Court Says Bush Illegally Wiretapped Two Americans
By David Kravets March 31, 2010 | 1:26 pm | Categories: Cover-Ups, Sunshine and Secrecy, Surveillance
A federal judge on Wednesday said the George W. Bush administration illegally eavesdropped on the telephone conversations of two American lawyers who represented a now-defunct Saudi [...]

New Poll: Most Americans Say Banning Handguns Is Unconstitutional
Friday, March 05, 2010
By Karen Schuberg
– While the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether Chicago’s handgun ban breaches the Second Amendment, 69 percent of Americans believe city governments have no right to legislate against citizens owning such guns, a new poll shows.
According to a Rasmussen [...]

Government does follow the Constitution. That is what the Supreme Court was put in place to assure.
What you have to understand is that we have had 200 plus years of LEGAL changes to the way the Constitution is interpreted and implemented.
The original constitution is a dead document because it does not apply to the [...]

My god, this is exactly how Hitler got started, spy on me and find yourself looking down the wrong end of all my guns bitches
The White House strategy of turning supporters into snitches when they see “fishy” information about the health care debate may run afoul of the law, legal experts say.
“The White House is [...]

By Walter E. Williams
July 1, 2009
Why did the founders of our nation give us the Bill of Rights? The answer is easy. They knew Congress could not be trusted with our God-given rights. Think about it. Why in the world would they have written the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from enacting any law that abridges [...]

Despite the convoluted interpretations of the fourth amendment the language is plain as was the intention of the writers. The entire patriot act and the subsequent suspension of Habeus Corpus is a clear violation of the rights granted the people by the constitution. The Supreme Court is bound by its charter to act in reference [...]

I’m a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to [...]

1. In a free country why does the Government feel the need to tell me who I can or can’t marry? Is it just because of the influence that religions have on most people? Would it be right if the Govt. said I could not Marry a Hispanic. Is this something that the Govt. should [...]

I guess extrajudicial punishment is the only option left? For real??
What a frightening level of fascism. Where any government act no matter how odiously wrong it is, by definition, is legal, unquestioned, and never, ever, punishable, is just fucking incredible. So many good men have died for our rights, and this is what the Supremes [...]

Obviously abortion is one of the non-negotiable principles of modern conservatism. Fiscal responsibility, rule of law, a strong military. . . these all were discarded by the Bush administration, and conservatives are divided on these issues.
Abortion, however, continues to be strongly opposed by all those who call themselves “conservative”.
So my question is this: why is [...]