constitution

“Constitutionally Speaking”…About The Second Amendment

Laura Knoy — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

It’s relatively short, only twenty-seven words, but long on controversy. And it’s recently resurfaced in our debates over gun rights and gun control. We’ll pick apart the language of the second amendment with two constitutional scholars and examine what our founding fathers may have really meant, and how we look at it, in our time.

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Safeguarding Liberty: Beyond the Second Amendment

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:12:07 +0000

Today, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee with a goal of countering the influence of the gun lobby. the new PAC leverages public calls for stricter gun controls following the Sandy Hook shooting last month.

Constitutionally Speaking…about voting!

Laura Knoy — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0000

We look at what our nation’s most important document, the Constitution, says and doesn’t say about elections. There’s some debate over who should write the rules, the federal or state governments, also who exactly can cast a ballot and if voting is a right or a privilege. We’ll talk with those involved in new civics program called “Constitutionally speaking”.
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(Please) Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance

Todd Bookman — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:48:47 +0000

A bill requiring New Hampshire students to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance passed a house committee today.
"Standing is a sign of national patriotism," says Republican Representative Lawrence Kappler.

11/26/11 PART 2

Virginia Prescott — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000

A Constitutional scholar's new book focuses on the more out there bits of our land's most revered document.

Our Oddest Clauses

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:47:30 +0000

A Constitutional scholar's new book focuses on the more out there bits of our land's most revered document.