Constitution Tag

Yale Prof Wants Constitution Amended to Impose International Law on Americans

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 15, 2021 10 Comments

"argues that the United States should model its constitution after post-war Germany’s, insofar as its respect for international law over national sovereignty goes"...

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Appeals Judge Slams Critical Race Theory: “Prohibiting racial discrimination means we must be blind to race”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2021 44 Comments

"Equity" and other CRT approaches will eventually have a judicial reckoning. 5th Circuit Judge James C. Ho concurring opinion: "Citizens may fairly wonder how officials can condemn race-neutral policies as racist and defend explicitly race-conscious programs as inclusive."...

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Non-Violent Capitol Hill Trespasser Timothy Hale-Cusanelli’s Racist Views Do Not Justify Continued Detention Without Bail

Posted by Ameer Benno on July 11, 2021 84 Comments

Appeals Court upholds detention without bail. The fervor to take down those individuals who participated in the protest and riot on Jan. 6 has let loose a wrecking ball that is pulverizing core constitutional rights....

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The Disciplinary Railroading of Rudy Guiliani

Posted by Ameer Benno on July 06, 2021 56 Comments

The freewheeling and politically-ionized standards employed by the court to suspend Guiliani's law license on an emergency basis without hearing erode trust in our justice system....

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Yet Another Biden Program Favoring Non-Whites Halted By Federal Judge

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2021 30 Comments

"Plaintiff is a White farmer in Jennings, Florida who has qualifying farm loans but is ineligible for debt relief under Section 1005 solely because of his race." Judge agrees: "Race or ethnicity is the sole, inflexible factor that determines the availability of relief provided by...

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9th Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Challenging California Board Room Gender Quota Law

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2021 39 Comments

Finds that shareholder of corporation has standing to sue: "because [the shareholder] has plausibly alleged that SB 826 requires or encourages him to discriminate on the basis of sex, he has adequately alleged that he has standing to challenge SB 826’s constitutionality"...

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Emory Prof Claims Second Amendment Was Designed to Keep African Americans Powerless

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 13, 2021 15 Comments

“the right to bear arms has been consistently used as a weapon to keep African Americans powerless”...

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Appeals Court Enjoins Biden’s Coronvirus Relief Favoring Non-Whites and Women

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2021 13 Comments

"This case is about whether the government can allocate limited coronavirus relief funds based on the race and sex of the applicants. We hold that it cannot."...

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Joe Manchin Just Says “NO” To D.C. Statehood Legislation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 30, 2021 45 Comments

You'll never guess what Democrat activists are calling him. Starts with an "R" and ends in a "T"...

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Bipartisan Group Seeks to Add Constitutional Amendment to Keep Supreme Court at Nine Justices

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 25, 2021 22 Comments

Now that Democrats are actively pushing to pack the U.S. Supreme Court, there is growing opposition. One bipartisan group is even trying to add an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to permanently limit the number of judges on the court to nine.

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Biden Says He Won’t Infringe the Second Amendment, But Claims No Constitution Amendment is ‘Absolute’

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 08, 2021 64 Comments

President Joe Biden held a press conference about gun control, but one part sent chills down my spine:

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LA Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy flips, votes Senate Trial constitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2021 124 Comments

I only watched a small portion of the Night of the Living Dead-on-Arrival Senate trial of Donald Trump.

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Zombie Impeachment: Rand Paul Declares Trump Senate Trial “Dead On Arrival” After 45 Senators Vote It’s Unconstitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2021 71 Comments

Senator Rand Paul brought a motion today declaring that the upcoming trial of former president Donald Trump was unconstitutional, because the Senate has no constitutional authority to try a former president.

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Mitt Romney on board with post-departure impeachment trial of Trump

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 24, 2021 105 Comments

A post-departure Senate impeachment trial of a former President is unconstitutional. Just read the plain text of the constitution, which talks of a trial of the president, not a former president. None of the opinion to the contrary explains the absense of the word "former" (or similar) in the text of the constituational impeachment provisions.

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Impeachment 2.0 – No, the Senate cannot convict Trump after he leaves office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2021 68 Comments

The U.S. House will be voting today to impeach Trump. It's a done deal because Democrats have the majority, and probably will get about 20 Republicans to join them. Then it eventually heads to the Senate for trial, where Mitch McConnell has said the earliest a trial could be held under Senate Rules (unless there is unanimous consent to waive them, which will not happen) is an hour after Biden takes office on January 20.

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VP Mike Pence Rejects Pelosi Demand To Invoke 25th Amendment To Remove Trump

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2021 67 Comments

On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence refused demands that he use his role as President of the Senate to refuse to count electoral votes from six contested states that were certified for Biden. Pence took the position that he had no such constitutional power.

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Professor Jonathan Turley Warns Democrat Attempt at Swift Impeachment Would Damage Constitution

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 12, 2021 5 Comments

"It would create precedent for the impeachment of any president blamed for violent acts of others after using reckless language."...

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CBS News: Cabinet Members Discussing 25th Amendment To Remove Trump

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2021 49 Comments

A CBS News correspondent reports that cabinet members are discussing possibly invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump as president.

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