Tag: Amendment

There’s a strong case for disqualifying Donald Trump from the presidency. One that finds even multiple conservative legal scholars in agreement. Others, however, argue that disqualification would be anti-democratic, among other reasons. This article will analyze both sides of...

“Pro-Life” Judge Amy Coney Barrett seems to have no problem putting guns in the hands of individual Americans who want to buy them — every Tom, Dick, and Kyle. She reportedly takes “an expansive view” of the Second Amendment, writing in her only ruling on gun regulation...

We here in America have an anniversary coming up, and it’s time to reevaluate our relationship. Most relationships don’t last forever, really, so every now and then it’s good to reassess. Is everyone happy? Is it mutually beneficial? No? Then why stay? The anniversary coming our...

You plant your foot down on the first step of the courthouse and turn your head to find a police officer leering at you from near the entrance. He says nothing to you and turns his gaze to the young lady next to you, your attorney, Kate. You’re finally back in Hephzibah (yeah, that place fr...

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, shall not infringe the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” This constitutional provision has long been regarded as a cornerstone of American l...

Why do some people feel safer using guns for self-protection while others do not? If there were reliable statistical data to support what types of self-protection are proven to be effective in mitigating violent situations, then logic might be used for reason and reason taken to heart. However, sinc...

This article is neither pro- nor anti-gun. It is neither pro- nor anti-Second Amendment. It does not attempt to solve the gun issue in the US. What it does do is reframe the way we should look at the Second Amendment; not as an emotional issue, not as a liberal v. conservative issue, not as a war of...

In 1865, the United States of America finally came back together at the culmination of a brutal Civil War. With the chief reason for the conflict being the institution of slavery, something that was facing abolition at long last, the end of the War finally raised the possibility of freedom for Bl...