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Law & Principles
Free Market Friday: Solving the Blaine problem
The Oklahoma Supreme Court got it wrong when it said putting the monument on public property is unconstitutional. After all, our state constitution begins with the words: “Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty.” Are we to believe that the constitution itself is unconstitutional?Michael Carnuccio | October 9, 2015
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Law & Principles
Blaine Amendment, Oklahoma Supreme Court threaten more than monuments
The Oklahoma Constitution does not ban religious ideas or symbols from public spaces. Neither does the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court's Ten Commandment decision therefore threatens much more than a single monument.Trent England | October 7, 2015
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Law & Principles
OCPA Houses Ten Commandments Monument
OCPA is pleased to provide a home for the Ten Commandments Monument while lawmakers pursue legislative solutions that allow it to be returned to the Capitol grounds.Michael Carnuccio | October 6, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Questions #5
Holding a national convention to propose constitutional amendments is either the only solution to rebalance our political system or a sure path to its final destruction. At least, those are the two points of view most commonly heard in the current debate over using “Article V”—really just one clause therein—in an attempt to change the U.S. Constitution.Trent England | September 24, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #4
Part four of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 17, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #3
Part three of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 10, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #2
Part two of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 3, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #1
Part one of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | August 20, 2015
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Free Market Friday: Planned transparency
Recently released undercover videos show casual conversations about crushing the life from a tiny, unborn person. When the talk turns to calculating potential compensation for her harvested organs, even abortion advocates admit it’s disturbing. Many Americans are appalled to discover that their own tax dollars provide more than a half-billion dollars every year to the organization exposed in these videos.Michael Carnuccio | July 31, 2015
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Law & Principles, Good Government
Free Market Friday: Power to the people
This idea behind the Magna Carta also set the stage for something even greater: the emergence of a new way of thinking about government. After all, if law can bind a king, there must be some higher source of authority.Michael Carnuccio | June 18, 2015