Category Archives: Constitution

On Free Speech, Washington Post Finds That “Constitutional And Decent Are Not The Same Thing”

By now you may have heard that the Supreme Court ruled in a manner that Free Speech is actually Free Speech. That government may not regulate it because someone got the vapors, such as, say, with the name of the Washington Redskins. The NY Times took to the Editorial Page to hail this decision, writing […]

Warmists Are Suddenly Super Enthused By Federalism When It Comes To Paris Climate Agreement

Leftists have long been annoyed by the notion of the 10th Amendment, which states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” They would prefer that all powers go to the federal government, rather than […]

Senate Expected To “Go Nuclear” Regarding Gorsuch Confirmation Today

Negotiations to avert having to implement the nuclear option Harry Reid option .@RandPaul on possibly using 'nuclear option' for Gorsuch: Harry Reid set the rules for us, and we're going to go by his precedent. pic.twitter.com/yLEkOePkVT — FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) April 5, 2017 collapsed, so, now we’re going to get this (The Hill) Senate […]

Trump Rolls Back Federal Legal Protection For Gender Confused To Violate Privacy Of Little Girls

There had been rumblings that this was going to occur, and it has sent many in the media into a higher level of apoplexy Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students The Trump administration on Wednesday revoked federal guidelines specifying that transgender students have the right to use public school restrooms that match their […]

Will The GOP Use Rule 19 To Push Through Gorsuch To Supreme Court?

Rule 19 is more than just a way to shut down Senators who are being disrespectful to colleagues, as Elizabeth Warren learned Tuesday, as Sean Davis explains. It’s a way to keep debate without invoking the nuclear option. The two speech rule, a way to stop continuous filibusters which can stop Senate business (Federalist) However, […]

Say, Is Trump’s Executive Order Temporarily Blocking People From Seven Nations Legal?

The Washington Post gives it a try in determining whether the order is legal and Constitutional, pairing David B. Rivkin Jr., who practices appellate and constitutional law in the District and served in the Justice Department under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush against Karen Tumlin, who is the legal director for the National […]

With Trump Win, States Push More 2nd Amendment Rights

In reality, this is nothing new. As state governments across the country saw more and more Republicans assuming control, much like we saw the devastation in the federal Congress of the Democratic party during the Obama years, they looked to enable citizens to uphold their 2nd Amendment rights (The Hill) President Donald Trump’s election has […]

Washington State Considers Gun Bans Which, Shockingly, Mostly Affect Law Abiding Citizens

Democrats have lots of talking points for in public. Things like they just want to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. That they want to reduce gun violence. We’ll get things like they believe in the 2nd Amendment, and just want common sense gun control. That they don’t really want to confiscate guns. […]

Surprise: NY Times Uses Ft. Lauderdale Shooting To Bash Trump, Gun Owners

The NY Times’ Gail Collins does what liberals do best: politicize a tragedy for their far left politics. She is, of course, not the only one. Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group Everytown and Excitable Shannon Watts both did their best to politicize the shooting before the facts are in. Loony Tariq Nasheed referred to the shooter, […]

Dozens Attend Anti-Gun Violence Vigil Or Something

Anti-2nd Amendment liberals, er, anti-gun violence activists, had a big vigil Thursday. Did you even know about this? (WTVD) As part of a national day of remembrance for gun violence victims across America, several nonprofit groups held a vigil Thursday evening at Davie Street Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. Their goal was to specifically recall the tragic […]

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