The Foundry – It took a long Civil War and hundreds of thousands of dead, but America eventually rid itself of the scourge of slavery and the democratic cause triumphed, thereby confirming Lincoln’s contention that “ballots are the rightful, and peaceful, successors of bullets.” The challenge to democratic government, however, would not disappear. In the […]
Finally, E-Verify Security Tightened to Deter ID Theft
November 19, 2013 By
USCIS – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the E-Verify program has been enhanced to help prevent identity fraud. The enhancement identifies and deters fraudulent use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) for employment eligibility verification. An employer may enter information into E-Verify that appears valid – such as a matching name, date of […]
Detained Legal Residents Urge Hard Line on Immigration
November 18, 2013 By
Seattle Times – A group of legal permanent residents, housed at the immigration detention center in Tacoma, have distributed a letter urging that undocumented immigrants not be granted a path to citizenship. The detainees, from countries such as Jordan, Scotland, Somalia and Mexico and in the country in some instances for as long as 40 […]
Obama’s Obsession With Our Gun Rights
November 17, 2013 By
Daily Caller – Barack Obama, the candidate who promised Americans in 2008 that “I will not take your guns away,” now, as President of the United States in 2013, has embraced the universal firearm confiscation of Australia and England—schemes that saw the destruction of hundreds of thousands of registered, legal firearms that had been outlawed […]
Texas A&M Law Professor Says It’s Time to Repeal Second Amendment
November 16, 2013 By
Daily Caller – A full-time professor on the faculty of the newly-minted Texas A&M University School of Law called for the repeal and replacement of the Second Amendment. She tells students in her constitutional law courses that the entire United States Constitution is an obsolete document. “Why do we keep such an allegiance to a […]
Can Obama Legalize 11 Million Immigrants On His Own?
November 15, 2013 By
Washington Post – In 2012, the administration was able to stop the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented youths under a deferred-action program. Obama could, in theory, expand that program somewhat, allowing even more current immigrants to work legally in the United States without fear of getting deported. Legal experts say it would be […]
