A friendly Reminder

Since the mid-1970s Evangelicals have sought to re-enter the political arena in response to a morally declining America. Their sincere desires were to stop the erosion of our Christian heritage and return the nation to our former values. In this quest, perhaps inadvertently, well-meaning Evangelical leaders attempted to co-opt the Church into an organization of political activism.  This subtle attempt to change the primary, God-ordained purpose of the church from a soul-winni

Characteristic of the most effective public servants is a hugely disciplined mind. They are able to stay on point because they have learned to think (usually very quickly) before they speak. But even more fundamental than that is their habit of thinking about the right kind of things in the first place: they have learned to dwell on certain things and not allow their minds to dwell on the wrong things.  With that in mind, this week I would like to take a closer look at Philip

Who decides what’s appropriate for minors? Who decides what belongs in the public library? Should it be librarians or the people’s representatives? Who decides what is appropriate for public libraries? That is at the heart of the case Fayetteville Public Library et. al. v. Crawford County, Arkansas et. al. The representatives of the people of Arkansas passed a law, Arkansas Act 372, which both established a crime of furnishing a harmful item to a minor and established guideli

When police damage your home, who should pay? Police officers of the City of McKinney, TX damaged the home of Vicki Baker while apprehending a fleeing felon. Neither her homeowner’s insurance or the city would pay for the damages, so she sued. When the government, in the form of the police, damages your property, who pays for it? In the case of Vicki Baker v. City of McKinney, TX the police had to damage her property to apprehend a fleeing felon. However, when the city refuse

Do the Constitution and Laws of the United States require birthright citizenship What does “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” mean? Does Trump’s executive order fall within a President’s duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States? One of the executive orders Donald Trump signed on his first day in office ordered federal departments and agencies to not issue any citizenship documents to anyone born in the United States to a mother who was either illegally