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Sandra Day O'Connor's Mea Culpa
MAY 1, 2013 9:46AM
Topics: politics, law, supreme court, sandra day o'connor, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, conservatism, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, constitution, chicago tribune, rachel maddow, democratic party, republican party, partisanship, william rehnquist, george w. bush, al gore
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- 1787 Views
- 20 Comments
Dictatorship v. Democracy
MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM
Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class
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- 16 Comments
Germany poised to legalize male circumcision this fall
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 5:53PM
Topics: germany, berlin, circumcision, judaism, islam, jews, muslims, human rights, constitution, child's rights, medicine, politics, religion
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- 3568 Views
- 30 Comments
Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences
JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM
Topics: politics, religion, religious right, republican party, chick-fil-a, free speech, gay marriage, dan cathy, mayor tom menino, public opinion, fairness doctrine, mike huckabee, christian right, focus on the family, founding fathers, first amendment, constitution, fact versus opinion, democracy, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, fox news, msnbc, ann coulter, communism, treason, marketplace of ideas, boston globe, bigotry, president obama, paranoia, science, gender discrimination, gun control, hunger, justice clarence thomas, liberalism, conservatism
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- 5669 Views
- 31 Comments
Right wing attacks one of its own -- again
JULY 6, 2012 3:49PM
Topics: small government, constitution, paul krugman, william buckley, michael savage, john roberts, david frum, dissent, politico, conservative movement, fascism, sarah palin, abortion, conservative talk radio, cpac, jonathan krohn, tea party, right wing, republican party, politics
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- 6571 Views
- 36 Comments
Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing
JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM
Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law
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- 3801 Views
- 18 Comments
History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age
APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM
Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics
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No Preacher Presidency this year. Santorum is out.
APRIL 11, 2012 9:12AM
Topics: constitution, focus on the family, fundamentalism, james dobson, presidential campaign, religion, republicans, rick santorum, right wing, theocracy
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- 2880 Views
- 63 Comments
Federal judges: A Not-So-Quick Note on Misguided Rhetoric
DECEMBER 20, 2011 11:17AM
Topics: newt gingrich, face the nation, meet the press, supreme court, us supreme court, united states supreme court, rick perry, michelle bachmann, michele bachmann, rick santorum, federal judges, constitution, erwin chemerinsky, los angeles times, open call, politics, law, gop presidential candidates, 2012 presidential elections
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- 1923 Views
- 9 Comments
Citizens United constitutional amendment falls short
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 10:05AM
Topics: tom udall, citizens united, constitution, amendment, campaign finance, jimmy zuma, corporate personhood, supreme court, scotus
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- 2995 Views
- 77 Comments
An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief
AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM
Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics
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- 1894 Views
- 47 Comments
Taking Charge of the Debt
JUNE 29, 2011 9:14AM
Topics: constitution, default, concession, agreement, republican, democratic, liberal, progressive, hillary clinton, hillary, compromiser-in-chief, compromiser, compromised, pre-compromise, compromise, barack obama, president obama, obama, brinksmanship, deficit, debt ceiling, dangerous game of chicken, game of chicken, chicken, 14th amendment, fourteenth amendment, debt, national debt, politics
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- 20 Comments
Federal Judge Rules Capitalism Unconstitutional
FEBRUARY 1, 2011 7:51AM
Topics: health care reform, vinson, capitalism, constitution, satire
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- 3434 Views
- 34 Comments
As Assange is arrested, US celebrates "World Press Freedom"
DECEMBER 7, 2010 1:34PM
Topics: constitution, espionage act, wikileaks, julian assange
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- 1516 Views
- 27 Comments
Our two-tiered citizenship – that’s you on the bottom
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 8:27AM
Topics: citizenship, msnbc, keith olberman, donations, phil griffin, reaction, countdown, supreme court, citizens united, at will employment, workers, scotus, constitution, democracy, corporatocracy, benito mussolini, corporations, employers, jimmy zuma
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- 4992 Views
- 47 Comments
McCain Bill Enables US Citizen Imprisonment Without Trial
AUGUST 30, 2010 7:31AM
Topics: ann coulter, coulter, sedition, treason, intellectual property, fair use, s.3081, fifth amendment, pow, john mccain, mccain, conservatism, constitution, due process, long war, indefinite detention, without review, no review, lack of review, us citizens, detention, politics
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- 3022 Views
- 5 Comments
What's at stake in Kenya's constitutional referendum
AUGUST 4, 2010 7:33AM
Topics: kenya, africa, politics, democracy, constitution, mwai kibai, daniel moi
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- 3206 Views
- 87 Comments
Renouncing my Status as a Republican Wannabe
JUNE 7, 2010 10:27AM
Topics: politics, constitution, republican, libertarian, libertarianism, tea party, independent, democrat, republican wannabe, legal juvenile, spanking, time out, talking to, hedonism, values, party of values, bp, oil spill, financial crash, financial collapse, the big short, somalia, rachel maddow, richard engel, ronald reagan, rand paul, ron paul, goldwater, rockefeller, greed, greed is good, trust but verify, the constitution is not a suicide pact, we the people, general welfare
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- 2053 Views
- 17 Comments
Happy Constitution Day!
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 5:09PM
Topics: constitutional convention, james madison, alexander hamilton, american revolution, u.s. constitution, constitution
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- 3494 Views
- 14 Comments
Happy birthday, Weimar Constitution!
AUGUST 12, 2009 10:03AM
Topics: democracy, germany, history, constitution
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