Faith and Justice

The images from Egypt are heartbreaking. Women being beaten, kicked and dragged through the streets. The violent response to protesters from the Egyptian military has resulted in at least the deaths of 10 people in recent days – including two children. This latest disturbing event is occurring as the votes continue to be counted in…

As Attorney General Eric Holder continues to dig in and refuse to take responsibility for the disastrous gun-walking program known as Operation Fast & Furious, there’s a growing chorus in Congress expressing “no confidence” in the Attorney General. Last week, I told you that the Attorney General once again refused to take responsibility during a…

Once again, we have Attorney General Eric Holder in the middle of a mess. This time, he’s promising a nationwide examination of voting laws enacted by states – with special concern about laws that require voters to show identification in order to participate in an election. Now, the Attorney General, in a high profile speech,…

When the Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will consider the Arizona immigration case to determine whether this measure is constitutional, something else happened. Justice Elena Kagan, who served as Solicitor General for President Obama before being nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court, decided not to participate in the Arizona immigration case. In recusing…

The Supreme Court of the United States has taken yet another hot button issue this term. Today the high court agreed to hear Arizona’s appeal on its immigration law – a case that we had urged the high court to take in an amicus brief filed on behalf of nearly 60 members of Congress and…

Attorney General Eric Holder had an opportunity today before the House Judiciary Committee to set the record straight – to come clean about the ill-conceived law enforcement program called Operation Fast & Furious. But instead of taking responsibility for a tragic program that took the life of a U.S. border patrol agent, the Attorney General…

Your voice has been heard!   Last week, we sent the National Forest Service our letter defending the Jesus war memorial statue on a Montana mountain – with more than 70,000 names – concerned individuals who stood with us in urging the Forest Service to renew a long-standing lease that would permit this historic memorial…

The heat is on. Attorney General Holder appears before Congress tomorrow to take more questions about the botched U.S. law enforcement initiative designed to combat weapons trafficking at the border. But, by all accounts, Operation Fast & Furious was deeply flawed – a botched program that ended up taking the life of a U.S. border…

The response has been overwhelming. More than 70,000 concerned individuals are standing with us – in a letter urging the National Forest Service to renew a long-standing lease that would permit a World War II memorial – a statue of Jesus – to remain in place.   We have sent a letter – along with the…

As I told you earlier this month, we were determining which course of action we would take in appealing our decision by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. upholding the constitutionality of a key part of ObamaCare. We have decided to appeal the decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals…

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