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GOP Stops CDC 2nd Amendment “Research and Destroy” Mission

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 28, 2015 20 Comments

"A gunshot isn't a disease"

Analysis: Government’s laughable arguments in 9th Circuit 2nd Amendment case

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 19, 2015 14 Comments

LOL: Government attorneys cite Bloomberg's "Everytown for Gun Safety" to support gun laws

Bipartisan amendment could hold up appropriations in House

Posted by Amy Miller on April 30, 2015 3 Comments

Arguments over the war fund

The Third Amendment makes all the others possible

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2015 37 Comments

Try blogging with a soldier quartered at your desk.

Democrats’ First Act of Obstruction

Posted by Amy Miller on January 09, 2015 7 Comments

Now is the winter of our procedural discontent

Fourth Amendment triumphs over warrantless DUI blood tests

Posted by Amy Miller on November 30, 2014 24 Comments

No consent + no exigent circumstance = no warrantless DUI tests

South Carolina licensing officials accused of suppressing lawyer’s 1st Amendment rights

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 16, 2014 48 Comments

Controversial conservative lawyer Todd Kincannon claims he’s being silenced because officials disagree with his political speech

House Panel Vote: IRS’ Lerner Waived Fifth Amendment Right

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 28, 2013 27 Comments

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a resolution Friday determining that IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination when she made opening statements in a May hearing before refusing to answer further questions. .@GOPoversight voted 22-17 that Lois...

Issue spotting Lois Lerner and the 5th Amendment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2013 23 Comments

Lois Lerner famously purported to invoke the 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination yesterday while appearing before Congress. A number of people have reached out to me to ask me to write about it. Unfortunately, it’s outside my area of experience and I don’t have time...

Ted Cruz versus DiFi on 2nd Amendment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 48 Comments

Via Mediaite: On Thursday, during a committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on gun control legislation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) engaged in a heated exchange over the constitutionality of her support for stricter gun control laws. In posing a question...

Meet Kevin Tully – Vet who passionately defended 2nd Amendment at anti-gun event

Posted by Anne Segal on January 24, 2013 20 Comments

"When in our nation did the word 'patriot' become a foul word?"

Veteran stands up for 2nd Amendment at Chicago anti-gun forum (Update — interview with Vet)

Posted by Anne Segal on January 22, 2013 68 Comments

After enduring hours of derision and mockery by the panelists at a Chicago-area guns “forum” Sunday, one man in the audience stood up and addressed the crowd, identified himself as a veteran, and proceeded to give a straightforward but passionate defense of his support for...

It being necessary to cut through the blather about the Second Amendment before we lose our rights…

Posted by Joel Engel on December 19, 2012 41 Comments

The president has just promised to submit gun-control legislation (though not a budget) to Congress in a matter of weeks. So now is a good time to point out that our national debate over a citizens’ ownership of guns wouldn’t be necessary—nor would the kinds...

Hey, anyone know how 3rd Amendment supporters voted?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 13, 2012 8 Comments

Third Amendment supporters are among the most motivated voters, because nothing is more fundamental to our liberty than the right not to have soldiers quartered in our houses in time of peace, or even in war, except in a manner prescribed by law. Without the Third Amendment, the...

Saturday Night Card Game (The first race card has been played against Paul Ryan)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2012 48 Comments

Well, that didn’t take long. When it became clear that Paul Ryan would be the Veep nominee this morning, the New York State Immigrant Action Center posted what might be the first race card play against Ryan as Veep nominee, accusing him of using the...

I support the 3rd Amendment, and I vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 10 Comments

There have been over 200 bumper sticker posts since the first post on June 24, 2010. We have covered the 1st, 2nd and 10th Amendments numerous times, but never the 3rd Amendment. You know, the one that says, umm, you know, yeah I took Con...

First They Came For The Tanning Industry…

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2009 6 Comments

What did the tanning industry ever do to deserve being singled out for a new 10% surtax on all indoor tanning services in Harry Reid’s Manager’s Amendment? The tanning tax was a substitute for the cosmetic surgery tax (a/k/a Botax) in the prior bill. This...

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