Quantcast
Channel: Constitution
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 15 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Tea Party Constitution and the Debt Ceiling

Last year, we released a report on the myriad ways that the Tea Party movement – supposedly obsessed with the Constitution – twists the United States’ founding documents beyond recognition.This month,...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Republicans Continue to Block Consensus Nominees

The U.S. Constitution establishes a federal court system that empowers ordinary individuals to hold accountable even the most powerful people and corporations. But when people's access to courts is...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Too Many Rulings are Supremely Courteous to Corporations

This op-ed was originally published at OtherWords.orgAmericans realize that our rights and liberties depend on having a system of justice that we can trust. We know we should be able to show up in...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Taking it Back to 1987, Mitt Romney Teams Up with Judge Bork

Mitt Romney yesterday announced the members of his campaign’s legal advisory team, which will be led by none other than Robert Bork.This is interesting because Judge Bork’s views of the law and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Slow Pace of Diversity in the Courts

NPR reports today on President Obama’s unprecedented efforts to bring diversity to the federal bench:The White House says almost half of the 97 candidates who have won confirmation during Obama's...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

‘What You Talkin’ Bout, Willard?’

If you watched TV in the 1980s, you surely remember this:The TV show Diff’rent Strokes– which featured the iconic tagline “What you talkin’ bout, Willis”? – was produced by PFAW’s founder Norman...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Resurrecting Lochner

Right-wing columnist George Will has a column this morning filled with deception and misdirection on the Supreme Court's infamous Lochner decision. Lochner was the decision in which arch-conservative...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

4th Circuit Upholds Rule of Law in Healthcare Case

In a badly-needed boost to the rule of law and the nation's much-abused new health reform, a three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit today rejected two attacks on "Obamacare." In one case, Virginia v....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Flashback: Reagan and Bush on the Humanity of Undocumented Immigrants

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman made a surprisingly refreshing statement  in Wednesday's GOP presidential debate, when, answering a question about immigration reform, he said, “I hope that all of us as...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

North Carolina Puts Anti-Equality Amendment on the Ballot

North Carolina’s Senate today passed a measure to put an anti-marriage equality constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot. North Carolina is currently the only Southeast state that hasn’t amended...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Saving the Constitution From the Tea Party

What if our federal government didn’t have the power to provide for emergency disaster relief? To prevent children from being put to work at an early age…without even the protection of a minimum wage?...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Commerce Clause and American Progress

In the Tea Party, it’s all the rage these days to declare everything unconstitutional – Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, disaster relief, federal civil rights laws, health care...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

America as a Christian Nation Panel Highlights

On November 8, 2011, People For the American Way Foundation hosted a forum at the National Press Club entitled America as a ‘Christian Nation’ – A conversation with experts on religion, history, law...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Rick Perry: Don’t Use the Constitution to Interpret the Constitution

Researchers at People For’s Right Wing Watch were watching Mike Huckabee’s presidential candidate forum on Saturday, and picked out this interesting exchange:First, Perry presents his plan to impose...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sen. Mike Lee Taken to Task (Again)

By the time the Senate went home for its month-long holiday in before Christmas, Republicans had made it clear they would continue to obstruct the nominations process so as to cripple both the Consumer...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 15 View Live




Latest Images