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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Has the Court Moved Right?
On July 11, shortly after submitting this article, Mr. George Detweiler unexpectedly passed away at his home in Twin Falls, Idaho.
George was a great friend and patriot who, in addition to writing articles for THE NEW AMERICAN in defense of constitutional principles, was also very active in the John Birch Society, this magazine’s parent organization. He headed the society’s campaign in defense of the Constitution and served on the society’s Council and Executive Committee. A successful lawyer, he earned his J.D. at Georgetown University and served as assistant attorney general for the state of Idaho before entering private practice. In “retirement,” he devoted much of his time to the freedom fight.
We believe George would want us to publish his final words to us which, as always, were guided by his keen understanding of the Constitution. He will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him. May he rest in peace. — Editor
August 21, 2006 An Alternative to Amendments
Many Americans, tired of federal courts meddling in their lives, have resorted to trying to add new amendments to the Constitution, but there's a better solution.
George Detweiler is a constitutional lawyer and former assistant attorney general for the state of Idaho.
Interest is multiplying both in and out of Congress to use Article III, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution as an alternative to the constitutional amendment process for curbing the excesses of runaway federal courts.......
September 4, 2006 Con-con Movement Returns
Some proponents of a federal constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage are considering calling for a dangerous constitutional convention to accomplish their goal.
George Detweiler is a constitutional lawyer and former assistant attorney general for the state of Idaho.
They're baaack — those pesky advocates of a constitutional convention. Following defeat of a federal constitutional amendment in the U.S. Senate to define marriage exclusively as a union of one man and one woman, talk began to circulate favoring a constitutional convention to accomplish the task........
December 5, 2005 Ending Judicial Activism
Past efforts at remedying judicial activism have failed largely because of the difficulty of implementing them, but newly proposed congressional legislation is promoting a workable fix. [This important article is being posted online today, December 5, 2005 (it was formerly only available in the print edition of The New American for May 30, 2005), to help encourage Americans to contact Congress in support of the Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 (S. 520 in the Senate and H.R. 1070 in the House) and to contact their state legislators to pass a state resolution in support of S. 520 similar to Louisana's recently approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 30.]
June 10, 1996 Term Limits Temptation
Term Limits Temptation
Behind the subtle appeal of term limits lurks a hidden agenda of the wholesale restructuring of our federal system.
