constitution

Am I the only one who finds this speech to be a momentous. The POTUS basically called the SCOTUS out of control and going against the constitution and plotting with the rogue republicans. POk-3xSOiuw

I have heard this mantra, or something similar, repeated many times in recent days: "The US is founded on Christian Principles" Now, I have read the US Constitution many times. I have taken a Constitutional law course. I have even waded through some of "The common law". And I cannot for the...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/02/mansfield/index.html Wow, man. Just, wow. :eye-poppi

Some, like German chancellor Angela Merkel, would like to have christianity (or at least god or religion) written in to the new European constitution as part of the European Values. If you support the forces that want to keep religion and politics separate, please visit...

I present here, for any interested readers, a recap of federal court decisions from around the United States over the past several months dealing with the Establishment Clause and/or the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution. This is not an exhaustive survey by any means; it's just a quick...

by swearing his oath of office on the Koran. :eusa_wall: That's right, an American citizen exercising his rights under the Constitution undermines American civilization. I don't know much about Dennis Prager so I have to ask. Is he really this ignorant, or does he know perfectly well that...

A friend has recently brought up the Iroquois influence on the US constitution and a quick bit of Googling seems to suggest that there isn't much agreement on the subject. So I was wondering if anyone out there in JREFland has any information on this or interesting links they think are worth...

But will it float?

Since we can't seem to agree on the Koran...

From the Boston Globe article (registration required, I think): Some of the legislation to which this applies: -''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials -requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems -Patriot Act. -the torture ban -laws...

Over at the BBC website at http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?sortBy=2&threadID=616&start=480&tstart=0&edition=1&ttl=20051222142750&#paginator there is an interesting little debate about this Intelligent Design nonsense in Dover. A lot of US posters are bringing up the point about the...

**************************** Amendment IV - Search and seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...

From Iraq The Model. Items in parentheses are disputed language. My take is that the mention of Islam is too prominent in the language, but that is tempered with a decent enumuration of human rights. I would be, I suppose, very tempted to vote this draft down because of that language, but I...

In this week's Commentary at http://www.randi.org/jr/071505on.html, Randi writes: I'm afraid I have to take exception to this, on two fronts: First, a minor nitpick: Although the Declaration of Independence uses the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", that phrase exists...

In the early 1900s, the leaders of the US wanted to ban the consumption and production of alcohol nationwide. In order to do this, the congress and the states pass the 18th constitutional amendment. This was necessary because the federal government had no constitutional authority to do so...

Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8923.htm I know some nutty stuff gets into committees and I'm sure this will never see the light of day. I find it pretty distrubing none the less.

Population, 1790 Census Virginia: 747,550 South Carolina: 249,073 New York: 340,241 Rhode Island: 69,112 Georgia: 82,548 Connecticut: 237,655 New Hampshire: 141,899 Pennsylvania: 433,611 Massachusetts: 378,556 North Carolina: 395,005 New Jersey: 184,139 Delaware: 59,096 Maryland: 319,728...

I'm no expert on US politics, but this looks fairly worrying. Is this part of a general trend for the US legislative branch to try to pass laws stopping judicial review of their other laws? If so, doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a judicial arm of government to act as a check in the...

APRIL FOOLS!!!! :p

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3644698 In other words, no one can agree what the proposed EU constitution actually mean. Or as Humpty Dumpty would say "When I write a constitution, it means exactly what I say it means. Nothing more. Nothing less." The big advantage of...

They've decided to write and pass a bill specific to one person, and one person only. This is highly unconstitutional and is just pandering to the religious right. I'm sure glad I didn't vote Republican in the last elections, I'd feel stupid if I did...

In another thread, DanishDynamite brought up the issue of how our founding fathers, in trying to form a free country, nonetheless allowed for slavery in the Constitution. The issue is so interesting, with many facets, that I thought it deserved its own thread. I've been wanting to get this...

Excellent article: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20050221&s=allen

Ok I would be slightly supprised if anyone other than the extreamist christians we get here from time to time voted for them but in case you missed it here their platform. http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php#AIDS I'm still not sure weather to put them to the left or right of Bush.

The events of the last couple of years have raised this issue, at least in my mind, but I've never seen any extended discussion of it anywhere. What are the limits of the protections afforded by the US Constitution? This Jose Padilla guy, an American citizen, was picked up in the US, for...

Did you know you can download the text of the US constitution and install it on your iPod? It's true - check it out. I bet this thread sinks without a trace :D

I just read about Iraq's new form of governement but there is one thing I don't under stand. It says: Why can't the Iraqi PEOPLE vote to pick their own President?

Here is an example of where critical thinking and government do not mix. The government is getting ready to pass a bill that will require all handguns sold in the US have a child safety lock. story at yahoo news The problem? "Child Safety" locks are snake oil. They don't work. Most guns can...

http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=13719

According to the New Yorker, "On July 10th, Sentator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah quietly intorduced what he hopes will become the twenty-eighth amendment" It changes the old rule from Article II Section 1, that required that a person be born in the US to be president. Orrin's version...