Constitution Tag

Law Professors Lead the Assault on the United States Constitution

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2024 5 Comments

"The attacks on the court are part of a growing counterconstitutional movement that began in higher education and seems recently to have reached a critical mass in the media and politics."...

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Brown University Prof’s New Book Warns of ‘Dangers of the Constitution’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 10, 2024 12 Comments

“Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, promoted white supremacy, and sought to undermine the law to commit crimes without consequence”...

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Schumer’s ‘No Kings Act’ Allows Congress, Not SCOTUS, to Determine ‘Whom Federal Criminal Laws May be Applied’

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 01, 2024 84 Comments

"No President or Vice President (former or sitting) would be entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that violate the criminal laws of the United States."...

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Vermont Foster Agency Accused of Discriminating Against Christian Families Opposed to ‘Affirming’ Trans Ideology in Children

Posted by Terrance Kible on July 06, 2024 15 Comments

'[T]his is a pretty obvious constitutional violation. . . . pretty blatant and pretty obvious,' one attorney said....

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Biden’s Cognitive Decline Is A National Security Threat – Invoke The 25th Amendment NOW

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2024 132 Comments

Can you imagine an emergency situation where immediate military decisions that only a president can make need to be made in seconds or minutes, and the military having to go to diminished Joe for a decision?...

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Federal Appeals Court Engineered ‘Judicial Jailbreak’ by Approving Mass Release of Criminal Defendants: Dissenting Judge

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 07, 2024 19 Comments

The judges on the three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, which encompasses the western U.S., traded barbs about the implications of the ruling....

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Federal Court: Arkansas Teachers Can Teach CRT, But Can’t Make Students “Adopt, Affirm, or Profess” It

Posted by Jane Coleman on May 10, 2024 36 Comments

Court: This Order should give comfort to teachers across the state (and to their students) that Section 16 does not prohibit teachers from teaching about, using, or referring to Critical Race Theory so long as they do not compel their students to accept it as...

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Will They Stay or Will They Go? SCOTUS Hears Argument On Constitutionality of Anti-Camping Ordinance Applied to the Homeless

Posted by Terrance Kible on April 23, 2024 36 Comments

The parties argued over whether applying the anti-camping ordinance against people without access to shelter was inherently cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendment...

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Equal Protection Project Opposes Proposed DEI Amendment to the NY State Constitution

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2024 21 Comments

The Equal Rights Amendment on the ballot in November 2024 would enshrine Diversity Equity & Inclusion into the New York State Constitution, protecting reverse discrimination and other discrimination done in the name of "dismantling discrimination."...

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Climate Change Protesters Who Threw Red Powder on U.S. Constitution Display in the National Archives Rotunda Charged With a Felony

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2024 49 Comments

"We take such vandalism very seriously and we will insist that the perpetrators be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."...

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Christian Groups Demand Apology From Politico Over Reporter’s Comments on American Rights and Christian Nationalism

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 01, 2024 19 Comments

"Her statements constituted an attempt to spread misinformation about Christians by creating the perception that they hold unique beliefs that pose a distinct and, in her words ‘extremist,’ threat to our country."...

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New York City Law Allowing Illegal Aliens to Vote in City Elections Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted by James Nault on February 26, 2024 57 Comments

State of New York appellate court rules 3-1 that new law allowing illegals in NYC to vote is unconstitutional...

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Politico Reporter Suggests You’re a ‘Christian Nationalist’ if You Believe Your Rights as an American Come From God

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 25, 2024 95 Comments

"they believe that our rights as Americans and as all human beings do not come from any Earthly authority. They don't come from Congress, from the Supreme Court, they come from God"...

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Congress Approves Extension of Warrantless Surveillance as Part of the Defense Policy Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 14, 2023 18 Comments

Why won't the Supreme Court hear cases challenging surveillance under Section 702?...

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Nearly Half of Democrats Believe Free Speech Should Be Legal ‘Only Under Certain Circumstances’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 26, 2023 64 Comments

"A bare majority of Democrats (53%) say speech should be legal under any circumstances, while 47% say it should be legal 'only under certain circumstances.'”...

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Florida Federal Court Throws Out 14th Amendment Challenge to Trump Appearing On Ballot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2023 52 Comments

Judge finds "no standing" to sue. Are the attempts to get judicial decisions keeping Trump off the ballot over? Of course not, but this is another sign that such attempts are likely to be unsuccessful. Hence the urging for state and local election officials to...

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Biden White House Attacks Supreme Court, Bizarrely Claiming Affirmative Action Is a ‘Constitutional Right’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on July 09, 2023 52 Comments

"Now you fast-forward to what we saw last week, affirmative action. Again, taking away important constitutional rights that have been in place for a long time."...

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ALITO and THOMAS: Gov’t resorting “to racial or ethnic classifications to ration medical treatment … would be a very strong case for prompt review”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2023 26 Comments

SCOTUS didn't take the case involving racist anti-white NY State Covid therapeutic guidelines because the crisis has passed, but Justices Alito and Thomas issued a Statement warning that "New York’s general reference to 'longstanding systemic health and social inequities' would not have sufficed to allow...

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