Strict scrutiny requires the government to demonstrate that the subject law is “narrowly tailored” to achieve its compelling purpose, and that it uses the “least restrictive means”. The Hogan Court skipped this analysis, eclipsing parental rights and bodily integrity.
Maine Rules PREP Act Immunizes Caregivers from Traditional Legal Protections Continue Reading
Contingency plans involved martial law, not nationalization of hospitals. The first White House official to advocate for overturning American society was not Anthony Fauci; it was Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger. The military apparatus overthrew the civilian government.
Covid Response at Five Years: The Role of the Military Continue Reading
When their lies became public, they demonstrated unrepentant arrogance. They considered themselves beyond reproach. In doing so, the Covid response unwound the social fabric and destroyed the foundational principles of the American legal system.
Covid Response at Five Years: The Covid Caste System Continue Reading
The liberalization of voting laws was integral to the pandemic response. The disease did not cause the dramatic upheaval of the American system of voting; it was the fear of the result that shocked the country four years earlier.
If the DOH’s “regulation” was allowed to stand, then it would signal to all agencies that they can make regulations that conflict with the Constitution and with state laws. It would render our laws useless.
High Court Paves the Way for Quarantine Camps Continue Reading
Beginning on March 16, 2020, nearly every state imposed “stay-at-home” orders. This totalitarianism was not reserved for brash political celebrities like Andrew Cuomo or Gavin Newsom. Supposedly moderate figures like Maryland’s Larry Hogan unleashed their authoritarian impulses.
In 2020, Kentucky State Police arrived at an Easter service to issue notices that attendance was criminal. In Mississippi, police issued citations to a church congregation that hosted a drive-in service despite attendees remaining in their vehicles for the service.
This series is meant to outline the freedoms that we sacrificed, and the people and institutions that benefited from the erosion of our liberties. The bedrocks of liberty enshrined in the Bill of Rights disappeared while the nation panicked.
I believe that politicians and the political process pose less of an institutionalised threat to people’s freedoms, liberties, and speech than unelected judges who often, in the guise of interpreting laws, don’t hesitate to make – and make up – laws.
Soyfer said his organization would like to better fortify Fourth Amendment law. Simultaneously, this involves proposing a new standard for evaluating the threat of mass surveillance and other government searches to Americans while returning the Fourth Amendment to first principles.
Can First Principles Fortify the Fourth Amendment? Continue Reading
Courts cannot order the President to stop using his agency workers where/how he is authorized to use them. This is not about a political party affiliation. It should be about the Constitution and preserving the power of the people.
To Separate the Powers and Quash the Resistance Continue Reading
While there was little chance Fauci would face severe consequences for his actions, at the very least a Congressional hearing run by his opposition party might have provided some answers or incriminating statements. Now, we likely won’t even get that.
