#constitution

#constitution

Earlier this week, I expressed exasperation at the seeming irrelevance of what I used to teach in American government classes in the context of what's going on now. Old standbys like "checks and balances," "equal protection of the law" and "judicial review" seem to have been discarded in favor of what Lionel Trilling called "a series of irritable mental gestures." I couldn't imagine how I would teach the class now.

Nina Turner, former presidential campaign co-chair for Bernie Sanders, called for Ogles's outright ouster from Congress, asserting that Ogles advocates against the Constitution.

The Constitution grants us rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - not abortions.

"Recently, the Polish constitution has been violated so regularly that we, as the political class, must begin working on solutions for a new constitution that will be ready for adoption, I hope and believe, in 2030."

Ruadhan Mac Cormaic questioned if a United Ireland would require tearing the current Constitution up and starting anew. Professor David Kenny supported this idea by noting former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's suggestion that unification necessitates a new Constitution due to the limitations and symbolism of the current framework.

The president has signed unconstitutional executive orders to oppress voters and undo federal civil rights protections; he has illegally turned the military on our communities.

The use of Article 49.3 is controversial as it suggests legislation lacks sufficient support to be voted on through traditional means.

In 1960, the Supreme Court ruled in Flemming v. Nestor that there are no property rights to Social Security, emphasizing government's flexibility in administering benefits.

The president is abusing the powers of his office to wield the might of the executive branch in retaliation against organizations and people that he dislikes. Nothing in our constitution or laws grants a president such power; to the contrary, the specific provisions and overall design of our constitution were adopted in large measure to ensure that presidents cannot exercise arbitrary, absolute power in the way that the president seeks to do in these executive orders.