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Let us take a little trip to Sabine Parish. It is located in “the Bible Belt” of Louisiana. How do we know that? Because the superintendent of the Sabine Parish School District said so to the parents of a Buddhist sixth-grader.

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Do NSA practices of surveillance without a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment?

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients do not forfeit their Fourth Amendment rights merely because they are poor.

The Texas Court of Appeals should make matters right in Kountze. Its football team does not need divine inspiration to beat the opposing team.

Some bills never die in Congress. They get introduced session after session, no matter how few votes they muster or, if they pass, how many times the courts strike them down. The Flag Protection Acts and the Flag Desecration Amendment, last voted on in 2006, are a classic example.

Sometimes doing right causes a person a heap of harm, courtesy of the government. To compound the harm, the person may be without legal redress.

Rounding up "illegal immigrants" is all the rage this summer.

As end of another school year draws near, the celebrations begin, best symbolized by the tradition of the high school prom. Unfortunately, not all folks see the prom season as a joyous one. In rural Mississippi, the administrators of Itawamba ...

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County prides himself on being “America’s Toughest Sheriff.” He also is America’s most litigious one. He has commenced a score of lawsuits and defended thousands. Most of the latter involve civil rights violations. His ...

Have you ever wished Congress simply would pass a law punishing an obviously guilty person or group and save the expense and delay of a trial? Conservative pundits had their wish fulfilled in September when Congress cut off all appropriations ...

Health care reform is the rage in Congress. Judging by the sound bites, you would think Congress is doing nothing else. Don’t be fooled. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported out a bill last week to extend and, ever so slightly, ...

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