constitution issues

Some of Joe's ideas The woo is strong in this one. source No wonder he's slipping in the polls.

Is it constitutional for the gov't to be collecting all these other taxes, and even hidden taxes they call "fees"?

I just read a scifi book in which a most interesting comment was made. I am sure most of you already knew this but the distinction just hit me when I read that the first amendment prevents only Comgress from passing laws against free speech. Apparently anyone else can. So, can a state pass...

Ok, so we now have a GREAT example of Conservative and GOPer hypocricy when it comes to the Constitution. Conservatives and GOPers, who usually claim to LOVE the Constitution, Freedom, and the Bill of Rights to death, are now mostly the ones demanding that Mosque/Muslim community center NOT be...

Wow... Republicans Push To Revise 14th Amendment My immediate thoughts: 1. This has a snowball's chance in hell of passing, and the GOP knows it. It wouldn't pass even if they had control of both houses of Congress. 2. The GOP is shooting itself in the foot, yet again, with the growing...

Have just read a funny claim, wonder if it is true. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/US_tax_deadline_sparks_expatriate_ideas.html?cid=8995438

I received this in the mail today. It is a flyer against the Equal Rights Amendment. I can't believe how much support the anti-ERA people have. Everyone in my class was shocked that the ERA wasn't ratified before. Do they have a point? Well, it has been my long-held and poorly thought out...

In another thread, ThinBlueLine and I got slightly sidetracked with the War on Drugs. To avoid derailing that thread (okay, probably way too late) and because this deserves a thread of its own, I thought it'd be interesting to see how actual police officers view the War on Drugs. I had started...

I think he is wrong the Constitution states clearly that all people in criminal case shall have a hearing of some sort before a grand jury. And the right to a fair and speedy trial. He is a Goat Supreme who is subverting the Consititution, much to the harm of our nation. All they had to do was...

Article here.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3169378 ...full article It seems that there are many many things that would have to be abolished if Scalia's interpretation of the constitution were the norm.

Read a transcript of the President's remarks on the CNN web site. I have read the remarks. Twice. And there is something that I find very troubling: I don't see the need. I don't see the need to take the drastic step of amending the United States Constitution. This is most certainly not a...

As someone who supported the Equal Rights Amendmant in my youth I am appalled that my state has the gall to pass it now. What happened to the Constitution? Are they just going to say "Do Over; no tag backs." I can't believe that these people want to subvert the Constitution, the time to pass...