Posts Tagged ‘Constitutional’

Roaches, Mosquitoes, and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution

by John Whitehead –   “[Drones are a] game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb—opening up possibilities that were fiction a generation earlier but also opening up perils that were unknown a generation ago.”—Peter Singer, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution America will never be a “no drone zone.” That must [...]

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Gun bill hearings time changed

by Craig Masters The time for the public hearings on the proposed gun control bills before the Colorado Senate on Monday, March 4, has been rescheduled from a start time of 1:30pm to an earlier start time of 10:30am. According to Senator Lundberg, the start times were changed to earlier in the day and he [...]

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Learning about 2nd Congressional Dist. Rep.Jared Polis

Latest e-mail on Obama’s Path to CitizenshipBy Craig Masters Many constituents in the Colorado 2nd Congressional District may have received representative Jared Polis’ email this week in support of Obama’s immigration reforms. He opens his plea for support with a short story of his great-grandparents, Bertha and Mendel Polis, immigrating “After living under the terror [...]

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GOP leadership “craps” on conservatives!

by Craig Masters Solomon Martinez is the driving force behind Colorado Hispanic Republicans, a northern Colorado grassroots organization trying to engage the formidable Hispanic vote. He is a delegate attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Solomon, a retired Marine, was still in denial when he communicated what had just happened on the floor of [...]

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Obama “accommodation” to religious groups changes nothing

New policy simply moves contraceptives to list of basic services by Matt Lacy – While President Obama says he has announced a solution over a controversial requirement that religious institutions provide contraceptive services regardless of their personal beliefs, in reality nothing has changed. Earlier today, President Obama said he was going to balance the rights [...]

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Longmont, Denver mayors join group supporting same-sex marriage

“Gay” groups say laws granting them legal benefits not good enough, want word “marriage” by Jack Minor – The mayors of two major cities along the Front Range are part of a group calling for legalization of same-sex marriage throughout the country. At the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C. on Friday, a group [...]

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“Gay” parade attendance mandatory for teen program at Planned Parenthood

by Jack Minor – A Planned Parenthood program in New York that employs teenagers required them to attend a homosexual pride parade as a condition of employment, causing some to question the organization’s use of taxpayer dollars. The Planned Parenthood program, Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex (STARS) employs teenagers as “peer educators.” According to the organization’s [...]

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Obama breaks with tradition, refers to Christ as just “good man” not “Son of God”

Previous presidents acknowledged Christian belief of Christ’s divinity during Christmas proclamationsby Jack Minor – While we acknowledge there are many different religions in America, and believe in the Constitutional right of people to choose to believe whatever they want to about their god (or choose to believe nothing at all), the Christmas holiday is traditionally [...]

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Colorado Supreme Court rejects redistricting proposal

by Jack Minor – The Colorado Supreme Court stated the proposed redistricting plan did not pass Constitutional muster. The decision stated the redistricting plan was not sufficiently attentive to county boundaries to meet the constitutional requirements and the commission did not adequately show that a less drastic alternative could not have satisfied the criteria. The [...]

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Veterans organization to hold meeting calling for Obama impeachment

Vets to meet on Veterans Day at Washington Monument, say Obama committed treason by Jack Minor – A Veterans group is planning to hold a rally on Nov. 11th in Washington D.C. calling for President Obama’s impeachment for “treasonous” activities. Veteran Defenders of America, which features members such as Maj. Gen Paul Vallely, and its [...]

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By Lifelong Doctorate Mike McCune – Economist

The disturbing habit of allowing political rhetoric to supersede Constitutional authority is one of the primary reasons the U.S. continues to wallow in economic recession.   Our Founding Fathers were more astute than today’s politicians. They carefully crafted the Constitution to LIMIT governmental authority and interference in daily life. Having just escaped the clutches of [...]

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Tancredo calls for Congress to conduct impeachment probe

Says dangerous precedent being set by Obama’s flouting of Constitution    by Jack Minor –   Former Congressman Tom Tancredo has given Congress a list of 12 items that he says would call for Obama’s impeachment if verified to have occurred.   In a Sept. 9 column, the former candidate for governor said Republicans should [...]

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Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police Oppose Vermont Style Carry

By Mike Bauman The Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police have come out against No Permit or Vermont Style Concealed Carry.  The statement in its entirety follows along with responses from rank and file police officers. The police chiefs of Colorado agree: Allowing just about anyone to carry a concealed weapon in Colorado will make [...]

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Ken Buck presses for balanced budget amendment

Will next speak at Conservative Breakfast Feb. 23 Story and photo By Jack Minor – Ken Buck, who lost the U.S. Senate race to incumbent Michael Bennet, announced the formation of a non-profit organization to help work with individual states to pass a Constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget. The organization, Balance America, is [...]

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Liberal groups, Congress members lament “fetish” for the Constitution

Story by Jack Minor While one of the key goals of the Republican majority in Congress is to hold a public reading of the Constitution and requiring bills to have an attachment citing its Constitutional authority not everyone is happy with the moves. Several prominent liberals have described such readings as having a “fetish” with [...]

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Rep. Cory Gardner describes excitement, challenges of first day on the job

Vows to hold the conservative course By Jack Minor Newly elected Representative Cory Gardner acknowledged skepticism by some conservatives regarding spending cuts, however he is optimistic about the upcoming session. Gardner told the Gazette that they have already showed an attempt to tackle the spending issue. Following the reading of the Constitution for the first [...]

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Group encourages Greeley residents to rededicate to protecting Constitution

By Jack Minor While many media outlets are calling attention to Constitution Day Friday, Sept. 17, one group is going a step farther and calling on Greeley residents to celebrate Constitution week. The Daughters of the American Revolution, Centennial State Chapter in Greeley, has placed a banner across 10th St near 23rd Ave. reminding residents [...]

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JAG Captain: Lakin’s CO needs to investigate prosecutorial misconduct

By Jack Minor A former Captain in the Judge Advocate General’s office sent a letter to Lt. Col. Lakin’s Commanding Officer calling for an investigation after the Army threatened to taser him once the hearing was over. According to the American Patriot Foundation, LTC Steven Brodsky, a judge advocate, told LTC Lakin’s counsel that Lakin [...]

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The Rant

Stalin and Lenin and Mao and Marx have to be smiling somewhere. By Michael McCune The one fun thing to watch in Washington these days is the way in which Obama and his czars have completely neutralized Congress and the Supreme Court. Speaker Pelosi and Majority Whip Reid have consistently gone along with the Administration’s [...]

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Gubernatorial candidate supports restricting Constitutional rights without due process

By Mike Bauman  Denver Mayor and Gubernatorial Candidate John Hickenlooper has joined several mayors, mostly from the east and west coasts, in requesting Congress to pass a law that prohibits persons on the Justice Department’s Terrorist Watchlist from purchasing firearms.    On the surface, this prohibition would seem to make sense. However, the Justice Department will not [...]

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The Case against Case Law

Understanding the Constitution part III: Misinterpreting the textGuest Column By Geoff Broughton Today when you hear the term Constitutional Scholar or Constitutional Expert you get the image of someone who has studied the Constitution and perhaps the Ratification Debates as well as the federalist papers.  Someone who has studied the philosophers whose opinions were crucial [...]

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Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God:

Understanding the Constitution part IIBy Geoff Broughton As a Constitutional reawakening takes place across the nation renewing the debate of it’s meaning and intent, it is important that we try to understand not only the document, but the ideas behind it, so we can make better sense of the arguments on both sides. Did you [...]

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