Category Archives: Constitution

Harvard Law Journal Concludes Unborn Babies Have Constitutional Rights

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Harvard Law student Joshua Craddock did some constitutional soul searching to answer that question in a new report for the Harvard Law Journal, concluding that unborn babies do fall under the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections. More… | LifeNews.com

Posted in Abortion, Constitution | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries. The Justice Department filing to the high court late Thursday argues that the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, made several … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Immigration/Illegal Immigration | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Secret court rebukes NSA for 5-year illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies conducted illegal surveillance on American citizens over a five-year period, a practice that earned them a sharp rebuke from a secret court that called the matter a “very serious” constitutional issue. More… | Miami Herald

Posted in Constitution, Crime | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” —John Adams

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Memorial Day: In Honor of American Patriots Patriots, we set aside Memorial Day to honor the service and sacrifice of generations of our fellow Armed Forces Patriots, now departed, who defended American Liberty with honor. Accordingly, I invite you to … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

NO, the presence of nuclear submarines near Korea isn’t classified

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The unnamed Pentagon officials (if they even exist) are completely wrong because we do talk about submarines, in the countless Sailor evaluations and fitness reports, unit awards and in unclassified documents submitted to Congress to justify continued funding of the submarine … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, International News, National Politics & Policy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The National Security Agency under former President Barack Obama routinely violated American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected president last fall…More … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Democrats, National News, National Politics & Policy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Board of Contributors: To address DCYF failures, dust off the state constitution

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The next generation of constitutional litigation over the failure of our state government to protect the interests of children will have an influential intellectual godfather: former New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Charles Douglas. More… *| Concord Monitor

Posted in Constitution | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Croydon Amendment is Unconstitutional – 1st Amendment Prohibits Discrimination Against Religious Schools

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

As such, it clearly violates United States Supreme Court precedent based on the free exercise clause: “the government must “maintain strict neutrality, neither aiding nor opposing religion,” Sch. Dist. of Abington Twp. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 225 (1963,) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Ed Mosca Blog, Education, Legislation, Local NH Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Why do so few people care about losing their rights?

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

For many years I’ve been attempting to raise the alarm about the loss of our rights and our freedoms. You would expect that my posts would be met with outrage by my Facebook friends or Twitter followers, who should have … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Culture | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Trump begins effort to pack courts with conservatives

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Name a few hundred more and we’ll finally be getting somewhere. The Trump administration will name nearly a dozen federal judges as nominees for key posts Monday as President Donald Trump works to pack the nation’s federal courts with more … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, National News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment