Browse Detweiler, George

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Has the court moved right? The mainstream media are quick to proclaim that the Supreme Court is moving radically to the right, but a closer look reveals that the court has quite a way to go before it can be considered truly conservative.		Aug 6, 2007	1447
Federal environmentalism: the Supreme Court's ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA will likely open the floodgates to suits seeking to make the federal government enforce all federal laws to the utmost based on the most expansive interpretations imaginable.		Jul 9, 2007	1274
Con-con agenda out in the open: single-issue constitutional conventions have been repeatedly proposed as the answer to solve federal failings. Now convention proponents are issuing calls for wholesale remaking of the Constitution.		Dec 11, 2006	1169
Con-con movement returns: some proponents of a federal constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage are considering calling for a dangerous constitutional convention to accomplish their goal.		Sep 4, 2006	1724
An alternative to amendments: many Americans, tired of federal courts meddling in their lives, have resorted to trying to add new amendments to the Constitution, but there's a better solution.		Aug 21, 2006	1230
Assault on the electoral college: a plan to give the presidency to the candidate with the most nationwide votes would make less-populous states irrelevant in presidential elections.		Jun 26, 2006	1303
Protecting free speech for clergy: a bill before Congress would nullify some federal tax practices that are used to prevent free speech and the free exercise of religion.		May 29, 2006	705
Protecting our freedom of religion: Congress has a golden opportunity to prevent the Supreme Court and all other federal courts from ruling on acknowledgement-of-God issues.		Feb 6, 2006	1099
A bold remedy to a grave threat: because the 14th Amendment's original intent has been ignored and the amendment has been used to grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants, Congress needs to clarify the meaning of the amendment's language.		Oct 31, 2005	1471
Ending judicial activism: past efforts at remedying judicial activism have failed largely because of the difficulty of implementing them, but newly proposed congressional legislation is promoting a workable fix.		May 30, 2005	1880
Using a "forgotten" power.		Oct 18, 2004	349
How to protect marriage: the threat of redefining marriage to include same-sex unions stems from activist judges, not state or federal constitutions. Thus the proper solution must be to limit the courts.		Aug 9, 2004	2247
Playing chicken with the constitution: the NRA's Wayne LaPierre proposes using the threat of a constitutional convention to pressure Congress to repeal the anti-free speech provisions in the McCain-Feingold law.		Apr 19, 2004	2321
Keep Fedgov's hands off marriage: the Founding Fathers kept the federal government out of marriage and family matters, a wise constitutional safeguard that could be undone by current, misguided efforts.	Cover Story	Jan 12, 2004	2720
Constitutional Trojan horse: seemingly innocuous constitutional amendments -- designed to appeal to good, patriotic Americans -- contain hidden dangers that would greatly harm our republic. (The Law).		Jul 29, 2002	1576