If you object to getting a COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons, you can apply for an exemption. But if you work with the federal government, you’ve also been added to a database. Mat Staver, chairman of the Liberty Counsel, says there’s no good reason to keep lists. And, in America Q&A we ask if any…
Feds Quietly Create Database of People of Faith; Convention of States Gains Momentum
Anti-Affirmative Action Leader on Biden’s Supreme Court Pledge: ‘He’s Living in the 60s’
President Joe Biden’s pledge to fill the Supreme Court vacancy with a black woman suggests that his mindset is still in the 1960s, according to Ward Connerly, a civil rights leader and prominent opponent of affirmative action. Connerly, who is black, served as regent of University of California when he led the effort that banned…
Hamilton: Statesmanship at the Service of a Natural Rights Republic
Commentary In recent years, American civic culture has suffered deep cleavages. Civil conversations have been poisoned by battles over the meaning of America’s past, and which figures we should revere—and condemn. Even America’s Founding Fathers have come under the microscope, but one—Alexander Hamilton—has been spared such judgments by the massive popularity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s runaway…
The Wolves Will Become Sheep
Commentary When some people get power, they become like wolves. They take whatever savage actions are needed to win and dominate. They turn their opponents and critics into sheep who learn to be quiet or face vicious attacks and destruction. Think of Joseph Stalin killing his rivals. Think of the Castro brothers torturing, imprisoning, and…
How China Has Been Using Globalism as a Trojan Horse to Advance its Own Interests | Truth Over News
The United States is a Republic with a Constitutionally Limited Government. And its citizens are protected by the Bill of Rights. It is our willingness to live by our Republic’s charter – the U.S. Constitution – that allows us to maintain our freedom. Ruled by law instead of being ruled by man. Globalism seeks to…
Lincoln, the American Founding, and the Moral Foundations of a Free Society
Commentary Abraham Lincoln believed that the success of American self-government required the right ideas and the right institutions. He thought that the right ideas were found in the Declaration of Independence—specifically, human equality, individual rights, government by consent of the governed, and the right of revolution. A corollary to these bedrock principles was “the right…
Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Safe Third Country Refugee Pact
OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review a lower court decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum seekers. Under the 17-year-old Safe Third Country Agreement, Canada and the United States recognize each other as havens where people can seek protection. It means Canada can turn back…
Fauci’s Mandates Undermine Our Civil Liberties and Subvert Our Constitution | Truth Over News
Our Constitution is a charter of negative rights—and those negative rights play a crucial role in our lives. Under our Constitution, every individual has the right to engage in activities to preserve and enhance his life, as long as that individual refrains from engaging in activity that prevents others from doing the same. In other…
Texans Pass 8 Amendments to State Constitution, Including One That Strengthens Religious Freedom
Texans hit the polls earlier in the week to pass all eight proposed amendments to the state constitution, including one that curtails the ability of government to restrict religious services, also during emergencies like pandemics, according to state authorities. The Texas Secretary of State has announced unofficial results of the vote, which took place on…
Why Is the Constitution Not Democratic?
Commentary It’s hard not to notice that in the United States, political arguments frequently turn on questions that, in other democracies, nobody talks about. What are the powers of the legislature? What may the executive do? What can the states do without begging permission from the national government? Why can’t an idea popular with the…
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