Clothes make the law

About a year ago, I suggested that elected officials should dress down (chambray shirts or polo shirts; jeans or khakis) instead of dressing up (suits and ties).  Dressing up misrepresents the nature of their jobs, allowing them to obscure what they’re doing — which is acting like our bosses instead of like our employees.  Now I’m going to suggest that the same is true of the police.

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Today’s U.S. Supreme Court DACA Ruling – Time to Stop Saying C.J. Roberts Sides With “Liberals” and Start Admitting Roberts is a Liberal

From Justice Thomas’ dissent in today’s DACA case: DHS created DACA during the Obama administration without any statutory authorization and without going through the requisite rulemaking process. As a result, the program was unlawful from its inception. The majority does not even attempt to explain why a court has the authority to scrutinize an agency’s … Read more

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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