Constitutional rights

Once, in high school, while discussing the constitution, a teacher told the class that in school, we did not have all the rights that are granted to us in the constitution. For example, the school had the right to search our lockers without reason, and without our permission, and it was not illegal search and seizure. While this may sound crazy, that made perfect sense to me.  Read More »

Constitutional rights are a funny thing- not in the “ha ha” sense, but in the sense of strange. They are in the Constitution to prevent the government from infringing on the natural rights of citizens that make democracy possible.  Read More »

If there is one thing that I care so strongly for I would die, it would definitely be my rights as an atheist. And saying the above is not a flimsy statement for me, as I believe this life to be the only one that I have; after my death, my body will disintegrate.  Read More »

Our president may have a musical ear, but when it comes to sensible reasoning, one could probably extract more logic from the underside of a toaster. On October 26th, 2001, the 44th president of the United States smiled at the bill that lay in front of him. He took a pen out of the finely crafted English desk. This was the moment he’d been waiting for.  Read More »

There's been legislation in the works for years about a rather inflammatory (pun intended) topic: flag-burning. It never gets passed, of course. But I believe the entire argument is a pointless whine-fest about one of my personal favorite subjects--semantics.  Read More »

If you haven't heard, new legislation is being initiated across the country that could mean that if your jeans hang low in public, you'll be paying for it.  Read More »

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