Category Archives: Constitution
The current president, Barack Obama, asserted: “I have to side with Justice Breyer’s view of the Constitution—that it is not a static but rather a living document, and must be read [by the judiciary] in the context of an ever-changing world.” But something that can be endlessly reinterpreted can’t have definite meaning. And something so vague is contrary to what the Founding generation thought a Constitution was. Continue reading
Can the United Nations and President Obama send American troops to war without asking Congress? Continue reading
I demand answers from President Obama after he has authorized US military action against Libya without congressional approval. Continue reading
Consider the presidential election system we have today: Every state has a number of electors, equal to their amount of representatives and senators, who vote for the President of the United States. In most states, every elector goes to the candidate who achieves the most popular votes, regardless of his margin of victory. This means: Presidential candidates have little reason to campaign to the whole country. If partisan or personal loyalty makes victory certain in a state, a candidate can … Continue reading
Something has enraged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Senator from New York, and for once, it’s not the latest stratagem of the Republican Party. What has inspired her ire is… a video game. Specifically, this: I haven’t played the game, but I’ve read it allows players to control a main character who fights both street gangs and corrupt police, during the course of which he can hijack cars, participate in shoot-outs, etc. A lot of people say it’s fun, but … Continue reading
WASHINGTON, DC (JV) – In a landmark vote, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill today that would create a Christian church regulated by the federal government, with a clergy composed of presidential appointees. “This is a great day in the histroy of America,” President George Bush said after the bill’s passage. “For the first time in millennia, Americans will be able to worship the creator of their choices, without having to tolerate the Islamic and the atheistic heathen.” … Continue reading
Americans think of themselves as the freest people on Earth. After all, they say, they have rule by majority, equality amongst themselves, freedom to do whatever they want, and most importantly, freedom to think whatever they want. The First Amendment to their United States Constitution proclaims the government may not infringe upon freedom of speech. Americans can generally say whatever they want without fear of legal sanction or physical violence. Yet in his seminal work Democracy in America, Alexis de … Continue reading
