Tag: The Constitution

Senator Ron Johnson (R – WI) held the line with the Trump regime and voted against the resolution to end President Trump’s National Emergency for the border wall. He totally misconstrues the nature of the resolution. Yes, voting for it would be a vote against the president…but sometimes you need…

It was predictable that in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision not to hear appeals on rulings made by lower courts overturning same-sex marriage bans in five states, there would be a healthy amount of caterwauling from conservatives concerned about “activist judges” redefining marriage. Not one to…

Watch as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) explains that he doesn’t know much about how bills become law here in the United States: Eric Cantor may want to take out his pocket Constitution and do a little reading, because bills cannot become law simply by being passed through the…

It’s often said by folks who ascribe to a strict and literal interpretation of the U.S. Constitution that the document says what it says, and anything not expressly mentioned in the Constitution is thusly unconstitutional. While I can certainly appreciate that point of view, I’m more a believer in the…