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?
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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
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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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