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Today, 29 June 2010, marks the passing of an era—the death of U.S. Senator Henry Clay in 1852. The son of a Baptist pastor, Clay was born 12 April 1777 during America’s War for Independence. Clay was 10 years old when the Constitutional Convention took place. Without attending law school, he studied for the law [...]

Press Release Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law, a religious liberties legal organization in Montgomery, Alabama, filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit today defending prayers offered before meetings of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. [...]

Alabama Judge Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law, together with Col. Ron Ray and First Principles Press, filed an amicus curiae brief in the Kentucky Court of Appeals on behalf of 35 Kentucky Senators defending a Homeland Security Act that declared that “[t]he safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart [...]

Judge Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit today defending New Hampshire schools who allow students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, including “one nation under God.” The Foundation argued that atheist Michael Newdow, who brought the lawsuit [...]

Press Release The Foundation for Moral Law (FML) in Montgomery, Alabama, founded by Judge Roy Moore, sent a letter today to the City Council of Birmingham, Alabama, and Mayor William Bell, Sr. explaining that prayers offered at city meetings are constitutional and an important part of American history. On April 8, 2010, the Wisconsin-based atheist [...]

Confirming what has been suspected for months, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is retiring at the end of the Court’s term in the early summer.  Justice Stevens had only hired one law clerk last year instead of the usual four, and as recently as last week admitted that he would retire during Barack Obama’s [...]

On my way to the office this morning, I stopped by the local office of the Internal Revenue Service to pick up some forms.   But when I asked for a copy of Publication 17, the comprehensive set of forms and instructions,  I was told that Pub 17 is out of stock. But they have it [...]

Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) may have emerged as a pro-life hero for some, but not in my book. Were it not for Rep. Stupak, the entire bill probably would have been defeated last fall. After his amendment prohibiting abortion funding was added to the health care bill last fall, with his support the bill passed [...]

President Obama is making history again, this time with his record-breaking new budget of $3.8 trillion, which includes a record-breaking deficit of $1.3 trillion. For those of you trying to squeeze that into your calculator, that’s spending beyond our means of $1,300,000,000,000.00! In one year. It’s no surprise that our big-spending President is asking our [...]

In this week’s State of the Union Address, President Obama said: “We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal….” Wrong founding document, Mr. President.   The word “equal” did not enter the Constitution until the ratification of the 14th Amendment in [...]