Judge’s Opinions

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) …

I have been taking some heat from friends and colleagues for my steadfast defense of personal liberties and my arguments that the …

The loss of liberty is at hand. Every day in America, mayors and governors — not one of whom is constitutionally or …

During the past month, as Americans have been terrified of the coronavirus, another demon has been lurking ready to pounce. It is …

That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole …

"If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well …

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) …

"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with …

The issue of whether government in America can quarantine persons against their will, ostensibly for their own health and that of others …

I have been writing for years about the dangers to human freedom that come from government mass surveillance. The United States was …