Category Archives: Constitutional Law

The Dissenting Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on June 24, 2022 by wordcloud9

Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Stephen Breyer stood up for women. The other six justices voted to turn back women’s rights to the 1950s,but they will not stop there. The Witch Hunts of the 21st Century are just beginning. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts About the Attempted Insurrection in Washington DC

Posted on January 7, 2021 by wordcloud9

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.As nations become corrupt and vicious, theyhave more need of masters.”   – Benjamin Franklin “In questions of power, then, let no more be saidof confidence in man, but bind him down frommischief by the … Continue reading →

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Looking at Jeff Flake’s anti-Trump speech on the media

Posted on January 23, 2018 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers The collective false consciousness that is US democracy has many manifestations, so without casting aspersions on Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake’s motives, his speech on the floor of the US Senate is useful if only to … Continue reading →

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TCS: A Dangerous Silence in Public Schools – Thoughts for Religious Freedom Day

Posted on January 15, 2018 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! ________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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President Bait and Vice President Switch

Posted on July 22, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers we may be seeing the rise of a particular strategy on the right—sometimes gripping part of the GOP, and sometimes all of it—that can be traced back to that noted conservative Vladimir Lenin. I speak of “heightening … Continue reading →

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Lawfare ahead … pitched battles

Posted on May 24, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summersLawfare is a form of asymmetric warfare, consisting of using the legal system against an enemy, such as by damaging or delegitimizing them, tying up their time or winning a public relations victory. The word is a … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … Trump now hoisted by his own Braggadocio … “Watch them start to choke like dogs”

Posted on May 12, 2017 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers The Führereid loyalty oath redux: First Trump’s staff, then government officials, then the military… 1930s pump priming  Like the urban legend of the choking dog with the thief’s fingers lodged in his throat, God-Emperor Trump has … Continue reading →

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SUPREME COURT: Imagine if Republicans Had Changed the Rules in 1970

Posted on April 7, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 8, 1970 – The Senate votes on President Richard Nixon’s nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. A combination of the high-reversal rate (58%) of his decisions on appeal, his support decades earlier of racial segregation and white … Continue reading →

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Devin Nunes (R-CA) forges for his sodding tiger at the White House

Posted on March 27, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Chairman Nunes met with his source at the White House grounds in order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source.” Coincidentally, there is an orange rumped agouti … Continue reading →

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Customs and Border Patrol Warrantless Searches

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Terry Welshans

Dating back to at least 2009, Customs and Border Patrol has detained pilots of general aviation aircraft and have conducted warrantless searches.  In a typical scenario, after a routine flight, you land at your destination, taxi to the ramp—and then … Continue reading →

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