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The Supreme Court Is at a Fork in the Road on Gun Rights
The conservative majority wants to apply a “history and tradition” test to the Second Amendment. But whose history—and what ...
Protests are as American as the Tea Party. But there have to be limits: Bob Paulson
Fifty-five years ago, fresh-faced college freshmen like me arrived on Miami of Ohio’s campus just months after that spring’s ...
The Law and You: What does 'birthright citizenship' mean?
It is extremely difficult to change the U.S. Constitution. It is not simply waving a pen or a magic wand. The Constitution itself, in Article V, defines the process. For a proposal to become an ...
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette12dOpinion
Paula Rigano: Last time I checked, the First Amendment still stood
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging ...
allAfrica.com on MSN10dOpinion
Africa: Trump, Democracy and the U.S. Constitution
In these turbulent and sad times, it is hard to keep quiet about abuses and violations of human rights taking place around ...
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Inter Press Service10dOpinion
Trump, Democracy and the U.S. Constitution
In these turbulent and sad times, it is hard to keep quiet about abuses and violations of human rights taking place around the world; in eastern DR Congo, South Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. Among the ...
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Town to honor 250th anniversary of Westminster Massacre
WESTMINSTER — Westminster history aficionados will gather Thursday afternoon, pick up a stick of firewood and reenact history ...