Faculty Lounge Three Texas Professors Lawsuit Tries to Block Campus Carry at UT-Austin Spencer Irvine July 9, 2016 Concealed firearms violates their constitutional rights, say three college professors at University of Texas-Austin.
Perspectives Sticking With the States Emily Hughes July 8, 2016 The 10th Amendment articulates how the Founding Fathers intended the United States government to be run. “The powers not delegated…
Faculty Lounge 7th Circuit Court Judge Called Tributes to Late Justice Antonin Scalia “Absurd” Spencer Irvine June 30, 2016 A sitting judge of the 7th Circuit Court, Richard Posner, said that tributes to the late Justice Antonin Scalia are “absurd.” He also said that judges shouldn’t have to sit down and read the Constitution extensively. Huh?
Faculty Lounge CUNY is Looking at Free Speech Zones Spencer Irvine June 23, 2016 Apparently, CUNY wants to restrict free speech by imposing free speech zones. That sounds illegal and unconstitutional.
Perspectives Cheryl Chumley Explains America’s “Police State,” Offers Solution Alex Nitzberg June 9, 2016 A confluence of abridged liberties will transform the United States into a nation “…where the government is basically policing every…
Perspectives Social Justice VS. America’s Founding Principles Deborah Lambert May 22, 2016 The eloquent Justice Clarence Thomas recently warned the class of 2016 in a commencement address at Hillsdale College that since…
Faculty Lounge Are Anti-Campus Carry Activists Upset About Nothing? Spencer Irvine April 16, 2016 Good take from our friends over at the John William Pope Center: Eight states currently allow concealed carry permit holders…
Perspectives Gay Marriage on the Rocks Malcolm A. Kline March 8, 2016 Outside of academia, even gay marriage supporters are dubious about the Supreme Court’s legal logic in legalizing it. “When I…
Book Reviews Defending Our republican Constitution Spencer Irvine March 2, 2016 Randy Barnett, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, director of the Georgetown Center…
Faculty Lounge Black Lives Matter Founder: Defenders of the Constitution are Defending White Supremacy Spencer Irvine February 23, 2016 Excuse me? From the College Fix: During an event at Thursday evening #BlackLivesMatter founders Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi told…
Faculty Lounge Indiana University Proposal looks to Avoid Search Warrant for Frat Houses Spencer Irvine February 3, 2016 Wait, when did we decide to arbitrarily enforce the Constitution and Bill of Rights? Photo by aschweigert
Faculty Lounge Notre Dame Professor Believes Permissive Gun Laws Manifest Racism Spencer Irvine January 11, 2016 The New York Times ran a Notre Dame professor’s op-ed on gun laws relating to racism: A professor of philosophy…