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Latest Articles: U.S. Constitution
Is America Embracing the 10 Tenets of the Communist Manifesto?
Post Date: 2012-04-24 11:56:22 by Hondo68
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the purported founders of communism, established in the 19th century a government paradigm that transformed Europe and other regions in the eastern hemisphere, adding to an already expansive repertoire of political ideologies. And the seemingly farfetched assertion that communism could someday take control of America seems, quite simply, unfathomable. But is it really that improbable, or furthermore, has it already ensnared certain sectors of society? Writing for The Blaze, Tiffany Gabbay recently produced a thoughtful exposé entitled "Are We Headed Toward the Constitution or the Communist Manifesto?" that breaks down the 10 tenets of ...
New York City Rent Limits Left Intact by Supreme Court
Post Date: 2012-04-23 12:41:12 by Brian S
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to New York City’s decades-old rent-stabilization system, leaving intact rules capping prices on almost a million units in one of the country’s most expensive cities. The justices today turned away an appeal by James and Jeanne Harmon, who said the city was violating their constitutional rights by limiting rents on three one-bedroom apartments in their Upper West Side brownstone. The units rent for about $1,000 a month, less than half the price of three similar, unregulated units in the building, the Harmons say. The couple targeted a 43-year-old state statute that has become part of the city’s fabric, shaping its neighborhoods ...
Pelosi and Democrats Move to Change First Amendment
Post Date: 2012-04-23 10:02:45 by CZ82
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Pelosi and Democrats Move to Change First Amendment by Dr. Susan Berry According to CNSnews.com, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in Congress announced on Thursday that they have moved to ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution that would give Congress power to control the political speech of corporations, including those corporations that produce films, newspapers, books, and radio broadcasts. The amendment would seek to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in which the High Court ruled that the First Amendment protects the right of free speech for corporations as well as individuals. It was this ...
For Obama Crowd, Judicial Activism Suddenly Isn't Cool Anymore
Post Date: 2012-04-22 14:39:14 by We The People
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President Obama and his supporters have had a turbulent relationship with Supreme Court. It reached a low point when he said that striking down his massive health care overhaul—which he said “was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress”—would be an act of illicit “judicial activism.” Though the president later backtracked, his allies continue to lament the prospect that the Supreme Court will do its job—most recently in a Chicago Tribune op-ed penned by House Minority Nancy Pelosi this week. The episode harkens back to a nasty chapter in legal history: the clash between the Court and President Franklin Roosevelt during the 1930s. ...
NUGENT: AMERICAN DUTY TO 'SPOTLIGHT COCKROACHES' Rocker contends 'educated people' understand metaphors
Post Date: 2012-04-19 21:27:01 by Mad Dog
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If all of America was just like the great families at the NRA 141stAnnual Members meeting in St. Louis last weekend, our country would be flawless. Surrounded by my family, friends, patriots, law enforcement and military heroes, veterans who have sacrificed dearly for freedom and the U.S. Constitution, the goodwill and positive energy in the air was cleansing to say the least. We set another attendance record for the NRA and for St. Louis. It was downright perfect. Ads by Google The End-Time is Here 2008 was God's last warning, 2012 is economic collapse & WW III www.the-end.com Would you re-elect Obama? Take our survey and let us know. Rewards after just ten surveys! yougov.com I ...
Government Isn't the Creator of Rights
Post Date: 2012-04-14 10:19:19 by SJN
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Whether a politician's words constitute a flagrant faux pas or innocent slip of the tongue often depends on the offender's party affiliation. Democrats can commit untimely gaffes with relative impunity. But for Republicans to utter supposed misstatements is proof-positive that conservatives are knuckle-draggers. According to some commentators, Rick Santorum committed such a verbal error while countering claims that government-mandated health care is a fundamental right. "Rights come from our creator," Santorum declared. "They are protected by the Constitution of this country. Rights should not and cannot be created by a government because any time a government ...
Obama Impeachment 2012 (HR 107)
Post Date: 2012-04-11 20:05:04 by Hondo68
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We can only win by launching Impeach Obama 2012. Whether or not we fully impeach him, we are committed to rebuking these unconstitutional and criminal power grabs and are determined to take the case to the court of public opinion. –Alex Jones Film director, producer, actor and writer Sean Stone has thrown his weight behind a resolution introduced in the House last month by North Carolina Republican Walter Jones. Resolution 107 states that should the president use offensive military force without the authorization of Congress that such an act would be “an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor.” Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution reserves exclusively for Congress the ...
Obama's Supreme Court Rebuff [Will oBungler Kill a SCOTUS Judge to Save Obamacare?]
Post Date: 2012-04-10 18:06:18 by Capitalist Eric
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Many Americans still revere the Supreme Court. As one of the three branches of the Federal government, confidence in their conduct and authority is usually higher than Congress or the Presidency. Yet when a real or contrived constitutional crisis develops, the screams and indignation arise and point to a convenient culprit. The current Obamacare case before this court has all the trappings of a full-blown confrontation. The reason is simple. The underlying question before the Supremes is not purely a legal matter. At stake is whether this country is actually a government under laws. Alternatively, is it an authoritarian dictatorship nuisance by irritating lawful restraints? Congressman ...
The debunker: Think ObamaCare will save lives? Think again.
Post Date: 2012-04-08 09:41:52 by CZ82
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The debunker: Think ObamaCare will save lives? Think again. by Mark LaRochelle, 04/02/2012 As the Supreme Court was preparing to consider whether the Constitution empowers the president to force American citizens to patronize a particular private industry, the Heritage Foundation’s Robert Bluey obtained a remarkable White House strategy memo. Administration officials, it reveals, are coordinating with liberal activist groups to pressure the court to ignore constitutional issues, and to focus instead on “real people and real benefits that would be lost if the law were overturned.” The administration’s message is that the need for ObamaCare is so urgent that obstacles ...
Supremely Disturbing, Boorish Obama
Post Date: 2012-04-05 19:52:31 by Mad Dog
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Of course we should not be surprised at anything that comes out of his mouth, but comments this week by Barack Obama (or whatever his name is) were simply stunning. Not only were they stunning, but they were chilling. When he issued a thinly veiled threat to the Supreme Court concerning their ruling on the atrocious Obamacare legislation, we saw a brazen, boorish, wanna-be dictator showing his ugly, arrogant face. Here is part of what he said, Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress. And I’d just remind ...
Rise of the Petty Dictator
Post Date: 2012-04-03 18:54:42 by Hondo68
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Many a constitutional scholar were left with their jaws hanging near their ankles following Obama’s press conference on the White House lawn yesterday, where he railed against Supreme Court, describing their potential to overturn his Obamacare as that of an “Unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constitutional and passed law.” According to the President, it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to overturn his health care law. His preemptive strike against the Supreme Court should worry more people than opponents of Obamacare. What is most amazing is that this statement comes from someone who purports to have taught Constitutional Law at ...
Controversial (Burn a Koran) Pastor Announces Sanford Rally (Constitutional Rights for Zimmerman & Trayvon)
Post Date: 2012-04-03 17:18:25 by Hondo68
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Controversial pastor Terry Jones announced today he will hold a rally “in support of the Constitutional Rights for George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin” at the Sanford, Florida, courthouse on Saturday, April 21. In a video posted on March 29, Jones explained that many in the black community and the establishment media have already tried George Zimmerman in the court of public opinion and have denied him the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. Jones is notorious for his plan last year to burn Korans. He believes Islam is a violent religion that wants to impose sharia law in the United States. Muslims reacted with violence after Jones announced his plan to burn the ...
President Obama Goes on Record Opposing Marbury v. Madison
Post Date: 2012-04-03 06:59:48 by CZ82
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President Obama Goes on Record Opposing Marbury v. Madison Posted by Leon H. Wolf Monday, April 2nd at 6:26PM EDT For a guy who graduated from Harvard Law, Barack Obama is not really very well versed on his law or his legal history. Speaking out today about the Supreme Court’s review of Obamacare, Obama offered this stunning and completely ahistorical nugget: Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress. Look, I’m not here to debate the finer points of Marbury v. Madison with anyone, but the fact remains that ...
Testing the Media’s Testicular Fortitude
Post Date: 2012-04-03 06:56:15 by CZ82
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Testing the Media’s Testicular Fortitude Posted by Erick Erickson Tuesday, April 3rd at 4:46AM EDT According to America’s top Constitutional Law Professor turned President of the United States, the Supreme Court should not overturn “a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress.” What about the people, acting through the democratic process, to amend their own constitution? I ask because in California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled it unconstitutional for the people of California to amend their constitution to prohibit gay marriage. Most damning, the Ninth Circuit’s opinion pretty clearly says that when judges act ...
Jailhouse Strip Searches Backed by U.S. Supreme Court Ruling
Post Date: 2012-04-02 12:11:17 by Brian S
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The U.S. Supreme Court backed the use of strip searches of newly arrested people, saying jails can take steps to ensure that even those arrested for minor offenses aren’t smuggling in weapons or drugs. Ruling in a case that pitted security concerns against privacy rights, the justices today said in a 5-4 vote that officials don’t need individualized suspicion before conducting searches that involve close inspection of private body parts. Two members of the majority -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito -- wrote separately to say the decision was a limited one. Roberts said the ruling left open the possibility of exceptions, while Alito said it was limited to ...
Homeland Security Targets Anti-Abortion Activists as Domestic Terrorists
Post Date: 2012-04-02 08:24:49 by Hondo68
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Authorities use ‘stalking’ laws to kill freedom of speechThe Homeland Security unit of Charlotte’s Mecklenburg Police Department is working hard to crush the First Amendment rights of anti-abortion activists by re-characterizing protest as “stalking,” ensuring that institutions merely have to complain that they feel “threatened” in order to have police remove demonstrators. The domestic terrorism branch of the CMPD is targeting the anti-abortion group Operation Save America because of its efforts to dissuade mothers from terminating pregnancies outside abortion mills.“Rev. Flip Benham, the National Director of Operation Save America, will appear at ...
Police Are Using Phone Tracking as a Routine Tool
Post Date: 2012-04-01 14:21:09 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, documents show. The practice has become big business for cellphone companies, too, with a handful of carriers marketing a catalog of “surveillance fees” to police departments to determine a suspect’s location, trace phone calls and texts or provide other services. Some departments log dozens of traces a month for both emergencies and routine investigations. With cellphones ...
Dems Warn Of ‘Grave Damage’ To SCOTUS If ‘Obamacare’ Is Struck Down
Post Date: 2012-03-29 17:03:38 by Mad Dog
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A handful of Senate Democrats sought to assure doubtful liberals that the Supreme Court justices aren’t ready to strike down their crowning achievement, standing before cameras and mics Wednesday in front of the court. One warned that doing so would ruin the court’s credibility. “This court would not only have to stretch, it would have to abandon and completely overrule a lot of modern precedent, which would do grave damage to this court, in its credibility and power,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D), a former attorney general of Connecticut. “The court commands no armies, it has no money; it depends for its power on its credibility. The only reason people obey it ...
Tea Party Members: Are you a sheep in wolf’s clothing? The GOP hopes so.
Post Date: 2012-03-29 16:59:22 by Hondo68
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“The 2012 election is the most important election of our lifetimes!” You have been hearing these words relentlessly during this election cycle and you will continue to hear them through Election Day, and beyond. This is the election that we decide if we stand on Constitutional principles or support the politicians who continually destroy the fabric of our way of life, our Constitution, our Bill of Rights and our representative republic. Wait, didn’t we hear that somewhere before? Wasn’t 2010 supposed to be “the most important election of our lifetimes?” The 2010 election was touted as the return of a constitutionally limited federal government. During that ...
The Original First Amendment
Post Date: 2012-03-29 08:58:02 by CZ82
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The Original First Amendment You know the First Amendment, right? It’s the one about free speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion, right? Nope. I am talking about the First Amendment. That is, the original First Amendment. And it was not about these freedoms—vital as they are—but rather about adequate representation in Congress. A primary concern among some of the framers was that we would have enough people in the House to speak for the number of people they represented as adequately as possible. For, the larger a body of people to speak for, the less one person truly represents them. This means, therefore, that if we desire more accurate representation, we ...
Scalia Likens Reading Obamacare to Cruel and Unusual Punishment (8th amendment violation by Obama lawyer)
Post Date: 2012-03-28 19:10:04 by Hondo68
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Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia humorously invoked the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishments, when discussing the Obamacare legislation during oral argument today at the Supreme Court. JUSTICE SCALIA: Mr. Kneedler, what happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? (Laughter.) JUSTICE SCALIA: And do you really expect the Court to do that? Or do you expect us to — to give this function to our law clerks? Is this not totally unrealistic? That we are going to go through this enormous bill item by item and decide each one? MR. KNEEDLER: Well -
Poster Comment:LOL, Scallia is going ballistic! He ...
Sinners In the Hands of Anthony Kennedy
Post Date: 2012-03-28 18:06:35 by redleghunter
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Sinners In the Hands of Anthony Kennedy The left cries foul as the right uses the federal courts to do as the left has done for years. Yesterday the left descended into madness. The madness came early in the day. It happened shortly after 10 o’clock in the morning. Justice Anthony Kennedy opened his mouth and uttered his first question on the issue of the individual mandate. He asked, “Can you create commerce in order to regulate it?” The question, the second asked yesterday morning, bothered the left. As the clock approached 11, Kennedy spoke again, sending shockwaves through the legal community. He stated matter of factly, "the reason this is concerning, is because ...
Justices poised to strike down entire healthcare law
Post Date: 2012-03-28 13:26:14 by Capitalist Eric
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Reporting from Washington— The Supreme Court's conservative justices said Wednesday they are prepared to strike down President Obama’s healthcare law entirely. Picking up where they left off Tuesday, the conservatives said they thought a decision striking down the law's controversial individual mandate to purchase health insurance means the whole statute should fall with it. The court’s conservatives sounded as though they had determined for themselves that the 2,700-page measure must be declared unconstitutional. "One way or another, Congress will have to revisit it in toto," said Justice Antonin Scalia. Agreeing, Justice Anthony Kennedy said it would ...
Audio of Anthony Kennedy: The mandate fundamentally changes the relationship between citizens and the federal government
Post Date: 2012-03-27 16:56:14 by calcon
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Ed touched on this earlier but you should listen to the clip, as it’s surely the single most momentous exchange from today’s momentous hearing. If the mandate ends up being cashiered, this will be its epitaph. A dirty little secret about Kennedy: He’s not nearly as centrist when it comes to the Commerce Clause and the Tenth Amendment as he is on, say, abortion and gay rights. He’s been the fifth vote for a conservative majority on several landmark cases finding limitations on federal power. I get the idea sometimes from righties who don’t pay much attention to the Court that they view him as another Souter, but that’s not remotely fair. In fact, it’s ...
Justices signal possible trouble for health insurance mandate
Post Date: 2012-03-27 12:48:45 by calcon
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Reporting from Washington— The Supreme Court's conservative justices Tuesday laid into the requirement in the Obama administration's healthcare law that Americans have health insurance, as the court began a much-anticipated second day of arguments on the controversial legislation. Even before the administration's top lawyer could get three minutes into his defense of the mandate, some justices accused the government of pushing for excessive authority to require Americans to buy anything. "Are there any limits," asked Justice Anthony Kennedy, one of three conservative justices whose votes are seen as crucial to the fate of the unprecedented insurance mandate. ...
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