#constitutional-amendment

#constitutional-amendment

Lepore assesses Article V, providing for amending the Constitution, in her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. She will be discussing the book, in one of the highlight events of this year's Portland Book Festival, with OPB's Geoff Norcross at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Newmark Theatre. Festival tickets provide admission but purchase of the book at $35 secures entry.

Steve Bannon mysteriously talks about, We've got this plan.' I don't know what kind of plan you could have, Urban said before noting that amending the Constitution is the only way Trump could serve again. [I]t seems pretty clear. Urban then pointed to remarks from Trump earlier in the day, in which the president said Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marc Rubio would be great Republican presidential nominees. And listen, let no one be fooled to think that Donald Trump is going anywhere, Urban continued. He may not be president, but he's gonna be sitting at Bedminster or in Palm Beach. Can you imagine if you are President JD Vance, and every day you wake up to a slew of Truth Social posts and tweets about Donald Trump and reviewing your performance from the night before? Trump will remain large on the stage in American politics and global politics until he does not remain anymore. I mean, the guy is the Colossus at Rhodes and will remain that way.

One of the Constitution's founding purposes was to prevent change. But another was to allow for change without violence. Amendment is a constitution's mechanism for the prevention of insurrection-the only way to change the fundamentals of government without recourse to rebellion. Amendment is so essential to the American constitutional tradition-so methodical and so entirely a conception of endurance through adaptation-­that it can best be described as a philosophy. It is, at this point, a philosophy all but forgotten.

A bushy-browed, pipe-smoking, piano-playing Antonin Scalia-Nino-the scourge of the left, knew how to work a crowd. He loved opera; he loved theater; he loved show tunes. In high school, he played the lead role in Macbeth: "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition." As clever as he was combative, Scalia, short and stocky, was known, too, for his slightly terrifying energy and for his eviscerating sense of humor. He fished and hunted: turkeys and ducks, deer and boar, alligators. He loved nothing better than a dictionary. He argued to win. He was one of the Supreme Court's sharpest writers and among its severest critics.

DeSantis backed by state Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia has launched audits of several local governments to bolster support for the cuts. The governor has also voiced support for a complete abolishment of property taxes. Palm Beach County's finances from 2021 through 2025 are under review by the U.S. DOGE Service, which is relying on artificial intelligence and detailed line-item checks to evaluate spending.

AP Photo The California Assembly moved on Thursday to start the process to redraw the state's Congressional districts in retaliation for Texas Republicans gerrymandering their state to try and net five additional House seats at the behest of President Donald Trump. The state legislature passed the first of three bills that will try and redraw California's districts to more favor Democrats.