Sep 16
Celebrate Constitution Day with “Constitution Hall Pass” [VIDEO]
The new episode features Signers’ Hall and the main exhibit at the National Constitution Center.
Sep 15
PJP FELLOW ANNAMARYA SCACCIA EXAMINES NEW HHS HEALTH CARE GUIDELINES AS MANDATED BY OBAMA HEALTH CARE REFORM;
HOW CAN WE SQUARE THE OPTION FOR “RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS” WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT? Last month, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Affordable Care Act guidelines requiring health insurance carriers to provide free access to birth control and women’s preventive services without cost-sharing beginning August 1, 2012. Adopted from recommendations made… [Continue Reading]
Sep 14
SAVING "FACE" OR SILENCING PROTEST?:
PJP FELLOW CARRIE JOHNSON REPORTS ON RAMPED-UP ENFORCEMENT OF A STATUTE RESTRICTING SPEECH IN PROXIMITY TO ABORTION CLINICS FACE, or the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances act, was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994. It prohibits protesters at abortion clinics from blocking access to clinics or threatening those who work at… [Continue Reading]
Sep 13
A new National Constitution Center-AP poll finds that Congress is the least trusted branch of government
The U.S. military earned the deepest respect, holding the confidence of 54% of Americans.
Sep 12
LISTENING FOR THE CONSTITUTION: THREE MORE LEADS
1) “Do the world a favor and go kill yourself. P.S. Have a nice day.” That is just one of 8,000 Twitter messages sent anonymously by William Lawrence Cassidy to Alyce Zeoli, a Buddhist leader based in Maryland. Cassidy is being prosecuted in federal court for cyberstalking, based on the federal cyberstalking statute, which you… [Continue Reading]
