THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural,
Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues
PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS & THE THREAT TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT: THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' PLAN TO DESTROY
FREE SPEECH & EXPRESSION THROUGH RESUSCITATION OF THE SOCALLED "FAIRNESS DOCTRINE" -- PROPOSALS TO
AUTHORIZE THE U.S. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, AT THE BEHEST LIBERAL LEFTIST SPECIAL INTERESTS, TO SELECTIVELY
HARASS & INTIMIDATE RADIO STATIONS WHOSE BROADCASTING FORMAT LIBERALS IN THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
FIND OBJECTIONABLE -- THREATENING WITH EVENTUAL EXTINCTION CONSERVATIVE TALK-RADIO & VIRTUALLY ALL
OF THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA -- PREVENTING CONGRESSIONAL FLOOR DEBATE ON A MEASURE WHICH WOULD ENSURE
THAT POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON THE RADIO, LIKE ALL OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE, IS PROTECTED FROM THE
SPECTER OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION & CONTROL
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Volume X, Issue # 181, July 23, 2008
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE "FAIRNESS" DOCTRINE: AMERICA IN THE BALANCE
By Christopher G. Adamo
LIBERALISM, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, & JUDICIAL TYRANNY: THE SUPREME COURT'S CONTINUING USURPATION
OF THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS OF CONGRESS -- UNDERMINING CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW,
SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS & BALANCES, & THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENTAL
ACCOUNTABILITY -- BREACHING THE CONSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO UNLIMITED GOVERNMENTAL POWER &
UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNING PRACTICES -- WHITTLING AWAY CIVIL LIBERTIES GUARANTEES & THE RESERVED POWERS
OF THE STATES -- HOW THE SUPREME COURT CAN BE CHECKED & RESTRAINED -- WHAT CONGRESS CAN DO TO
SAFEGUARD AMERICA AGAINST JUDICIAL DICTATORSHIP
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Volume X, Issue # 162, July 3, 2008
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
MANIFOLD DANGERS OF A LIBERAL SUPREME COURT
By Christopher G. Adamo
LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, & THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN NATION: PRESIDENTIAL & CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTIONS, REPUBLICAN HOPES FOR VICTORY IN 2008, & THE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE A STARK & DEFINING CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE INCREASINGLY LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY & POLICY AGENDA OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & A STRONG &
UNBENDING CONSERVATIVE RIGHTIST STANCE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- THE NEED FOR A SUPERHAWK REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT & A CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY THAT WILL SUPPORT HIS ADMINISTRATION IN SECURING AMERICA'S BORDERS
AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & TERRORIST INFILTRATION, AS WELL AS IN EFFECTIVELY PROSECUTING THE WAR
AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY & SENATE MAJORITY THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO FILL FEDERAL COURT VACANCIES WITH JUDGES WHO ADHERE TO & DECIDE CASES IN ACCORD WITH THE TRUE
PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, REJECTING THE JUDICIAL ACTIVISM OF LEFTWING LIBERALS SEEKING TO
OBLITERATE THE BOUNDARIES OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION
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Volume IX, Issue # 145, August 1, 2007
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
LOSING CONSERVATISM WILL LOSE AMERICA
By Christopher G. Adamo
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, & THE WAR ON ISLAMIST TERRORISM: THE INHERENT
WEAKNESSES OF HUMAN NATURE & THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT HUMAN
RIGHTS ARE THE PRODUCT OF GOVERNMENTAL BENEVOLENCE, RATHER THAN GOD-GIVEN NATURAL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES
LIMITING THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT & PROTECTING THE INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL TYRANNY
-- THE MOST RECENT ABOMINABLE & FLAGRANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL DECISION RENDERED BY THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT -- DELIBERATELY MISINTERPRETING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & INVOKING "INTERNATIONAL LAW" IN
ORDER TO SIDESTEP U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THE SUPREME COURT'S JURISDICTION & TO THWART A
HISTORICALLY LEGITIMATE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE U.S.A. CAN DEAL WITH ENEMY COMBATANTS OF A
PARTICULARLY DESPICABLE & DANGEROUS NATURE
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Volume VIII, Issue # 116, July 4, 2006
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
A DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF TERRORISTS
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM VERSUS LEFTWING LIBERALISM & JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: PROPOSED
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO PROTECT AMERICA'S CONSTIRUTIONAL FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
AGAINST LEFTIST LIBERAL ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ABUSE THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, SEEKING TO UNDERMINE
& DESTROY OUR GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM, CENTRALIZE POLITICAL POWER, & IMPOSE ON AMERICAN SOCIETY THEIR
OWN PUBLIC POLICY PREFERENCES OR THOSE OF RADICAL ACTIVIST SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
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Volume VIII, Issue # 96, June 7, 2006
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
PROTECTING THE REPUBLIC FROM FEDERAL JUDGES
By Tom DeWeese
U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON JUDGE SAMUEL A. ALITO, NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
BUSH FOR APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: JUDGE ALITO'S RUNNING
THE GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN BY PARTISAN DEMOCRATIC INGUISITORS ASKING GRUELING QUESTIONS & MAKING
POLITICALLY BIASED PRONOUNCEMENTS EXPRESSING THEIR OWN LIBERAL LEFTIST NOTIONS REGARDING ISSUES OF
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
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Volume VIII, Issue # 11, January 12, 2006
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
IS THE ALITO CONFIRMATION STRATEGY A GOOD THING?
By Christopher G. Adamo
WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE UPCOMING BATTLE OVER U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF SAMUEL ALITO'S NOMINATION TO
FILL A VACANCY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: WHETHER AMERICA'S BROKEN LEGAL SYSTEM WILL EVER BE
REPAIRED & TRUE JUSTICE RE-ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA -- ALITO'S JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY: ONE OF DEFERENCE TO
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS AN ABSOLUTE STANDARD -- WHY LIBERALS OPPOSE ALITO'S CONFIRMATION:
THEIR FEAR THAT MUCH OF THE LIBERAL PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA WILL BE RELEGATED TO THE BALLOT BOX,
WHERE IT VERY LIKELY WILL BE DEFEATED
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Volume VII, Issue # 278, December 16, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
LIBERAL ANTICS HIGHLIGHT CRITICALITY
OF ALITO CONFIRMATION
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE TRUE SOURCE & NATURE OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF AMERICANS: CIVIL LIBERTIES RECOGNIZED, OBSERVED, &
PROTECTED BY OUR CONSTITUTION & SYSTEM OF LAWS, WHICH PLACE STRICT LIMITS ON GOVERNMENTAL POWER IN ORDER TO
PREVENT GOVERNMENT FROM INTERFERING WITH NATURAL RIGHTS THAT ARE INHERENT IN THE HUMAN CONSITION -- THE
DANGER OF ABANDONING THE CONCEPT OF GOD-GIVEN INALIENABLE NATURAL RIGHTS IN FAVOR OF THE CONCEPT OF RIGHTS
AS GIFTS HANDED DOWN FROM GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE: WHAT GOVERNMENT GIVES TO THE PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT
CAN TAKE AWAY
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Volume VII, Issue # 264, December 8, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE GROWING SPECTER OF GOVERNMENT "RIGHTS"
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE PRESIDENT & THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S NOMINATION OF SAMUEL ALITO
FOR APPOINTMENT TO A VACANCY ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- RALLYING AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES &
BOLSTERING THE CONCEPT OF A SUPREME COURT WHOSE ULTIMATE PURPOSE IS TO UPHOLD & DEFEND THE INTEGRITY OF THE
OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN & AS PROPERLY AMENDED -- PROTECTING & PRESERVING THE
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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Volume VII, Issue # 242, November 4, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
ALITO NOMINATION: A VICTORY ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE BASIC POLITICAL THEORY & FUNDAMENTAL LAW UNDERLYING THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC:
RULE BASED ON THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED & THE TRUE DEFINITION OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP CONTAINED IN
THE CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE IN THE FOURTEENTH ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
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Volume VII, Issue # 216, September 30, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
By Dr. John Eastman
THE INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNION & ITS ADVOCACY OF FABIAN SOCIALISM & MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP:
HOW THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE IDU DIFFERS FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNING PRINCIPLES STATED IN THE
AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, EMBODIED IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, & UNDERLYING AMERICA'S
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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Volume VII, Issue # 213, September 26, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP VERSUS THE AMERICAN SYSTEM:
MEET THE INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNION
& ITS UNDERLYING POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
By Tom DeWeese
PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE U.S.A.: THE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICANS UNDER THE FEDERAL & STATE
CONSTITUTIONS --THE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AGAINST THE
PRACTICES OF PARTICULAR STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS & AGAINST THE DANGEROUSLY EXPANSIVE INTERPRETATION OF
EMINENT DOMAIN UPHELD BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF KELO V. CITY OF NEW LONDON
(2005) & READ BY THE COURT INTO U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
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Volume VII, Issue # 187, August 26, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
PROTECTING PRIVATE PROPERTY
IN THE WAKE OF KELO
By Jon Kyle
THE FREEDOM21 SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & THE CALL TO BATTLE IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY: CALLING ON
CONSERVATIVE & LIBERTARIAN GROUPS TO UNITE IN ACTIVE PURSUIT OF AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO REVITALIZE THE
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC & DEFEAT THE FORCES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO DESTROY
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE U.S.A. -- URGING CONSERVATIVES & LIBERTARIANS TO
DEMOCRATICALLY TAKE CONTROL OF AMERICA'S STATE & LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT & UTILIZE THEM IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST ELITISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, GLOBALISM, STATISM, SOCIALISM, & POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Volume VII, Issue # 175, August 13, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE SILVER BULLET FOR LIBERTY
By Tom DeWeese
JUDICIAL RESTRAINT & CONSERVATISM VERSUS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & LIBERALISM: THE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING
CONTROVERSY OVER THE PROPER MAKEUP OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY IN GENERAL & THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN
PARTICULAR -- THE CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED ROLE OF THE U.S. COURTS: INTERPRETATION & APPLICATION OF
EXISTING U.S. LAW IN LEGAL CASES & CONTROVERSIES COMING BEFORE THE COURTS -- JUDICIAL LAW-MAKING &
DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AS A USURPATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF CONGRESS & THE STATES & A
VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE SUPREME
COURT: PERSONAL HONESTY & INTEGRITY, KNOWLEDGE OF & ADHERENCE TO THE LAW, & DETERMINATION TO
MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED & WRITTEN
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Volume VII, Issue # 171, August 9, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY: GUARDIANS OF THE CONTRACT
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION & THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICANS
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION: AN ASSAULT REFLECTED IN THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN KELO VERSUS CITY OF
NEW LONDON -- HOW THE KELO DECISION TIES IN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, "INTERNATIONAL LAW," AGENDA 21,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, STATISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, & POLITICAL CORRUPTION -- WHY AMERICA'S FOUNDING
FATHERS WOULD BE OUTRAGED TO LEARN OF THIS PERFIDIOUS & REPREHENSIBLE JUDICIAL DECISION GROSSLY DISTORTING THE
MEANING OF THE TAKINGS CLAUSE IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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Volume VII, Issue # 141, July 4, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SMART GROWTH,
& THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S KELO DECISION:
ORGANIZED THEFT BY ANY NAME
By
Tom DeWeese
JUDICIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: DECIMATION OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL
PRINCIPLES BY AMORAL, LEFTWING LIBERAL JUSTICES ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- THE LATEST RASH OF
OUTRAGEOUS U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: DEMONSTRATION THAT THOSE AT THE APEX OF POWER IN THE U.S.A.
ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO DESTROYING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ASSUMING DICTATORIAL CONTROL OVER THE AMERICAN
POPULATION, & TRAMPLING THE LONG-STANDING RIGHTS OF U.S. CITIZENS
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Volume VII, Issue # 139, June 29, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERADICATES
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
By
Christopher G. Adamo
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY & RESPONSIBILITY OF CONGRESS TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PREVENT ACTIVIST
FEDERAL JUDGES FROM USING A FLAWED INTERPRETATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO REWRITE THE LAWS &
TRADITIONS GOVERNING MARRIAGE: THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO PASS THE PROPOSED MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT &
THEREBY STAND AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & FOR TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
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Volume VII, Issue # 70, April 4, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
PROTECTING MARRIAGE FROM JUDICIAL TYRANNY
By Dr. Ron Paul
UNBRIDLED JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES IGNORING THE CONSTITUTION & LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES & DECIDING LEGAL CASES & CONTROVERSIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUDGES' OWN PERSONAL POLITICAL VIEWS &
PUBLIC POLICY PREFERENCES, THEREBY USURPING THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION & MAKING LAW, RATHER THAN INTERPRETING
& APPLYING EXISTING LAW -- THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT'S INCREASING USE OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY TO DO IN
COURT WHAT IT CANNOT DO AT THE BALLOT BOX OR IN CONGRESS & THE STATE LEGISLATURES: ADVANCE AN
ULTRA-LIBERAL, ACTIVIST, SECULAR, MULTICULTURAL POLITICAL AGENDA WHICH MOST AMERICANS OPPOSE -- HIGH TIME
FOR CONGRESS TO REASSERT ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO DEFINE & RESTRICT THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL
COURTS, INCLUDING THAT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO BEGIN IMPEACHING & REMOVING FROM
OFFICE FEDERAL JUDGES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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Volume VII, Issue # 69, April 4, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE U.S. COURTS & ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES:
THE IMPERIAL JUDICIARY
By Dr. Ron Paul
UNRESTRAINED GOVERNMENT BY AN OUT-OF-CONTROL FEDERAL JUDICIARY: A JUDICIARY THAT IS DESTROYING THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC, OUR SYSTEM OF LIMITED, DIVIDED &
BALANCED GOVERNMENTAL POWER, & THE POLITICAL AUTONOMY OF THE MEMBER-STATES OF THE AMERICAN FEDERAL
UNION -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO LIMIT THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION
OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AS WELL AS THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 68, April 3, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE FEDERAL COURTS & THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
By Dr. Ron Paul
THE LATEST BRAND OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: ACTIVIST U.S. FEDERAL JUDGES CONSIDERING & USING FOREIGN &
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SOURCES WHEN DECIDING CASES, EVEN THOUGH SUCH SOURCES OFTEN CONFLICT WITH THE
CONSTITUTION & LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OVER
THE FEDERAL COURTS & SEND FEDERAL JUDGES A STRONG MESSAGE THAT AMERICANS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AMERICAN
LAWS ONLY & THAT JUDGES WHO VIOLATE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE FEDERAL BENCH
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Volume VII, Issue # 67, April 3, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
JUSTICE ADMINISTERED BY ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES:
WHOSE JUSTICE?
By Dr. Ron Paul
THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, NATURAL-RIGHTS POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY, & U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS -- THE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE'S ADHERENCE TO THE
ORIGINAL MEANING & INTENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & HIS USE OF NATURAL-LAW & NATURAL-RIGHTS PHILOSOPHY TO
DEFEND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT: THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE ENDEAVOR OF THE POLITICAL
LEFT TO REPLACE AMERICA'S TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT WITH A FULL-BLOWN REGULATORY-WELFARE
STATE OF UNLIMITED POWERS
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Volume VI, Issue # 263, December 16, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & NATURAL-LAW JURISPRUDENCE:
DEFENDING U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS
By
Tom Krannawitter
THE POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OVER APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE U.S. COURTS: THE
CONTINUING BATTLE BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES SEEKING A FEDERAL JUDICIARY THAT INTERPRETS THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLT SAYS & LEFTWING LIBERALS DEMANDING
THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY & RADICAL PUBLIC POLICY
AGENDA OF LEFTWING LIBERALISM & ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE FUNDAMENTAL LAW THROUGH JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION,
READING THEIR OWN IDEOLOGICAL NOTIONS & POLICY PREFERENCES INTO THE COUNSTITUTION & DESTROYING GENUINE
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PROCESS
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Volume VI, Issue # 240, November 12, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE BATTLE FOR THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY
By
Christopher G. Adamo
JUDGE ROY MOORE'S COMMENTS ON SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, & THE RIGHTS & LIBERTIES OF
AMERICANS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ALAN CARUBA'S REPORT FROM THE
FIFTH ANNUAL FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE
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Volume VI, Issue # 163, July 23, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
JUDGE ROY MOORE: HIS CALL FOR
PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION
A REPORT FROM THE FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE
By
Alan Caruba
THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPERNDENCE: A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE SOCIAL COMPACT THEORY OF
JOHN LOCKE & THOMAS JEFFERSON -- THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY EMPLOYED BY AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS TO JUSTIFY
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION & THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Volume VI, Issue # 147, July 6, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
By
Christopher Flannery
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION & LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP?
DOES THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT EXPRESSION "ALL PERSONS ... BORN IN THE UNITED STATES" INCLUDE A PERSON
BORN TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE U.S.A. AT THE TIME OF THEIR CHILD'S BIRTH? DOES SUCH
A PERSON HAVE A LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO THE LEGAL STATUS OF A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES?
QUESTIONS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT MAY SOON CONSIDER & ANSWER.
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Volume VI, Issue # 130, June 19, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
AMERICAN LAW & U.S. CITIZENSHIP:
WHO IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN?
By
Phyllis Schlafly
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP -- THE CASE OF YASSER HAMDI V. RUMSFELD:
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO RECONSIDER & CORRECT A PROFOUND ERROR IT MADE MORE THAN
A CENTURY AGO IN INTERPRETING THE CILIZENSHIP CLAUSE IN THE FOURTEENTH ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION
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Volume VI, Issue # 119, June 8, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP & THE HAMDI CASE
By
Dr. John C. Eastman
AMERICA'S COURTS & THE RAVAGES OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: HIGH TIME FOR AMERICANS TO BEGIN HOLDING THEIR
JUDGES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THEIR AUTHORITY & TO SOME STANDARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR
OFFICIAL ACTIONS & DECISIONS
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Volume VI, Issue # 107, May 25, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
JUDICIAL TYRANNY & CORRUPTION IN AMERICA:
HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THIS?
By
Christopher G. Adamo
THE ASSAULT ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION -- CUTTING THE HEART OUT OF CONSTITUTIONAL
PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH: A DISSENTING OPINION IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE OF
MCCONNELL VERSUS FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION, DECEMBER 10, 2003
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Volume VI, Issue # 7, January 9, 2004
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT & THE ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH:
A DISSENTING OPINION IN THE CASE OF MCCONNELL VERSUS FEC (2003)
By
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia
SOCIAL COMPACT THEORY -- THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC:
THE THEORY AS EXPOUNDED BY THE ENGLISHMAN JOHN LOCKE & AS EXPRESSED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON IN THE
AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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Volume V, Issue # 270, November 7, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
SOCIAL COMPACT, PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD:
A BOOK REPORT FROM THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE
STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
By
Glenn Ellmers
THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF AMERICANS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH & FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY -- TWO FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS THREATENED BY GOVERNMENTAL ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE "POLITICALLY CORRECT" ATTITUDES & BELIEFS: THE
FIRST AMENDMENT VERSUS GOVERNMENT-ENFORCED "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS"
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Volume V, Issue # 268, November 5, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
GOVERNMENT-ENFORCED ATTITUDES & BELIEFS
By
Alan Caruba
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL STABILITY, & THE GOVERNMENT OF A FREE PEOPLE -- CONSERVATISM,
CONSTITUTIONALISM, & THE POLITICS OF PRUDENCE: THE VALUE OF PRACTICAL WISDOM IN PROVIDING A
CONSTITUTION FOR & GOVERNING A DEMOCRATIC POLITY
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Volume V, Issue # 250, October 14, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION-MAKING,
& THE VALUE OF PRACTICAL WISDOM
By
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM -- HOW JAMES MADISON & THE
OTHER FRAMERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SOUGHT TO PREVENT ARBITRARY, TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT
& ENSURE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS & LIBERTIES OF AMERICANS
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Volume V, Issue # 237, September 24, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
JAMES MADISON & THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNDERLYING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
By
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
HOW THE COURTS OF OUR LAND SHOULD INTERPRET THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION
OF A CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE PROVISION WAS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD TO
MEAN AT THE TIME IT WAS ADOPTED: THE THEORY OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION HELD BY SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
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Volume V, Issue # 225, September 5, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
JUDICIAL ADHERENCE TO THE TEXT OF OUR BASICLAW:
A THEORY OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
By
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia
RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE IN AMERICA: TO ENFORCE THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, MUST
WE BAN ALL PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS FAITH? ARE ATHEISTS. AGNOSTICS, & OTHER NON-BELIEVERS USING
THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE TO DESTROY THE FIRST AMENDMENT GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS
SPEECH? DID THE AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHERS ENVISION THE U.S.A. AS A GODLESS STATE, HOSTILE TO RELIGION
& SUPPRESSING ALL EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS FAITH?
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Volume V, Issue # 214, August 22, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE RECONSIDERED
By
Steven M. Farrell
THE PRESENT MAJORITY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT & ITS INTENTION TO INCORPORATE BY JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION
SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF EUROPEAN LAW INTO AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- SHOULD WE ALLOW THESE LIBERAL
LEFTIST JUSTICES TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM & EUROPEANIZE THE SUPREME LAW OF OUR LAND?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 213, August 21, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE CURRENT MAJORITY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT:
ITS INTENTION TO EUROPEANIZE AMERICA'S BASIC LAW
By
Paul Walfield
WHY U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES, COUPLED WITH PARTISAN USE OF THE FILIBUSTER TO
PREVENT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS FROM CHOOSING CONSERVATIVE FEDERAL JUDGES, IS A PROCESS THAT IS BROKEN & NEEDS
TO BE FIXED
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 165, June 25, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE FILIBUSTER & THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
By
Dr. John C. Eastman
LEFTIST POLITICAL THINKING VERSUS RIGHTIST POLITICAL THINKING REVISITED -- ONE EXPLANATION OF WHY THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLITICAL LEFT & THE POLITICAL RIGHT IN THE U.S.A. CANNOT BE RECCONCILED:
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES CONSIDERED
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 94, April 4, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
IMMOVABLE OBJECTS & IRRESISTABLE FORCES:
LEFTIST POLITICAL THINKING REVISITED
By
Paul Walfield
LEFTIST POLITICAL THINKING VERSUS RIGHTIST POLITICAL THINKING -- ONE EXPLANATION OF WHY THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE POLITICAL LEFT & THE POLITICAL RIGHT IN THE U.S.A. CANNOT BE RECONCILED
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 93, April 4, 2003
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
WHY WE ALL JUST CAN'T GET ALONG:
RIGHTIST & LEFTIST POLITICAL THINKING
By
Paul Walfield
CORPORATE EMPLOYMENT & DIVERSITY -- THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGULATIONS OF THE EEOC & THEIR IMPACT ON
HONESTY & INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 87, August 2, 2002
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
EEOC REGULATIONS & CORPORATE DIVERSITY:
HONESTY BECOMES A CRIME
By Lewis J. Goldberg
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & POLITICAL THEORY -- THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & THE IMPORTANCE OF "ONE
NATION UNDER GOD"
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 85, July 29, 2002
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
WHY "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" MATTERS
By Steve Ferrell
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, & THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT'S RIDICULOUS DECISION
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 83, July 24, 2002
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
THE FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT'S RIDICULOUS DECISION
By Vin Suprynowicz
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE LEGISLATION & THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 25, March 14, 2002
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
SOCALLED "CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM"
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Ron Paul
ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM LEGISLATION & THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 20, March 5, 2002
DISCUSSION TOPIC
ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION:
PRESIDENT BUSH AT THE CROSSROADS
By Colonel Dan
THE U.S. CONGRESS, CAMPAIGN FINANCE LEGISLATION, & THE FIRST AMENDMENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 16, February 17, 2002
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
CONGRESS SHOWS ITS ARROGANCE, AGAIN
By Colonel Dan
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, & THE WAR POWERS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume II, Issue # 1, June 10-December 31, 1999
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
HOW AMERICA GOES TO WAR:
THE PRESIDENT, AMERICAN LAW, U.S. MILITARY
INTERVENTION INTO FOREIGN CONFLICTS
By Almon Leroy Way, Jr.
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT & IMPEACHMENT LAW
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume I, Issue # 1, July 24, 1998
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE DRIVE TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT CLINTON:
THE PRESIDENT, AMERICAN LAW, & IMPEACHMENT
PART I
By Almon Leroy Way, Jr.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume I, Issue # 2, August 13, 1998
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE DRIVE TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT CLINTON:
THE PRESIDENT, AMERICAN LAW, & IMPEACHMENT
PART II
By Almon Leroy Way, Jr.
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