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Markey is right re Citizens United and Dred Scott

February 22, 2013 By john-bonifaz

As is now being widely reported, Congressman Ed Markey made this statement on Tuesday about the Citizens United ruling: “The Constitution must be amended. The Dred Scott decision had to be repealed; we have to repeal Citizens … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizens-united, constitution, corporations, democracy, Dred Scott, markey, money-in-politics

Hitler Holds News Conference, Blames Balanced Budget Amendment For U.S. Defeat

July 26, 2011 By fake-consultant

(FNS - Washington, New Germany, April 17, 1947) America’s new Führer, Adolf Hitler, announced today that his official War History would in fact acknowledge that one of the biggest contributing factors to the defeat of the Allies was the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Alternative History, Balanced Budget Amendment, comedy, congress, constitution, democrats, economy, elections, humor, Mae Cadoodie, republicans, satire, snark, tea-party

On Monday Morning Philosophy, Or, Founders Tell America: “You Figure It Out”

March 21, 2011 By fake-consultant

"...you see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls / was just a target for the angry as they blew up the Taj Mahal..." --From the song "Gasoline", by Sheryl Crow The reason this is coming up today is because I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-amendment, article-1-section-8, article-4-section-3, campaign-for-amerias-future, congress, constitution, democrats, economics, elections, history, law, law-and-lawyers, politics, republicans, social-security

Good to see the Constitution win one.

July 8, 2010 By howland-lew-natick

In this age of constitutional lawlessness, it's good to see a victory for the 10th Amendment.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitution, hope, law

Driving Equality Van Unconstitutionally Searched

July 2, 2009 By chrissmason

This is the fourth time we have been search, and it is the second unconstitutional search. The first unconstitutional search was at a checkpoint between New Mexico and Texas. The van was searched without my permission and without a warrant. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 4th-amendment, constitution, search

The Return of the Line Item Veto

March 5, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Ed Brayton alerts us: This is an interesting development. Fox News reports: A bipartisan group is giving the line-item veto another go at it, albeit with some key tweaks, more than a decade after the Supreme Court struck down the procedure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congressional-powers, constitution, john-mccain, legislation, presidential-powers, russ-feingold, separation-of-powers

Want to get out of a subpoena in Arkansas?

February 18, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Easy... just declare yourself an athiest. You see, Article 19 Section 1 of the Arkansas Constitution says: No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: atheism, constitution, religion

A republic — if you can keep it

October 4, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

I recently finished Jane Mayer's The Dark Side, which recounts the ugly, ongoing history of the Bush administration's policies of torture. As to whether torture happened, there simply can be no doubt; the volume and horror of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: addington, cheney, congress, constitution, law-and-lawyers, torture, yoo

“This is political aikido”

August 13, 2008 By Mr. Lynne

Ed Brayton comments on a political maneuver in South Carolina: In South Carolina, the state legislature recently considered a bill to allow one such display, called the Foundations of American Law and Government, to be displayed in public … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitution, politics, religion, ten-commandments

Restoring America After Bush (a semi-liveblog)

May 16, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse brought up the issue of the White House Office of General Counsel, particularly as regards torture. This office brought in law on Medicare reimbursement, but somehow missed that we had prosecuted Japanese soldiers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, civil-liberties, constitution, jalsa, law-and-lawyers

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