Category Archives: Constitution

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 […]

Cruz, DeSantis To Introduce Term Limits Bill To Drain The Swamp

Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Ron DeSantis have an op-ed up in the Washington Post, explaining the steps needed to actually drain the swamp If Republicans really want to drain the swamp, here’s how to do it On Election Day, the American people made a resounding call to “drain the swamp” that is modern Washington. […]

Hillary: D.C. Just Wanted To Protect Toddlers From Guns With Their Super Restrictive Laws

The Blaze’s Christian Datoc noticed this bit from the debate, calling it “nonsensical” Hillary Clinton flip-flopped her way through answering a question on gun control during Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate. Clinton first told moderator Chris Wallace that while she is a strong believer in the Second Amendment, she also believes “there can […]

Man In Gorilla Mask Handing Out Bananas Arrested At BLM Rally

What was he arrested for? Was he violent? Threatening? No. Wait on it (Washington Post) An East Tennessee State University student was arrested Wednesday after going to a Black Lives Matter protest on campus wearing a gorilla mask and handing out bananas. Tristan Rettke, an 18-year-old freshman, wore overalls and a gorilla mask and, wandering […]

Was Openly Carrying A Gun Enough For Police To Stop Keith Scott?

Food for thought? CMPD said Keith Lamont Scott had a gun. Was that reason enough to order him to drop it? …. Gregory Wallace, a law professor at Campbell University in Raleigh, said the city’s statement raises questions as to why police ordered Scott to drop his gun. In North Carolina, the open-carry of a […]

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