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Cyber-bullying and political correctness (P.C.) pose a real dilemma for educators and law enforcement officials. You’ve all read the horror stories of teen suicide supposedly the result of a comment relayed by computer or cell phone. These are sad incidents indeed, but the rush to legislate P.C. by prohibiting any message that could be construed as “offensive” is not the answer. The bullying issue has come up in Montana in each legislative session since 2005. So far Montana has wisely not jumped on the P.C. bullying bandwagon. Let’s get one...
A topic of recent interest is whether President Obama has ignored the law by engaging the U.S. Armed Forces in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere. Hopefully this article will shed light on that subject. On this issue the Constitution is of little assistance. While the President is Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (Art II, Sec. 2) only Congress has the power to declare war (Art. I , Sec. 8(11) ) It appears the drafters of the Constitution, being well aware that war is a major undertaking, intended to require consent of both the Executive and...
