Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?—King Henry II Why work with the Presidency when the man in office thinks he can simply change lawfully enacted legislation at a whim? ========== The President of the United States went to Minneapolis the other day, where he gave a speech complaining about Republicans in Congress who stand in the way of what... Read more
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Obama’s Troublesome Congress
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Obama, US ConstitutionUS Personnel Required to “Bow” to Muslim practice during Ramadan?
June 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, US ConstitutionGideons can no longer distribute Bibles to service men/women, but all US service men/women will be required to adhere- more or less -to Muslim traditions during Ramadan. “A stricter practice of separation of ‘church and state'”. Say, what?!! The ACLU’s position on this is, er, ….. Not sure they have gone public with their opposition just yet. ================ MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. personnel... Read more
IRS Lost Email Jeopardy
June 25 | Posted by mrossol | IRS, Party Politics, The Left, US ConstitutionAnd the press, who hold to their sacred duty to expose Govt ‘mis-management’, is total absent this discussion. =========== The IRS is spinning a tale of bureaucratic incompetence to explain the vanishing emails from former Tax Exempt Organizations doyenne Lois Lerner and six other IRS employees. We have less faith by the minute that there is an innocent explanation for this failure... Read more
Supreme Speech Victory
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, US ConstitutionThe Left would howl were they wearing the shoe. ===== June 16, 2014 7:18 p.m. ET Whatever its mistakes (ObamaCare), the current Supreme Court deserves praise for its willingness to police the growing regulation of political speech. The latest example was Monday’s 9-0 decision allowing the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List to challenge a politician’s claim that it criticized him falsely during an... Read more
The Standing to Sue Obama
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, US ConstitutionFinally, some are looking for real solutions to the “lawlessness”. ========== June 15, 2014 5:48 p.m. ET President Obama is setting a dangerous precedent by suspending his enforcement of laws on health care, immigration, drugs, banking and so much else, but the courts may soon be asked to throw a brushback pitch. That is, unless a rump group of backbenchers undermines the legal... Read more
Prayer in the Public Square
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Religious Persecution, US ConstitutionGod hangs on by a vote at the Supreme Court. ========== May 5, 2014 7:13 p.m. ET The Supreme Court did a good turn for religious freedom on Monday, ruling that prayer is permitted at government meetings and doesn’t amount to an endorsement of religion. The disconcerting surprise is that the decision was only 5-4. Greece v. Galloway dealt with a challenge to the... Read more
