Constitution Tag

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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Supreme Court: Another Religious Freedom Win, Tells Lower Court To Revisit California Restrictions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2020 17 Comments

On November 26, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Andrew Cuomo issued an emergency injunction putting an halt, pending further appeals, of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo's discriminatory lockdown rules.

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Dr. Fauci to America: Time to ‘Do What You’re Told’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 14, 2020 67 Comments

Dr. Anthony Fauci sat for an interview about the pandemic this week and said that even though Americans have an independent spirit, "now is the time to do what you’re told." That should go over well with millions of Americans who have already had pandemic fatigue for months now.

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Appeals Court Upholds Florida Requirement That Ex-Felons Pay Outstanding Fines To Regain Vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2020 44 Comments

The last time we checked in on the ability of ex-felons to vote in Florida, I questioned whether Florida's requirement that all court-assessed fines and fees be paid would survive, Some of Florida ex-felon vote in limbo after SCOTUS ruling:

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Quiz at Vanderbilt U. Implies U.S. Constitution Designed to Perpetuate White Supremacy and Protect Slavery

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 5 Comments

"When one student answered 'false,' the question was marked wrong."...

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natural born Citizen: Kamala Harris

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2020 114 Comments

There are rumblings that Kamala Harris may not be eligible to be Vice President under the 12th Amendment, by virtue of her not being eligible to be President since she is not a 'natural born Citizen' ("no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States").

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Some of Florida ex-felon vote in limbo after SCOTUS ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2020 32 Comments

Why do so many people, Democrat and Republican alike, assume that felons released from prison will vote Democrat, and that a Florida ballot initiative that passed in 2018, restoring voting to ex-felons, would help Democrats? It's not clear that's true, at least not to the extent people assume.

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