This two-step method for electing the President of the United States works, at least if you value things like liberty and justice. The genius of our constitutional systems of government (federal...Read more here

The odds were against them. The soldiers were well armed and well trained; many were hardened veterans. The townspeople were the opposite—mostly ordinary men and women with small farms or...Read more here

The legislative process has been compared to a sausage factory, but this would be far too kind to apply to Olympia. The sausage factory does, after all, successfully produce sausage. This year,...Read more here

Everyone seems to agree: 2012 may be a pivotal year for our nation. And it certainly seems likely in Washington state. In a system where the people get to vote and we send our representatives to...Read more here

Long-time Secretary Sam Reed is retiring this year. Starting in January 2012 we’ll have a different elections chief. While not as exciting or newsworthy as a close gubernatorial race, for...Read more here

Friday night, the political left was apoplectic about “hijacking” and “extremism” as a bipartisan group of Senators formed a temporary majority on the State Senate floor in order to pass a needed...Read more here

Eight states have recently enacted photo ID requirements for voting, and Attorney General Eric Holder is worried. In a recent speech, covered by the New York Times, he said that voting rights are...Read more here

Gov. Gregoirie presents a particularly sad case, always pandering and apologizing, always full of herself but never sure of herself. She’s terribly sorry for proposing cuts, but has no choice....Read more here

The Washington State Public Records Act (Chapter 42.56 RCW) mandates that all public records held by government agencies are to be available to the public, unless the record is specifically...Read more here

The Court of Appeals (Div. 2) ruled today that the Office of the Secretary of State is not violating federal election law by accepting voter registrations from underage applicants. The case was...Read more here

The Washington State Legislature works with a series of cutoff dates, which cull legislation that fails to surmount a particular hurdle by a particular day. Monday is the first cutoff date of...Read more here

In Washington state, progress toward liberty and freedom are necessarily measured in small steps. This is a state that’s so blue it was once called the Soviet of Washington by FDR’s...Read more here

HAVE you ever walked into a room to see your child hide his or her hands behind their back? Innocent action, perhaps, but it sure pings your parent radar. Members of the public have a similar...Read more here

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s Constitutional Law Center is urging the Washington Supreme Court to review a ruling from the state Court of Appeals that could affect how property taxes are...Read more here

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