Aug 25, 2011 – Well, the first comprehensive conservative report card of Congress is out, and we can now determine which members of the “Tea Party … In just the first seven months of the legislative session, they scored 30 votes in the House and 19 in the Senate, many of which dealt … First, the Senate is more decentralized, making it easier for an individual member to oppose leadership. …

Aug 25, 2011 – ”: “Rick Perry’s campaign is now distancing him from another controversial claim in his book: That we should repeal the 16th Amendment … CBO is predicting GDP growth of 2.3% this year, even though it has only grown by 0.8% for the first half of the year. … I love my bosses and my employer and the owner and was happy to accommodate their very first request in my five years of employment…

Aug 22, 2011 – Even some of his more eccentric-sounding ideas, like his criticism of the Sixteenth Amendment, are grounded in his experience balancing … racial superiority for its native people), and became independent by seceding from Mexico – to Texans, independence and secession are first…

Sep 7, 2011 – The only reason why it passed constitutional muster without the requirement of an amendment was FDR’s hardball tactics with … Or, instead of empowering government bureaucrats with even more of our money – the same bureaucrats who mismanaged it in the first … Karl Rove wants to know what a 10th amendment solution would look like vis-à-vis Social Security. …

Sep 6, 2011 – Do you think we should transform our first-to-invent system into a first-to-file system?  Is this a jobs bill? … Do you believe that the intent of the 14th amendment was to grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants?  … –10th Amendment:  There has been a newfound alacrity for the 10th Amendment, which states that “The powers not delegated to the United…

Sep 13, 2011 – According to the Tenth Amendment and centuries of constitutional precedent, states governments have inherent powers, subject only to … What that means – as any first year law student or person of ordinary common sense can tell you – is that when asking whether a State…

Sep 11, 2011 – Currently, I am a United Parcel Service Boeing 757/767 First Officer flying domestically and internationally. … My first reaction was to call my father, also a U.S. … On September 6, 2002, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to allow airline pilots to carry guns on an amendment to the legislation that…

Dec 20, 2023 – voted to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 GOP presidential primary ballot using Section 3 of the 14th Amendment … This marks the first time in history that this provision has been leveraged in an effort to prevent a presidential candidate from seeking … The court put its ruling on hold until Jan. 4, so Trump can first seek review from the Supreme Court.…

Dec 20, 2023 – ruled that the former president had committed "insurrection" regarding January 6th and was thereby disqualified under the 14th Amendment … Think about how ironic just the first part of Biden's statement is.…

Dec 20, 2023 – Jonathan Turley Rips Apart the Colorado Decision Booting Trump Off the Ballot First, Biden responded with the right thing, that he … Now, whether the 14th Amendment applies, we'll let the Court make that decision. But he certainly supported an insurrection.…

Dec 20, 2023 – With not quite four weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, that first-in-the-nation presidential election indicator, former President … At first glance, it would appear that Trump and DeSantis are both losing some support at the margins to Haley. … Emerson survey was conducted from December 15th to the 17th, before the Colorado Supreme Court issued its ruling using a weak 14th Amendment…

Dec 20, 2023 – The folks trying to push the 14th Amendment agenda to get former President Donald Trump booted off ballots finally met with success … The purpose of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — the “disqualification clause” — was to bar Confederates.   … The only narrow part of the opinion came with the interpretation of the First Amendment, where the four justices dismissed the free-speech…

Dec 20, 2023 – We have very clear documentation on the purpose of the amendment.  The circumstances of today are a lot murkier. … Amendment protects Trump’s speech and wasn’t implicitly repealed in that regard by the 14th Amendment, that the Republican Party has … a First Amendment right of association to put an ineligible candidate on its primary ballot, and even that Trump may have a legal…

Dec 19, 2023 – But even Christie found the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court booting Trump off the primary ballot under the 14th Amendment for … States by the voters of this country. pic.twitter.com/77ChhLFkFz — Chris Christie (@GovChristie) December 20, 2023 Christie noted first … As my colleague Bob Hoge reported, Vivek Ramaswamy went a step further and showed class by being the first out with a statement, saying…

Dec 19, 2023 – that 2024 GOP presidential candidate and former POTUS Donald Trump should be removed from the Republican primary ballot on 14th Amendment … the election away from the people of Colorado and robbed them of their right to vote for President Trump.This is an unprecedented First … amendment violation that must be struck down by the SCOTUS.This can not be allowed to stand. — Rep.…

Dec 19, 2023 – Donald Trump should be removed from the state’s presidential primary ballot for the 2024 election based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment … The court put its ruling on hold until Jan. 4, so Trump can first seek review from the Supreme Court. … In other states, similar efforts to remove Trump using the 14th Amendment have been shot down.…

Dec 17, 2023 – The First Amendment prohibition on the establishment of religion only applied to the federal government, with several states maintaining … The purpose of the First Amendment was to prevent any Christian denomination — the target was explicitly the Anglican Church because … When he ran for first vice president of the SBC, SBC President Ray Barber lambasted him for his views.…

Dec 17, 2023 – Oh, sure, the people who are complaining have First Amendment rights as well and are free to whinge about the proposed statue. … Here's the thing a lot of folks have a hard time understanding: The First Amendment applies to everyone. … Speaking as a guy with no dog in this religious fight but also as a staunch First Amendment advocate, I hope the Mt.…

Dec 17, 2023 – I am guided by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. … I'm not even sure that Satanism qualifies as a religion under the First Amendment.  … There is no binding precedent stating that anti-blasphemy laws violate the First Amendment.…

Dec 16, 2023 – He said: As first reported by the Washington Examiner, Swalwell used his official position to reserve the space for the press conference … Indeed, in 2021 Swalwell sponsored a resolution exploring whether dozens of Republican colleagues could be expelled under the 14th Amendment…

Dec 15, 2023 – Republican, and like-minded gun-owners who brought the lawsuit had earlier waived their claims that the law infringes on the Second Amendment … The Second Amendment claim is alive, however, in several federal lawsuits filed in southern Illinois, later consolidated and awaiting … When Illinois first passed the ban, over half of the state’s sheriffs indicated that they would refuse to enforce it, meaning that…

Dec 14, 2023 – but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic altars inside Capitol buildings as protected by the First … Amendment. … Better yet, they would have never allowed it to be put up in the first place.…

Dec 14, 2023 – First, unions began adopting a so-called “escape window” policy stating that the union will process a worker’s request to exercise … his or her First Amendment rights of free speech and association during an arbitrary, union-established period of days or weeks every … The Freedom Foundation worked directly with the lawmakers in those states, with Arkansas becoming the first to sign a measure into…

Dec 13, 2023 – The plaintiff alleges that WMATA is violating its First Amendment rights and displaying anti-Christian bias in its refusal to allow … WMATA must support the freedoms provided in the First Amendment rather than silence Americans through censorship.” … In this case, they are standing on principle, taking the government to task for ignoring the First Amendment.…

Dec 12, 2023 – Speaker Johnson has come under fire for his perceived inability to make a decision on FISA: First, he announced a short-term extension … was found to have spied on almost 120,000 Americans without a warrant, which many viewed as an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment…