Free Republic

In 2013, the State of Maryland passed into law the Firearms Safety Act (FSA), “…banning its residents from owning any of the large majority of semi-automatic rifles owned by American citizens.” When the Act was challenged in federal court (Kolbe vs Hogan), the state was immediately granted summary judgement, the court ruling that the Act was NOT “…an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.” In February, however, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the Kolbe vs Hogan decision back to the lower court which had deemed the law constitutional, telling that court that it had used the wrong standard...

Here's how Trump is faring in those states, based on individual polls or RealClearPolitics polling averages: March 8 Michigan Republican primary (59 delegates): Trump is up 15.4 points Mississippi Republican primary (40 delegates): Trump is up 24 points March 15 Florida Republican primary (99 delegates — winner take all): Trump is up 18.7 points and ahead of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio Illinois Republican primary (69 delegates): Trump is up 15.5 points North Carolina Republican primary (72 delegates): Trump is up 10.3 points Ohio Republican primary (66 delegates — winner take all): Trump is up five points and ahead of Ohio...

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (H.R. 2580; Pub.L. 89–236, 79 Stat. 911, enacted June 30, 1968), a.k.a. Hart-Celler Act, 1965 Section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act... “(b)(3) an alien born in the United States shall be considered as having been born in the country of which he is a citizen or subject, or if he is not a citizen or subject of any country then in the last foreign country in which he had his residence as determined by the consular officer; (4) an alien born within any foreign state in which neither of his parents...

(KUTV) A protest was held Saturday on the steps of the State Capitol. A few dozen protestors, who say they gathered to honor the life of the late LaVoy Finicum, also vowed to carry on his legacy by taking a stand against the federal government. Stand By Me for LaVoy and Liberty was one of a number of similar rallies slated in states across the nation, including Texas, Florida and in Oregon. "This is a rally to show our support for Lavoy Finicum," a singer said to the crowd. Organizer Cherilyn Bacon Eager said from the stage, "We're here to...

Current % in header

Donald Trump says "I'm ready, I'm absolutely ready" to face Megyn Kelly at Thursday's Republican debate. The two have not spoken since the day they clashed at a debate last August. Fox isn't calling it a rematch, but everyone else is. The face-off is expected to be one of the highest-rated GOP debates of the season thus far. In a pre-debate interview with Reuters, Kelly said, "Frankly, I have been ready for seven months to move beyond what happened after that August debate. I feel like it's getting boring. Trump has bigger things to worry about, and so do I."...

On day one of the Trump Administration, we will ask Congress to immediately deliver a full repeal of Obamacare. We will work with Congress to make sure we have a series of reforms ready for implementation that follow free market principles and that will restore economic freedom and certainty to everyone in this country. Congress must act. Our elected representatives in the House and Senate must: 1. Completely repeal Obamacare. 2. Modify existing law that inhibits the sale of health insurance across state lines. 3. Allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns under the...

Thursday, March 3rd at 9p ET: Don't miss the Fox News #GOPDebate. Watch on Fox News Channel or stream live on foxnews.com.

The Coach is Right piece which follows was posted in June of 2014. It involves a ruling in which U.S. District Judge Frederick Scullin declared the District of Columbia law against carrying firearms for personal protection, unconstitutional. Scullin wrote of the “level of scrutiny” which had been applied to 2nd Amendment cases and in particular, the D.C. ban. An “intermediate” level of scrutiny applied by judges when deciding gun law makes it easier for anti-gun legislation to pass constitutional muster. “Strict scrutiny,” however, is the standard applied by judges to other laws “that arguably infringe an enumerated Constitutional rights;” free...

The difference between Donald Trump and Barack Obama amounts only to whatever difference may exist between each emperor’s set of cronies.The Obama years have brought America to the brink of transformation from constitutional republic into an empire ruled by secret deals promulgated by edicts. Civics classes used to teach: “Congress makes the laws, the president carries them out, judges decide controversies, and we citizens may be penalized only by a jury of our peers.” Nobody believes that anymore, because no part of it has been true for a long time. Barack Obama stopped pretending that it is. During the twentieth...

The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are charging into Super Tuesday in a coast-to-coast battle for delegates across a dozen states -- but while they're looking for as many wins as possible, a few select states stand out as the crown jewels. At the top of that list, in both primary contests, is Texas. The Lone Star State has the biggest cache -- 222 Democratic delegates and 155 for Republicans. And perhaps no candidate is fighting harder for that prize than Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The senator went all out on Monday, holding rallies in voter-rich Dallas, Houston and...

Donald Trump's affection for the Mussolini statement, "It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep." reveals a mindset very much at odds with the Framers of our U.S. Constitution. To the Framers, power was something they wanted to minimize, in every government office and officeholder. Patrick Henry said, "Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. Thomas Jefferson worried about abuse of power in the Judicial Branch. He said, ""The judiciary...

“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army” – Gen. George Washington, to his troops before the battle of Long Island We have become witnesses to the wholesale intimidation by design...

I hope you real Conservs are bundled-up.. Possible CW#2 + WW#3 coming :p This vid is (honestly badly done, but the message is there..) what may happen too soon.. PLEASE keep politics (elections) out of this..

Harney County, Or-During a traffic stop on a deserted stretch of Hwy 395 in south eastern Oregon, LaVoy Finicum with four passengers in his truck came to a complete stop. Ryan Payne who was sitting in the front seat, stuck both hands out of the passenger window to demonstrate that he was unarmed and posed no threat to law enforcement. It was at that time, said Shawna Cox, a passenger in the back seat, that she heard shots ring out as a bullet hit the rear view mirror post on Payne’s side of the truck, right next to his outstretched...

Donald Trump vs. Personal Integrity: The Ongoing Battle for CoexistenceThere are countless powerful resume-related arguments to be made as to why Donald Trump should not be President of the United States. Yet, setting aside all of those admittedly weighty considerations, I believe that the essential part of the puzzle that should preclude his election to the presidency is his character. A reverence for truth, and personal integrity, are two of the qualities that any good leader of a free republic must possess. Without them, the society over which he/she presides is in jeopardy of relying on a leader with an...

I’ve thought about you. All three of you, with your guns pointed at LaVoy Finicum. The video still haunts me. I would have been the first one to give you the benefit of the doubt. I was raised around law enforcement. I know good men in law enforcement. But that changed for me, as it did thousands of Americans, with the events that unfurled in Oregon as I felt utterly stunned at what I viewed in that video. I watched the grainy version of the video that the FBI administration released of LaVoy Finicums death, even though I knew that...

The five remaining Republican presidential candidates -- Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich -- will take part in Presidential Debate Number 10 on Thursday night. WHEN IS THE NEXT REPUBLICAN DEBATE? Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. WHERE IS THE DEBATE: The University of Houston's Moores Opera Center in Houston. WHAT TIME IS THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE: The debate begins at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. WHERE CAN YOU WATCH THE DEBATE? The debate will be aired on Telemundo and CNN. HOW CAN YOU WATCH THE DEBATE LIVE ONLINE? The debate will be streamed live on go.cnn.com and also...

During an event at Thursday evening #BlackLivesMatter founders Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi told Mizzou students that the goal of the Constitution was to make an agreement between factions known as states, which were built on the backs of black slaves.Garza and Tometi told students at the University of Missouri that the Black Lives Matter movement arose after what they called, “the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin.” "You can tell everybody that the founder said 'All lives matter!'"    They emphasized that while activism was important, it was also important to “engage in self-care.”“Because there...

In a bit of unusual news, the Utah Senate voted 20-6 to ask Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment of the Constitution. The 17th Amendment allows for the direct election of senators. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Al Jackson (R-Highland) argued that the 17th Amendment was not what the founders of the country had intended and changed the meaning of the role of the senators.