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Federal Regulators Wage War on Christmas

By Ken Klukowski (Dec 27, 2010)

It's worth noting not only that the War on Christmas has continued, but now federal regulators have joined the wrong side. Christians should get far more aggressive in... more

Supreme Court Weighs Arizona Tax Credit for Christian Schools

By Ken Klukowski (Nov 10, 2010)

While America was talking about the election returns, the Supreme Court was talking about tax credits to fund Christian schools in Arizona. It looks like this might be yet... more

Does First Amendment Require Selling Violent Video Games to Children?

By Ken Klukowski (Nov 03, 2010)

Many newer video games depict graphic violence, such as torturing and defiling women and children. These games are sold to kids. The Supreme Court is considering whether the... more

Marine Funeral Protestors Claim First Amendment Protection

By Ken Klukowski (Oct 07, 2010)

On October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the First Amendment protects a radical religious group protesting the funeral of a fallen U.S. Marine,... more

DOJ Official Responsible for Black Panther Outrage

By Ken Klukowski (Jul 13, 2010)

Editor’s Note: This piece was co-authored by Ken Blackwell. A situation involving voter intimidation caught on tape has now exploded, as a Justice Department lawyer... more

Shocking Setback for Religious Freedom in Supreme Court

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 30, 2010)

On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down a deeply-disturbing decision in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that sets back religious freedom in this country. This case... more

The Gun Rights Decision in McDonald v. Chicago

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 29, 2010)

On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down the most consequential decision of this term in the historic gun-rights case, McDonald v. Chicago. Now the Second Amendment right... more

Court Gets Federal Honest-Services Law Half-Right

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 28, 2010)

On June 24, the Supreme Court sent back for a new hearings one of the Enron villains, Jeffrey Skilling, and two other unrelated defendants. The Court did this in part by... more

Marriage Petition Case Was Not a Defeat for Traditional Marriage

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 25, 2010)

Today the Supreme Court dealt a setback to supporters of traditional marriage. But it’s not the defeat that gay-rights supporters (and many of their fans on the media) are... more

Terrorist Support Case Hints Kagan May Move to the Left

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 23, 2010)

Monday’s Supreme Court case on supporting terrorism saw retiring Justice Stevens side with the conservatives, while Justice Sotomayor went the opposite way. This suggests... more

Supreme Court Ducks Question on Taking Property

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 21, 2010)

The legal world has been focused on a constitutional property-rights case before the Supreme Court. Last week the Court handed down its decision, and disappointed those... more

All Eyes Shifting to Supreme Court

By Ken Klukowski (Jun 08, 2010)

While Tuesday is a major primary-election day across the country, once Wednesday dawns the nation’s eyes will start turning to the Supreme Court as the next major story in... more

Supreme Court Continues to Impose Morality on States

By Ken Klukowski (May 19, 2010)

Monday’s Supreme Court decision holding that sentencing an underage person to life in prison is unconstitutional is yet another disturbing example of judicial activism.... more

SCOTUS Upholds Power to Forever Lock Up "Dangerous" People

By Ken Klukowski (May 18, 2010)

In a disappointing move, the Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that allows the feds to keep locked away criminals deemed “sexually dangerous” after those convicts’... more

What Kagan Nomination Tells Us About Obama

By Ken Klukowski (May 10, 2010)

President Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan reveals the kind of Supreme Court that the president wants for America. It’s one that will fulfill his far-left... more

Supreme Court Victory Narrowly Saves Cross from Destruction

By Ken Klukowski (May 03, 2010)

In a very narrow ruling, the World War I memorial shaped like a Latin cross will continue to stand in the Mojave desert. But this was not the victory that conservatives hoped... more

The GOP Must Take Charge on Stevens Replacement

By Ken Klukowski (Apr 09, 2010)

Justice Stevens’ retirement from the Supreme Court creates a potential game-changer for the midterm elections. If Republicans respond correctly to this, they can recapture... more

Groups Can Speak Now… If They Register

By Ken Klukowski (Mar 30, 2010)

A top federal appeals courts has decided in a major campaign finance case. Whether this case goes to the Supreme Court or not, it indicates that in the aftermath of the... more

Supreme Court Debates Whether States Can Ban Guns

By Ken Klukowski (Mar 03, 2010)

On March 2, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Second Amendment applies to states, or instead is only a right against the federal government. Although it looks... more

Does the First Amendment Protect Talking With Terrorists?

By Ken Klukowski (Feb 24, 2010)

Can the government forbid you from talking with terrorists? The Supreme Court heard arguments in an antiterrorism case presenting this First Amendment issue. The War on... more

"How Dare He Speak!"

By Ken Klukowski (Feb 17, 2010)

The ink isn’t yet dry on January’s landmark Supreme Court campaign finance decision Citizens United v. FEC, and already Round Two has begun. As new legislation is planned to... more

McDonald Gun-Rights Case: Round One Goes to the NRA

By Ken Klukowski (Jan 25, 2010)

There is growing tension between the pro-gun parties to the upcoming Supreme Court gun-rights case. Perhaps concerned about the direction this case was going, the Court has... more

Does the Constitution Allow the Feds to Lock Up "Dangerous" People?

By Ken Klukowski (Jan 14, 2010)

On January 12, the Supreme Court heard a case involving a federal law that empowers the federal government to keep dangerous people locked up after their prison sentences are... more