Marching Orders for the Next Battle
Nov 8, 2012 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeAt 6:00 AM election day, I left home to drive to one of the largest and most Democratic precincts in Montgomery, Alabama, where I was to serve as a Republican poll watcher. When I arrived at 6:30 AM, a half hour before the polls were to open, I was stunned to see hundreds of people ...
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THE LAST JEFFERSONIAN — Recommended Reading
Oct 31, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeAt least once a year, I visit a rural cemetery near Beresford, South Dakota, where my parents, grandparents, and many other Eidsmoes await the Resurrection. Elsewhere in the cemetery is a large monument to William J. Bulow (1869-1960), who served as South Dakota's Governor 1927-31 and U.S. Senator 1931-43. Described as a "Cleveland Democrat," Senator ...
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No Freedom of Speech From the Pulpit
Jun 29, 2012 No Comments ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was guest-authored by 3rd-year law student Adam Parker, a 2012 summer intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. SHH! Freedom of Speech… As Long as That Speech isn’t Coming from a Pulpit! Most people that are a part of church ministry know of the travesty that is often referred to as the “Johnson Amendment”—if not ...
Continue ReadingIn the Aftermath of a Landmark (?) Decision
Jun 28, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeON THE EVE OF A LANDMARK DECISION John Eidsmoe, Colonel (AL), Alabama State Defense Force [Note: This article is written in two parts, Part One the day before the health care decision, and Part Two in the hours thereafter.] During the March 27th oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care legislation, ...
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Obama Declares June as LGBT Pride Month … Again
Jun 4, 2012 1 Comment ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was guest-authored by 3rd-year law student Adam Parker, a 2012 summer intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. President Barack Obama recently declared the month of June as LGBT Pride Month for the year 2012. President Obama has declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride month every year since he took ...
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Change Tax Day to the Day Before Elections!
Apr 13, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeSeveral random but related thoughts on taxes: 1. Higher taxes mean bigger government and less freedom. As taxes go up, an increasing proportion of the decisions concerning the use of dollars is made by the government, not by the individual citizen. 2. Americans should pay their taxes, unless those taxes are unconstitutional. But they shouldn't like paying ...
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More Freedom than Ever?
Mar 16, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeWilliam Simon, who had served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Gerald Ford, wrote a brief book titled A TIME FOR TRUTH (Berkley 1979). Milton Friedman called it "a brilliant and passionate book by a brilliant and passionate man." After detailing government regulation of the economy and its repressive effect on individual incentive and ...
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Lutherans for Life on HHS: “Here We Stand!”
Feb 20, 2012 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeLast Saturday 18 Feb 2012, during our Lutherans for Life Board of Directors meeting at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, the Executive Director asked me to prepare a statement concerning the recent Health & Human Services directive requiring religious organizations to provide contraception for their employees. I drafted the statement, and with a ...
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Wendell Mitchell, RIP
Feb 15, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeThe first time I met Wendell Mitchell was about 22 years ago. As the Dean of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, he was interviewing me for a professorship, and he asked me, "Could you fit into the South?" I assured him that would be no problem, because I was born in the South ...
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Recess Appointments: Focusing on the Wrong Word?
Jan 10, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoePresident Obama has stirred controversy by appointing several persons to powerful positions without seeking Senate confirmation. He claims authority to do this based upon Article II, § 2 of the Constitution, which states: "The President shall have Power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which ...
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