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BELLEVUE, Wash., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Second Amendment Foundation will launch an ambitious three-week public education and awareness effort on nationally-syndicated talk radio programs, and XM Sirius radio to explain its legal and educational efforts and encourage public support. SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb said a series of advertisements will air on "threats to firearms rights and SAF's response through litigation against...
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn to expand gun rights made sense, and Senate anti-gunners who opposed the measure should be held accountable by voters, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Sen. Coburn's proposal would have allowed armed private citizens to legally carry firearms on Army Corps of Engineers lands in states where carrying firearms for personal safety is already legal. The vote was...
PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Constitution Center Board of Trustees announced today that it has appointed law professor, distinguished legal commentator, and former visiting scholar Jeffrey Rosen to serve as president and chief executive officer of the Center. Rosen succeeds David Eisner, who stepped down from the position in October 2012. "We are extremely proud to announce a CEO and president of Jeffrey Rosen's caliber as a constitutional...
New Launch of Armed Forces Religious Liberty Hotline and Petition Drive Supports Service Members Persecuted for Sharing Their Christian Faith DALLAS, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Liberty Institute announces the launch of the Armed Forces Religious Liberty hotline--972-941-4543-- and petition drive to support persecuted members of the United States Military, threatened with court martial for sharing their Christian faith under the Pentagon's unconstitutional, new policy...
DETROIT, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan's Supreme Court is often a politically motivated "tyrannical body" and how justices are elected must be dramatically reformed according to a new seven-step plan on court reform, authored by a former justice whose rare "behind the curtain" book on the high court will be released in May, it was announced today. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Weaver, who resigned from the court in 2010 after almost 16 years of service -...
PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was written by Robert C. Heim, a partner at Dechert LLP, who represents six of the eleven judges who have sued over the mandatory retirement provision for judges in the Pennsylvania Constitution on a pro bono basis. A recent guest opinion piece by District Attorney John Morganelli of Northampton County about the case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court challenging the mandatory retirement provision for judges...
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Second Amendment Foundation has won a preliminary injunction against a part of the State of New Mexico's concealed carry statute on the grounds that it violates the right of equal protection under the law. The ruling, handed down by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, was signed by M. Christina Armijo, the chief district judge. SAF filed the legal action on behalf of John Jackson, a permanent...
BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thursday's edition of the Washington Times includes a special 12-page section focusing on gun rights paid for and sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation. The section includes reprints of articles from other sections of the Washington Times, plus commentary by SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. Also included is Ted Nugent's famous open letter to Vice President Joe Biden, several articles by...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Democratic Strategist Robert Weiner, a former White House spokesman and senior spokesman on Capitol Hill, and senior policy analyst Richard Mann have said in The Hill that the "debt ceiling games," now regularly threatening the U.S. economy and used as a wedge to attempt to force cuts to critical programs including Social Security and Medicare, are illegal under the Constitution. Weiner and Mann, citing the wording of the...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Our Generation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan free market advocacy group congratulated Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and the 7 other Republican senators who introduced an amendment to the United States Constitution that would apply term limits to members of Congress. The measure, would limit House Members to three terms and U.S. Senators to two terms in office. Because enacting term limits requires an...
