President Discusses Global War on Terror

Posted on September 5, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 6 Comments

President Bush hit a homerun with his speech on the GWOT today! Here is some of the transcript from The White House Press Release:
Next week, America will mark the fifth anniversary of September the 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. As this day approaches, it brings with it a flood of painful memories. We remember the [...]

Hands Off Constitutions? A Weak Case by the normally strong J. Harvie Wilkinson

Posted on September 5, 2006 - Filed Under Activist Judges, Homosexual Agenda, News, Supreme Court | Comments Off

Fourth Circuit judge (and former SCOTUS short-lister) J. Harvie Wilkinson has a bizarre column in the Washington Post today: Hands Off Constitutions, This Isn’t the Way to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
First, let’s get some terminology straight — what the judge is talking about is not “banning gay marriage,” what we are talking about is preserving marriage, [...]

Alliance Defense Fund Launches Blog

Posted on September 5, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | Comments Off

Everyone out there that cares about Constitutional issues make sure to update the links on your blogs to includ the Alliance Defense Fund’s blog, Constitutionally Correct!
From their press release:
Opening the door for a fresh perspective on crucial legal and social issues, the Alliance Defense Fund today announced the unveiling of its first blog site. [...]

The NSA Debate

Posted on September 5, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | Comments Off

Here are a few links and quotes from around the blogosphere on the NSA debate. This is going to be a major issue in the upcoming mid-term elections. I have worn myself thin repeating myself in this debate so I’ll just quote others this time around.
Glenn Greenwald rants on the framing of the [...]

GOP To Put Immigration On Backburner

Posted on September 5, 2006 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, News, War On Terror | 4 Comments

The NY Times reports that the GOP will be putting the controversial immigration issue on the backburner and focusing more on national security issues. I’m not quite sure that this is the best strategy as it is one of the most important issues to their base. I realize that it is a complex [...]