| Amendment-a-Day |
Amendment-a-Day: #10Friday, February 20th, 2009Loyal Janes know CJP likes to take an occasional tour of the Bill of Rights based on what’s happening in the news, thinking that you can’t fight for your rights if you don’t even know what they are. High Noon- January 20thTuesday, January 20th, 2009In our “Amendment of the Day” series, we like to tell you about an addition to the Constitution that might have some relevance to your daily activities. Barack Obama Wins Presidency TodayMonday, December 15th, 2008No, that’s not an old headline- it’s hot off the CJP presses.  He Said/ He Said: GunsTuesday, July 1st, 2008We now know how the Supreme Court feels about guns (load ‘em up, move ‘em in to D.C.!), but how do the candidates feel about the right to bear arms? So glad you asked. Ban on Guns? SCOTUS says…not so muchThursday, June 26th, 2008 The Supreme Court today ruled that the 32-year-old ban on hand guns in Washington, D.C. is unconstitutional.  Although the decision in the case, called District of Columbia v. Heller, was 5 to 4, judicial experts have described the decision as generally moderate. See Jane Learn: The Right to Bear ArmsThursday, December 20th, 2007 In our occasional series,”See Jane Learn,” we acquaint ourselves with one of the Constitution’s 27 amendments, because the first step to fighting for your rights is knowing what they are. See Jane Learn- Welcome to the Constitution!Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Janes, have you ever watched an actor-playing-a-lunatic in a movie being taken into custody and yelling about his “rights”? Do we ever hear sane people in the movies yelling about their constitutional rights? Maybe we should. |




