by RIS Secure | May 7, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan
In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its scope. The Supreme Court employed a particularly narrow approach during much of the last century, through two world wars and then the Red Scare...
by RIS Secure | May 6, 2026 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan
To fully understand the mechanics of female political power in American history, we must also examine the powerful conservative women who marched in exactly the opposite direction from progressive women reformers. This is an under-explored chapter of women’s history...
by RIS Secure | May 5, 2026 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I’ve always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority. The Windsors are revered for nothing more than birth — not talent, nor accomplishments, nor virtue. It’s all a...
by RIS Secure | May 4, 2026 | Archive, CSA, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the sculpture, lights and security cameras COLUMBIA — The Statehouse’s planned monument to...
by RIS Secure | Apr 30, 2026 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects. It requires that warrants be supported by probable cause of crime and specifically describe the place to be searched and the...
by RIS Secure | Apr 29, 2026 | Archive, Cartoon, Southern Partisan
From the wildly popular traveling Van Gogh exhibit to the immersive “King Tut” experience that trades artifacts for hauntingly lit and realistic tableaux, museums everywhere are departing from conventional curated collections to find new ways to engage visitors. At...