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Category Archives: U S Constitution
28TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
The following Amendment to the United States Constitution , the 28th in number, is hereby proposed: All legislators, regardless of level of government, before casting any vote in their respective legislative bodies, shall, in person and before their constituents, demonstrate … Continue reading
Posted in U S Constitution, unelected bureaucrats, USA
Tagged Amendment, United States Constitution
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JUDITH DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH
I feel very sorry for Judith Grossman‘s son, who was recently pilloried, as so many thousands of young men have, by a college “tribunal” that supposedly investigated allegations of nonconsensual sex by his girl friend. Fortunately, this young man had … Continue reading
YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED (RERUN)
I thought I’d rerun this rant from November 2011. I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction. (I say “temporary” because … Continue reading
Posted in bureaucracy, capitalism, centralized planning, community organizers, Czechoslovakia, democracy, dictatorship, economy, loss of freedom, megalomania, Obama, Obama administration, socialism, U S Constitution, unelected bureaucrats, unrestrained greed, USA, USSR
Tagged Community organizing, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Party, Iron Curtain, Obama, redistribution, retirement accounts, Teresa Ghilarducci, United States
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GUNS AND RACE
I don’t often read Ann Coulter, since she’s much too acidic for my taste. But her piece Negroes with Guns hits more than one nail squarely on the head, so much so that I’m tempted to ask her to help … Continue reading
OBAMA THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR
Barack Obama is on record as being unhappy with the Constitution because it contains enumerated powers – that is, it prevents him from acting like a Third World despot. That revelation was very bad news for those of us who … Continue reading
COMRADE ROMNEY BREAKS COVER
Finally! The Hill reports that Mitt Romney has jigged, jagged, did the Vienna waltz, zigged, zagged and sashayed, spent 15 minutes doing a square search and finally did the spinning dervish, and came out believing that the individual mandate is … Continue reading
YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED
I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction. (I say “temporary” because the Obama regime, like other “progressive” regimes, has no … Continue reading
Posted in bureaucracy, capitalism, centralized planning, community organizers, Czechoslovakia, democracy, dictatorship, economy, loss of freedom, megalomania, Obama, Obama administration, socialism, U S Constitution, unelected bureaucrats, unrestrained greed, USA, USSR
Tagged Community organizing, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Party, Iron Curtain, Obama, redistribution, retirement accounts, Teresa Ghilarducci, United States
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MAGNA CARTA DAY
Adam Freedman, at Ricochet, reminds of of the 896th anniversary of the Magna Carta, one of the foundational documents of democracy. The barons merely sought to limit the King’s absolute power over the English people so they could exercise it … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, democracy, U S Constitution
Tagged checks and balances, democracy, John King of England, Magna Carta, United States
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EMINENT DOMAIN
Eminent domain (dominium eminens, or “supreme lordship” in Latin), a doctrine that allows a ruling entity/state to seize private property without consent, has always existed in organized human society. Different societies, in different times, have exercised this right in different … Continue reading
Posted in communism, loss of freedom, socialism, U S Constitution, unelected bureaucrats, unrestrained greed, USA
Tagged Communism, Eminent domain, Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Government, Law, PRC, Private property, Property, rule of law, socialism, Supreme court, United States
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Cognitive Dissonance 