Month: August 2016
AT BALLOT’S END; AND MY DIGRESSION
Indiana’s Proposed “Right to Hunt” Amendment Somewhere near the end of your November 2016 general election ballot there will appear a proposed Amendment to Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution, which is the Hoosier “Bill of Rights.” Article 16, § 1 of the Indiana Constitution sets out the procedure for Amendments. An Amendment must be: […]
SARAH v. THE DOLLAR STORE; AND A FACELESS FACEBOOK
So what are the opening five words of the First Amendment preceding the “Establishment” and “Free Exercise” clauses? Here they are: “Congress shall make no law…” The initial prohibition behind one of our most cherished liberties was aimed squarely (and exclusively) at Congress. It took the Fourteenth Amendment plus Court Opinions to make the First […]