- Saturday, April 16, 2011
Tea Party rally in downtown Tyler - Friday, April 15, 2011
Rep. Gohmert on the Fox Business Channel discussing the debt ceiling - Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Rep. Gohmert’s Statement on the President’s Budget Speech - Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Rep. Louie Gohmert on Fox Business
Latest Media: Op-Eds
The New Obama Stimulus and Tax Tango
Later today, the House is expected to vote on HR 4853 -- the “Tax-Cut-and-Stimulus” package that President Obama recently negotiated with the Senate. (Read more...)
Christians and Government
Judge not lest ye be judged. Be ye kind. Be a good Samaritan. Turn the other cheek. Love one another. These are only a few of the scriptures that are so often mentioned by professing Christians who are asking to be disqualified from jury duty for religious reasons. (Read more...)
Use Military Tribunals to Handle Terror Suspects
Trial of the suspected 9/11 coconspirators has brought forth cries that "everyone should have the same rights under our Constitution." They misunderstand the Constitution. It guarantees due process, but that grants different rights in different settings. The burden of proof in criminal cases is quite different from that in civil cases, though the latter may result in the loss of major assets. Respondents in bankruptcy proceedings have very different rights from respondents in administrative or deportation hearings. (Read more...)
Keep Guantanamo Open, Mr. President
When it comes to President Obama’s campaign promise to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention center, many supporters were quick to praise his reversal of President Bush’s policy. Those champions of terrorists’ rights are singing a different tune now that they’re facing the real life implications of such an action — namely, the very real possibility that some of the world’s most dangerous and depraved minds will be relocated to their own backyards. (Read more...)