Obama and his allies had violated the norms so often for their policy goals that they couldn’t afford to be replaced by anyone but one of their own. The more Obama relied on the imperial presidency of executive orders, the less he could afford to be replaced by anyone who would undo them. The more his staffers lied and broke the law on everything from the government shutdown to the Iran nuke sellout, the more desperately they needed to pull out all the stops to keep Trump out of office. And the more they did it, the more they couldn’t afford not to do it. Abuse of power locks you into the loop familiar to all dictators. You can’t stop riding the tiger. Once you start, you can’t afford to stop.
Category: Constitution
The Trace: Civilians Own 70 Times More Guns Than U.S. Police and Military Combined – The Truth About Guns
“She found that with an estimated 270 million firearms owned by everyday Americans, civilians own 70 times more weapons than all police and military services combined.” Boldly played sir! Only . . . police are civilians. Mind you, it’s a common mistake made by statists agitating for civilian disarmament.
We can do better! 100 times or more!
More Devil’s Dictionary | The Z Blog
Toxic: Any argument or fact that can be screamed away, because it is obviously true, is called toxic. The users of this word believe that the magic of their incantations will make the dis-confirming thing go away. Normal men being normal in public, for example, is branded as “toxic masculinity.” White people not robbing liquor stores or shooting one another over sneakers is “toxic racism.”
A New US Constitution | The American Mercury
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish social justice, draw the fangs of privilege, effect the redistribution of property, remove the burden of liberty from ourselves and our posterity, and insure the continuance of the New Deal, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Biological Reality is Now Unconstitutional | The Political Hat
From the comments:
“What a stupid world we live in. As soon as there are space colonies, everyone sane needs to get off this rock and then slap a quarantine on Earth to keep the idiocy contained.”
Source: Biological Reality is Now Unconstitutional | The Political Hat
JUST IN: State Voting To ABOLISH The Electoral College- Just One HUGE Problem
Americans have forgotten that our republic is a collection of independent sovereign States who created D.C. to represent their interests. The national popular vote movement takes Americans even further away from our original Constitutional structure and gives us even LESS of a voice, removing the independence f the states. It virtually removes the voice of the people within those states. This is essentially mob rule.
Source: JUST IN: State Voting To ABOLISH The Electoral College- Just One HUGE Problem
Fake Law | The Weekly Standard
Welcome to the rise of fake law. Just as fake news spreads ideologically motivated misinformation with a newsy veneer, fake law brings us judicial posturing, virtue signaling, and opinionating masquerading as jurisprudence.
Not seen this yet, so I’m trade-marking ‘Fake Law™’
Source: Fake Law | The Weekly Standard
Articles: Sanctuary Cities and States Have Seceded from the Union
The upshot is that sanctuary cities and states are essentially a new confederacy rising in the midst of a formerly United States.
And, once again, Democrats are fomenting a civil war.
Source: Articles: Sanctuary Cities and States Have Seceded from the Union
The post-constitutional world of Judge Richard Posner – The Washington Post
I would prefer to see us acknowledge openly that today we, who are judges rather than members of Congress, are imposing on a half-century-old statute a meaning of “sex discrimination” that the Congress that enacted it would not have accepted. This is something courts do fairly frequently to avoid statutory obsolescence and concomitantly to avoid placing the entire burden of updating old statutes on the legislative branch…
So says the so-called ‘judge’ Richard Posner.
Posner’s theory of statutory interpretation, then, is really a theory of judicial usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers. Article I, let’s recall, states that “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” So yes, as a rule the “entire burden” of updating old statutes is indeed on the legislative branch. Congress has consistently declined the opportunity to add sexual orientation to the list of protected classes under Title VII, and judges have no authority to exercise legislative authority in Congress’s place.
Source: The post-constitutional world of Judge Richard Posner – The Washington Post
Constitutional Originalism or the “living Constitution”: Gorsuch’s nomination and a tale of two law profs
Obamacare has shown us that our Constitution creates a government so strong and intrusive that it can fine every American for failing to purchase East India tea that comes with a British tax on it.