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A Primer on SCOTUS, Abortion, and the Leaked Opinion Draft

Published on May 8, 2022 By sirrahc

“It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” — Justice Samuel Alito (in the leaked opinion draft) If you are like me, you may feel a bit overwhelmed by all of the articles from the last few days talking about SCOTUS, the leaked opinion draft, […]

Christians Cannot Ignore Politics in the Culture Wars

Published on August 2, 2020 By sirrahc

Despite the Judeo-Christian beginnings of the United States of America, there are some Americans these days who want to silence and marginalize Christians. (See my last couple posts.) While claiming to be “tolerant”, many will use bullying tactics to do so. (I suspect I’m not telling you anything new, here.) Yet, some Christians seem to […]

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Published on March 8, 2011 By sirrahc

I love my country. And I think we have the best government and legal system, based on the Rule of Law, beginning with and rooted in the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. But, it’s still an imperfect system. Sometimes — more often than most of us imagine or care to […]

Natural Law, Due Process, and Personal Property Rights

Published on December 29, 2010 By sirrahc

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas holiday! All too short, I’m sure. Now, back to “business”…. One often hears the terms “natural law” and “due process” used when discussing various (real or perceived) rights and constitutionality of laws. But, to me, at least, it isn’t always clear what people mean by that. (I have […]

Reigning in the Radical Liberal Judiciary

Published on December 15, 2010 By sirrahc

Who Guards the Guardians? In his book The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault, Judge Robert Dierker reveals and discusses the many ways in which radical liberals in the U.S. courts — judges and attorneys — have eaten away at our constitutional liberties. The […]

Commerce, Jurisdiction and Firearms Freedom Acts

Published on May 15, 2010 By sirrahc

Today’s guest post is another tie-in to my earlier post about “Montana Made” law. This one comes from Houston attorney Jeff Matthews, courtesy of the Tenth Amendment Center. Enjoy! ===== Commerce, Jurisdiction and Firearms Freedom Acts State efforts to reclaim their jurisdiction are great. But in some respects, the states are still showing signs of […]