Constitution

The question has been raised, essentially, "Is it honorable to take an oath to support a constitution, not only in its present state, b...

Below is an op-ed article in reply to that of Sandy Levinson that appeared Sunday, Feb. 7, in the Austin American-Statesman. Mine, like his...

A friend of mine, John Wolfgram, posed this interesting question: It is true that argument ad verecundiam (from authority) is a logical fal...

Much is revealed in this quote of J. Roberts in the decision announced Jan. 20, 2010, in Citizens United (joined by Alito). "To the e...

The videos of Andrew Napolitano contain several errors of constitutional construction and of history. Here are a few that stood out: 1. It ...

South Carolina in 1832 was political theater. it did some good, mainly because in those days the federal government depended on the coopera...

'Tis the season for Top Ten lists, so here is one, in no particular order: When the judge tells the jury "You are bound by the oath...

Courts are not to deliver justice. They are to resolve disputes that might disturb the operation of the economy. All that matters is money ...

Let’s try to put some numbers on what it will take to achieve any of our reform goals. The typical congressional district cont...

Taking over the offices in one or both of the two main parties has often been suggested as the way to get the right kinds of candidates, bu...

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidat...

What doesn't work is for citizens to demand change from others without writing the language in which that change will be implemented. If...

We have just uploaded a searchable PDF file of Military Affairs , Vol. 1, a collection of reports to the U.S. Congress from March 3, 1789, t...

At our next meetup Thursday Mar. 19 we will be discussing how to promote constitutional compliance. This is a selling job, and it has been ...

The essence of the issue was well stated by Ali A. Mohamed, Al Qaeda spy now in U.S. custody (from an interview on National Geographic Chann...

The following are comments on the Feb. 6, 2009, Bill Moyers interview of Jay Rosen and Glenn Greenwald : ______ Humans are herd animals. T...

It is sometimes said that the essence of republican government is representation , but that is not correct. Its essence is deliberation . Re...

Much has been written criticizing the NRA for becoming captured by the "Beltway mentality" surrounding the U.S. Capitol, and I te...