What makes something ‘constitutional’?

Here’s a little thought experiment.  Let’s say the New Hampshire constitution says something.  Call it x.  But the legislature passes a statute saying the opposite of that, ~x. The governor signs it.  And when challenged in court, the Supreme Court approves it.  Two questions:

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Cornerstone on conscience rights

Why transparency in Concord is critical now!

I needed to drop you a quick note to alert you to the crisis the impending New Hampshire legislature could create for Christians. Right now, our majority leaders in Concord are using the confusion of the COVID crisis to trample on all due process in their advancement of new bills.

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Karen vs. Karen

Imagine that two people are doing something that is voluntary, consensual, and peaceful.  Now imagine that a third person — let’s call her Karen — objects to what they’re doing, not because it directly affects her, but because she disapproves.

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Defund Police

“Defund the Police,” is a now a mainstream moniker. Minneapolis now has a veto-proof majority in city government to scrap the entire police department. The problem is they have no plan to replace the police with an alternative.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That We Don’t Have a Second Amendment

What the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) does NOT do can be as important as what it does. This week SCOTUS ruled … albeit by not ruling … that the Second Amendment is limited to possession of handguns in one’s home … but all other regulations are constitutional. Back in 2008, SCOTUS issued … Read more

Punishing the innocent

One of our oldest and most cherished principles is that punishing innocent people is to be avoided at all costs.  (Blackstone said that ‘it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer’.  Benjamin Franklin raised that from ten to a hundred.)  And yet, in the last few months, punishing the innocent has become one of the main activities of government at all levels.

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