us-constitution

COMMENTARY

As we head into 2022, let’s renew our oaths to each other and the nation | Charles D. Allen

BY: - December 28, 2021

Military officers swear to uphold the Constitution. That loyalty to the civilian government keeps us safe.

COMMENTARY
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Those God-given rights? Those come from men and institutions. Leave God out of it | Lloyd Sheaffer

BY: - May 31, 2020

To all those out there who are parading and protesting and shouting to any nearby television camera, “Don’t take our God-given rights,” I say Back off! The “rights” so cavalierly crowed about do not come from God; they come from man through the institution of government. Before tagging me with the godless-secular-humanist badge and pinning […]

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Yes, the U.S. Constitution could be improved. The process in this Pa. House resolution isn’t a path forward | Opinion

BY: - December 18, 2019

It’s not hard to understand the temptation to support this resolution. We live at a time of political division in Pennsylvania. But we can't act in haste.

COMMENTARY

Trump impeachment: This is why the U.S. Senate is not a neutral jury | Analysis

BY: - December 18, 2019

Democrats blasted Senate leader Mitch McConnell for saying the GOP would run an impeachment trial as President Trump wished. But senators are not held to a juror's neutrality standard during a trial.