Tag: US Constitution
Attacking Syria: Implications for the Rule of Law
Posted by Richard Falk | Apr 19, 2018 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics | 0 |
The Flawed and Corrupted Genius of American Republ...
Posted by Richard Falk | Oct 19, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
How We Know The So-Called “Civil War” Was Not Over...
Posted by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 26, 2017 | Viewpoints, Politics, US | 29 |
The Problem With the CIA and Drones
Posted by David Swanson | Mar 18, 2017 | News & Analysis, Politics, US | 1 |
Why Are There No Term Limits for Congress: Court Ruling and Incumbency Advantage
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Mar 25, 2026 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Congressional term limits are popular everywhere except in Congress.
Making Sense of the Impeachment Charges
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 24, 2020 | Viewpoints, Europe, Politics, US
The three presidents who have been impeached are much less guilty of impeachable offences than many who have not been impeached.
The Radical Underuse of Impeachment
by David Swanson | Dec 20, 2019 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
Impeachable offenses the US Congress ignores include launching the endless wars, imprisoning without trial, torturing, and mass warrentless spying.
Ukrainegate’s Failures
by David Swanson | Dec 4, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
There are plenty of good reasons to impeach Donald Trump. So why don’t the Democrats and their supporters ever mention any of them?
What Does the Pelosi Posse Want?
by David Swanson | Nov 15, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
If the purpose were to remove Trump from office, the House would have long since impeached him for numerous abuses that are beyond dispute.
For the First Time in My Life I’m Against Impeaching the President
by David Swanson | Sep 14, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
It didn’t have to be this way. I have been far from alone in demanding impeachment for the right reasons since before inauguration day.
The Fake Charge Against Julian Assange Proves That the US Government Has No Integrity
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 16, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Julian Assange is being framed on a false charge because the US government in order to protect its own criminality is moving to destroy the First Amendment.
When Guns Are Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Have Guns
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 4, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
What prevents the US government from tyrannizing the US population is the large number of Americans who own and are skilled in the use of firearms.
Truth and Free Speech Are Being Taken Away From Us
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 10, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
As a country loses its liberty, legal scholars who formerly would have protected liberty turn against it in order to curry favor with power.
Kavanaugh Confirmation: There Was No Debate When We Needed One
by Paul Craig Roberts | Oct 8, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Instead of using the opportunity to find out if Kavanaugh stood for liberty or unbridled executive power, feminist harpies indulged in an orgy of man-hate.
The Costs of 9/11 Continue to Mount
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 11, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The costs of 9/11 do not stop at destroyed buildings and lives lost, but include the shredding of the US Constitution, civil liberty, and the rule of law.
Is There Enough of America Left To Be Saved?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 10, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
As the United States is the Constitution, destroying the Constitution by rejecting habeas corpus, due process, and free speech destroys the United States.
Impeachment Safety 101
by David Swanson | Jul 26, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
If Russia is eventually proven to have done everything it’s been accused of, moving toward nuclear war would still remain unwise.
Trumperial Presidency
by David Swanson | Jun 4, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
How did we get to the point that the US Executive Branch maintains that the president can pardon himself for his crimes and the Congress goes along with it?
Attacking Syria: Implications for the Rule of Law
by Richard Falk | Apr 19, 2018 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics
The breakthrough idea in the Charter is to limit as much as language can, discretion by states to decide on their own when to have recourse to acts of war. Syria is the latest indication that this hopeful idea has been crudely cast in the geopolitical wastebasket.
Spy Court Finds Surveillance Operating Outside the Law
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 24, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Using the official 9/11 yarn as a pretext, the US government has been illegally spying on its own citizens.
The US Has Devolved into a Police State
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 11, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The police are the enforcers of the thievery practiced by the One Percent. The main function of the police in America is to suppress the citizens.
The Flawed and Corrupted Genius of American Republicanism
by Richard Falk | Oct 19, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The gap between republicans and Republicans has never been greater than it is now under the Trump presidency.
Identity Politics in America: The Absurdities Mount
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 19, 2017 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Peoples whose history is destroyed are defenseless. They have no idea who they are.
Pull Down That Statue of the U.S. Constitution
by David Swanson | Sep 18, 2017 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The book ‘Fault Lines in the Constitution’ by Cynthia Levison and Sanford Levison is myopic in its scope, but should still be studied in every school.