Category: Constitution

Church vs. State: Catholic Bishops Vow to Defy Blue-state “Reveal-confessions” Law

May 16, 2025

By Selwyn Duke “‘We must obey God rather than men.’” So said Seattle Archbishop Paul Etienne, quoting the Bible, while explaining why priests will go to prison before complying with a new Washington state law. The issue? The law requires clergymen to report acts of child abuse revealed during Confession. The problem? Among other things,…
De Facto “Hate Speech” Law in America? Woman Falsely Arrested for Using Racial Slur

May 14, 2025

By Selwyn Duke Founded by Puritans in 1638 as a safe harbor against religious persecution, New Haven, Connecticut, is, ironically, now no safe haven from the dark religion of wokeness’ speech suppression. A shocking example is a conservative woman who was put through the city’s criminal-justice crucible for an entire year. Her trespass? She allegedly…
Nullification? Ignore Judge’s Immigration “Order,” Florida AG Tells State Law Enforcement

May 5, 2025

By Selwyn Duke With “each decision … unabashedly based not on law,” the Court moves “one step closer to being reminded of [its] impotence,” warned late Justice Antonin Scalia in his Obergefell v. Hodges dissent (2015). Now, a decade later, the judiciary has just gotten a major reminder. That is, an Obama-appointed activist judge recently “ordered” Florida…
Hawaii Supreme Court: “Spirit of Aloha” Trumps 2nd Amendment — and U.S. Supreme Court

April 23, 2025

By Selwyn Duke Is this Hawaii 5-No? Some could wonder given that all five Aloha State Supreme Court justices have said no to gun rights — and the U.S. Supreme Court’s finding that they exist. That’s right: We incessantly hear about how President Trump is a Threat to Democracy™, that he’ll “ignore court rulings.” Ironically, though,…
Free-speech Support Declining in U.S. — With the Young Leading the Way

April 6, 2025

By Selwyn Duke Here’s an interesting test if you have any young people in your life. Ask them to finish the following rhyme: “Sticks and stones may….” A second question you can pose to the whippersnapper is: Is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment? (And just hope they know what the First Amendment is.)…
Constitutionally Granted Birthright Citizenship for Illegals? SCOTUS Says No

April 1, 2025

By Selwyn Duke Imagine the following scenario: A pregnant woman goes into labor while passing your property and, in distress, stumbles onto your lawn. You take notice, offer aid, and EMT arrives and, with time short, she gives birth on the scene. Mother and baby turn out safe and healthy, though, and all’s well that…
Does Teaching Bible in Schools Make Kids More Moral and Mentally Healthy?

March 26, 2025

By Selwyn Duke While talking about “raising and training children” and “implanting” the proper “moral code,” a prominent politician had an interesting prescription. “The fundamental basis of this Nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount,” he said. “The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from…
Anti-straight-bias Suit Could Upend Discrimination Law — and Further Kill DEI

February 27, 2025

By Selwyn Duke Do you know that, based on court rulings, members of so-called privileged groups who claim employment bias must meet a higher bar than “minorities”? Ironically, of course, this means that the latter are privileged by law. It’s a standard akin to the notion that “only whites can be ‘racist.’” But now, one woman’s…
Post Roe v. Wade, Will Same-sex “Marriage” Be Back on the Ballot?

February 20, 2025

By Selwyn Duke Though an ardent leftist, late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once conceded that Roe v. Wade (1973) was a badly settled decision. But settled it was. Then the abortion ruling finally was “unsettled” and “resettled” in 2022 with the Dobbs decision. Will the same process unfold with the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex “marriage” opinion…
“Lemon” Called a Lemon: Will Religion Fully Return to the Public Square — Where it Belongs?

February 19, 2025

By Selwyn Duke The very first Congress, in 1789, was opened with Christian prayers. Congress continued opening with Christian prayers in following years, and it opens with prayers today — and they’re still usually Christian. Despite this, somehow, some way, somebody at some point got the idea that it was unconstitutional for a public-school football…

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