I gather that the Constitution of the United States grants some powers to the government while it enumerates the rights of the people. The government has no rights, but certain powers.

At the practical level, volcanic eruptions are events with a level of destructiveness that can be close to nuclear explosions. The difference is that the former are natural and uncontrollable, while the latter can only be the result of human actions, whether hostil or negligent.

Probably I have read too much Goldstein lately, but here’s a question. Where is the evidence, or at least clues, that Jindal was intentionally pandering to the anti-science fraction (which I am quite sure exists) of the Republican party?