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Milestones of 1860 remind us who we are

Thursday, 4 March 2010 17:01 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency.  It is fitting that we recognize this anniversary, as Lincoln’s election marked a huge turning point in our nation’s history.  ... [More]

Does the 2nd Amendment govern states & localities?

Monday, 1 March 2010 08:05 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) In 2008, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court decided that the highly restrictive gun control laws of Washington, D.C. were in violation of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution.  In so deciding, the Cou... [More]

TABOR suit assumes we're sheep

Saturday, 20 February 2010 10:50 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Feb. 21) Mobilize the militia.  Fire up the Humvee.  Get down the musket off the mantelpiece.  Boulder is preparing to invade Colorado. Yes, a lawyer from up in the progressive paradise says that your right to vote on ta... [More]

Honor him today: The greatest American who ever lived

Friday, 12 February 2010 11:38 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) This is Lincoln's birthday.  It used to be a holiday in this country; no more.  Yet some of us still revere Abraham Lincoln as the greatest American who ever lived. He is a hero to me because of the moral penetration of hi... [More]

Time for 'We the Posterity' to do our part

Saturday, 6 February 2010 07:41 by Bill Sterrett
('76 Contributor) A personal viewpoint is hereby submitted by William Dent Sterrett III, this date February 6, 2010. In honor of the Founding Fathers and the United States Constitution, and as a proud member of the Posterity, so eloquently referenced... [More]

Bias claim by Christian law students reaches high court

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 12:59 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (UC Hastings).  This case concerns the claim by the Christian Legal Society, a national group of Christian lawyers and law students,... [More]

Centennial hosts Western legislators conference

Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:28 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) Recovering the Founders' Constitution in American state and federal government, and reviving the civic virtues and character our Founders saw as indispensable to liberty -- one huge challenge in the political realm and another in the cul... [More]

Natural law underpins our Constitution

Friday, 6 November 2009 07:45 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) In the landmark abortion case of Roe v Wade, the late Chief Justice Rehnquist (then Associate Justice) wrote a dissent opposing the majority’s opinion that the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and s... [More]

Supreme Court's power grab reaches beyond schools

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:23 by Mark Hillman
In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, a judicial doctrine that would relegate the other two branches of government — and the voters — to a perfunctory role. The high court's act... [More]

'Rendering to Caesar' shouldn't mean entanglement

Friday, 16 October 2009 09:01 by William Watson
What should be the relationship of church and state?  The founder of the church, Jesus Christ, proclaimed that we should “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and render unto God the things that are God’s. The reaso... [More]