Portfolio Tag: courts

The Architects V. The Activists, #1: The Power of the Federal Courts

October 1998 The Architects V. The Activists, #1: The Power of the Federal Courts "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."  --President James Madison, The Father of the Constitution There is no graver threat to the ability of…
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Curbing the Courts: Lessons from Columbine High School

May 1999 Curbing the Courts: Lessons from Columbine High School In the midst of the grief and horror caused by the Columbine High School massacre, a question heard repeatedly is "Why?" In response to that question, we should pose some additional questions: Activist/liberal federal judges have long been fighting to expunge every vestige of God…
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The New Millennium: It’s Time To Curb The Courts!

January 2000 The New Millennium: It's Time To Curb The Courts! In 1976, prominent Humanist leader Paul Blanshard celebrated the Twentieth Century secularization of America in an article entitled "Three Cheers for Our Secular State." In what he called this "paean of praise" for a secular America, he exulted, "My primary hero [in this secularizing…
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