Showing posts with label US Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Constitution. Show all posts
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Fun with the lexicon

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President Donny has done a lot of highly questionable things but, at least according to the Constitution, treason is not one of them. Trea...
Monday, February 6, 2017

The bankruptcy of ideas

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President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch is a real throwback. Really a throwback. He is a self-described "ori...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Two sides of the same coin

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For the past couple of weeks about all we've heard from the presidential campaign are attacks on the personality and temperment of the c...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

It's okay because I said it's okay

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First forget about all the niceties we've come to appreciate. I'm talking about the Due Process Clause, the right to trial by jury a...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Worth the paper it's printed on

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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be in...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

That's the way the wild wind blows

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Apparently the wind's been blowing extra hard out on the West Texas plains this summer. At least that's the only logical explanation...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Judge, jury and executioner

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The Obama administration's assault on the Bill of Rights - and the Constitution - continued yesterday when the government conceded to a ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Undermining the rule of law

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The United States Constitution makes very little mention of citizens. It mandates that our elected representatives be citizens and that the ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Guilty, as charged

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Our Constitution provides that anyone accused of a crime will be afforded due process of law (now that's a moving target). That means th...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The man with his finger on the button

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Well so much for all that checks and balances nonsense. Not to mention all that talk of separation of powers. The Obama White House has deci...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Happy Birthday, Guantanamo

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Where were you ten years ago? What were you doing? Who were you hanging out with? What changes in your life have you seen over the last ten ...
Friday, December 9, 2011

On secret prisons and shredding the Constitution

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It would appear that the CIA has been operating a secret prison in Bucharest since the days of the Shrub administration. The prison was u...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Shhh! It's a secret

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Naturally the very existence of the document is a national security secret (or at least a pinkie-swear secret) - but what you expect when t...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Death without due process

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Got Jesus?

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Would you rather sit on a pew or sit in jail? That's the choice being offered in the town of Bay Minette, Alabama for those accused of...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

US Constitution ratified 223 years ago today

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And speaking of the Constitution... On this date in 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution which, per ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Continuing down that slippery slope

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On the morning of September 11, 2001, a total of 2,977 folks lost their lives in the terrorist attacks that felled the World Trade Center an...
Monday, May 9, 2011

It's all relative

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It's the middle of the night. Police surround a house. At the designated signal the front door is kicked in and officers storm the dwell...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

The hidden agenda

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How anyone can think it is appropriate in any way shape or form for counties to place displays in front of their courthouses for crime victi...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Not a good week to be on trial in Montgomery County

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By proclamation of our dear leader, the fair-haired one, Governor Rick Perry, the week of April 10-16, 2011 is " The Defendant's No...
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