States are sovereign political entities. The United States Constitution lays out the powers relinquished by the several states and the people and loaned to the federal government…
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An attempt to rein in one of the state’s most troublesome acts is gaining steam in the Maine Legislature. A…
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years,…
Amid the turmoil and bickering throughout the country, it is important to keep an eye on legislation being proposed both…
2020 will be remembered for many things: COVID-19, nationwide riots, a divisive election. But the rise of pandemic lockdowns will…
New York lawmakers are mulling a bill that would allow the state to detain anyone carrying or suspected of carrying…
Echoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned city residents this week to prepare…
The Covid pandemic this year has profoundly transformed the relationship of government to American citizens. Constitutional leashes have been obliterated…
I’m an engineer by aptitude, education, and vocation. Those of you who are also one, or know or live with an…
We all knew it was probably inevitable, but it is here, finally – the global pandemic which was occasionally scratching…
On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court struck down a law requiring police officers–without a warrant–to draw a blood sample…
“In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are…
I have never been in jail. I have never been arrested. But I am probably a felon, and so are…
U.S. constitutional law depends on the purpose and limitations of our written constitution, which is only modified only through the…
Liberals are justifying their mob actions by saying that violent confrontation and inciting to riot are constitutional under the First…