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History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age
APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM
Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics
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No Preacher Presidency this year. Santorum is out.
APRIL 11, 2012 9:12AM
Topics: constitution, focus on the family, fundamentalism, james dobson, presidential campaign, religion, republicans, rick santorum, right wing, theocracy
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- 2298 Views
- 23 Comments
Federal judges: A Not-So-Quick Note on Misguided Rhetoric
DECEMBER 20, 2011 11:17AM
Topics: newt gingrich, face the nation, meet the press, supreme court, us supreme court, united states supreme court, rick perry, michelle bachmann, michele bachmann, rick santorum, federal judges, constitution, erwin chemerinsky, los angeles times, open call, politics, law, gop presidential candidates, 2012 presidential elections
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- 1634 Views
- 9 Comments
Citizens United constitutional amendment falls short
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 10:05AM
Topics: tom udall, citizens united, constitution, amendment, campaign finance, jimmy zuma, corporate personhood, supreme court, scotus
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- 2604 Views
- 77 Comments
An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief
AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM
Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics
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Taking Charge of the Debt
JUNE 29, 2011 9:14AM
Topics: constitution, default, concession, agreement, republican, democratic, liberal, progressive, hillary clinton, hillary, compromiser-in-chief, compromiser, compromised, pre-compromise, compromise, barack obama, president obama, obama, brinksmanship, deficit, debt ceiling, dangerous game of chicken, game of chicken, chicken, 14th amendment, fourteenth amendment, debt, national debt, politics
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- 940 Views
- 20 Comments
Federal Judge Rules Capitalism Unconstitutional
FEBRUARY 1, 2011 7:51AM
Topics: health care reform, vinson, capitalism, constitution, satire
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- 2940 Views
- 34 Comments
As Assange is arrested, US celebrates "World Press Freedom"
DECEMBER 7, 2010 1:34PM
Topics: constitution, espionage act, wikileaks, julian assange
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- 1373 Views
- 27 Comments
Our two-tiered citizenship – that’s you on the bottom
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 8:27AM
Topics: citizenship, msnbc, keith olberman, donations, phil griffin, reaction, countdown, supreme court, citizens united, at will employment, workers, scotus, constitution, democracy, corporatocracy, benito mussolini, corporations, employers, jimmy zuma
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- 4597 Views
- 47 Comments
McCain Bill Enables US Citizen Imprisonment Without Trial
AUGUST 30, 2010 7:31AM
Topics: ann coulter, coulter, sedition, treason, intellectual property, fair use, s.3081, fifth amendment, pow, john mccain, mccain, conservatism, constitution, due process, long war, indefinite detention, without review, no review, lack of review, us citizens, detention, politics
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What's at stake in Kenya's constitutional referendum
AUGUST 4, 2010 7:33AM
Topics: kenya, africa, politics, democracy, constitution, mwai kibai, daniel moi
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- 2864 Views
- 87 Comments
Renouncing my Status as a Republican Wannabe
JUNE 7, 2010 10:27AM
Topics: politics, constitution, republican, libertarian, libertarianism, tea party, independent, democrat, republican wannabe, legal juvenile, spanking, time out, talking to, hedonism, values, party of values, bp, oil spill, financial crash, financial collapse, the big short, somalia, rachel maddow, richard engel, ronald reagan, rand paul, ron paul, goldwater, rockefeller, greed, greed is good, trust but verify, the constitution is not a suicide pact, we the people, general welfare
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- 1882 Views
- 17 Comments
Happy Constitution Day!
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 5:09PM
Topics: constitutional convention, james madison, alexander hamilton, american revolution, u.s. constitution, constitution
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- 3207 Views
- 14 Comments
Happy birthday, Weimar Constitution!
AUGUST 12, 2009 10:03AM
Topics: democracy, germany, history, constitution
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- 5143 Views
- 31 Comments
Health Care? HELL, NO!!
JULY 20, 2009 10:05PM
Topics: connor ratliff, satire, pursuit of happiness, constitution, thomas jefferson, founding fathers, public option, republicans, obama, president, reform, health care, mortimer hayden smyth
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- 1057 Views
- 3 Comments
Mousavi Rallies Test Gov't Adherence to Constitution
JUNE 16, 2009 9:41AM
Topics: khamenei, ahmedinejad, mousavi, voting, elections, rights, constitution, iran
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- 1254 Views
- 20 Comments
Constitutional Crisis: Canadian Style
JUNE 3, 2009 10:05AM
Topics: canada, constitution, politics, lyle bateman, harper, governor general, prime minister, coalition
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- 4740 Views
- 88 Comments
Obama Didn't Betray the Left, the Left Betrayed the Left
MAY 29, 2009 8:51AM
Topics: politics, health care, freedom, liberty, constitution, accountability, betrayal, left, kucinich, wars, afghanistan, iraq, change, hope, republicans, progressives, liberals, obama
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- 49137 Views
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Obama, 9/11, and the Perceived Threat from al Qaeda
MAY 22, 2009 8:07AM
Topics: guantanamo, torture, terrorists, extremism, muslims, obama, national security, iraq, afghanistan, guantanamo bay, constitution, cheney, human rights, liberty, freedom, politics
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- 6284 Views
- 62 Comments
Iowa's Gay Marriage Decision: What it Says and What it Means
APRIL 3, 2009 2:30PM
Topics: news, gay/lesbian, belief and religion, timothy j. brien, timothy brien, brien, varnum, supreme court of iowa, iowa supreme court, iowa, varnum v. brien, judicial review, marbury v. madison, law, marriage cases, in re marriage cases, constitutional law, gender rights, marriage, same sex marriage, homosexuality, gay and lesbian marriage, gay and lesbian, gay and lesbian rights, constitutional rights, lesbian rights, prop 8, proposition 8, gay politics, gay marriage, gay rights, gender, civil liberties, civil rights, family, evangelicals, constitution
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