexuality’
If you’re a white heterosexual middle-class young male who’s attending Butler University, don’t register for Political Science 201: Research and Analysis; your perspective is unwanted there. In that class, taught by a black female professor, the...
Judge rules atheist court case seeking removal of Jesus statue
HELENA, Mont. – A lawsuit seeking the removal of a Jesus statue near a Montana ski resort will go on after a national group of atheists and agnostics produced a local member who says...
Islamists Vow Demonstrations in Support of Morsi
Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi seems unshaken by the massive protests that shook Cairo on Tuesday night. He has shown no interest in retreating from his recent power grab and the Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood...
Bitter struggle over Internet regulation to dominate global summit
(Reuters) – An unprecedented debate over how the global Internet is governed is set to dominate a meeting of officials in Dubai next week, with many countries pushing to give a United Nations body...
Chicago Suburb Is Latest To Ban Nativity Scene
In Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago, the Illinois nativity Scene Committee will be denied permission to display a Nativity scene in a local park. The group has placed nativity scenes in Daly Plaza in downtown...
Morsi’s assumption of sweeping powers polarises Egypt
The sweeping new powers that Egyptian President Morsi has assumed make him immune from being overruled – a situation some say is reminiscent of the leader he replaced. But Morsi defends his move as...
