Foundation Files Brief Defending Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Nov 23, 2009 3 Comments ›› Ben DuPréFormer Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court today, arguing in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago, Ill., that handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois, violate the God-given, inalienable right of self-defense and the ...
Continue Reading“Gun control” at Ft. Hood aided and abetted Hasan
Nov 16, 2009 4 Comments ›› Ben DuPréMuch is being made of the political correctness that failed to prevent Muslim terrorist Major Nadal Hasan from turning on his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood, and rightly so; but the political correctness that disarms soldiers on post made Hasan's victims the sitting ducks they were. In "How 'gun control' aided and abetted ...
Continue ReadingJudging by Law or Feelings?
Jun 11, 2009 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeShould judges base their decisions on an impartial evaluation of the law as applied to the facts? Or should they judge based upon the criterion set forth by President Obama -- "empathy"? Do men and women, young and old, white and black, rich and poor, have different versions of law, truth, and justice? Even ...
Continue ReadingResponse Re “War-like” Bible Passages.
Feb 18, 2009 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeThanks for writing, Paul. I agree that the Bible is not a pacifist document; it teaches a just warfare doctrine. But I don't believe its central message is warlike. The Old Testament passages you cite are commands of God given directly to Israel for the conquest of Canaan, because God had given that land to Israel.  They ...
Continue ReadingKeeping the government at arms reach
Feb 15, 2008 No Comments ›› Greg JonesThis week the Foundation for Moral Law filed an amicus curiae brief in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case of District of Columbia v. Heller. The specific issue in the case is the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s draconian ban on handguns, but the broader issue in the case is the meaning of the Second Amendment. ...
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