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Jun 10, 2024 · Since our founding in 1973, The Heritage Foundation has been working to advance the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong ...
True Threats and the Limits of First Amendment Protection
Dec 8, 2014 · Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343, 358 (2003).. See Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568, 571 (1942) (“There are certain well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech, the prevention ...
The Confirmation Process for Presidential Appointees
The Constitution divides responsibility between the executive and judicial branches - the president and the Senate. A president’s most visible and consequential nomination may occur when a seat ...
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution - The Heritage Foundation
Amendment XXVII. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. The Heritage ...
What You Need to Know About Religious Freedom
Dec 1, 2018 · Religious freedom protects people’s right to live, speak, and act according to their beliefs peacefully and publicly. It protects their ability to be themselves at work, in class, and at social ...
About Heritage | The Heritage Foundation
Aug 29, 2022 · Every day, The Heritage Foundation is building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish. Heritage’s mission is to formulate and promote public policies based ...
Index of Economic Freedom | The Heritage Foundation
Explore the Index of Economic Freedom to gauge global impacts of liberty and free markets. Discover the powerful link between economic freedom and progress. The 30th edition, once again ...
Support and Defend: Understanding the Oath of Office
Jan 3, 2011 · The officers of the States are already under oath to the States. To preserve a due impartiality they ought to be equally bound to the Natl. Govt. The Natl. authority needs every support we can ...
What is National Security? | The Heritage Foundation
Oct 7, 2014 · Kim R. Holmes, PhD The challenge in devising a reliable measure of U.S. military power is that the effort must be rooted in a concrete understanding of what national security is and what it is not.
The Second Amendment and the Inalienable Right to Self-Defense
Apr 17, 2014 · A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.