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Canadian Speech Laws Being Used to Punish Bloggers

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Blogging, Canada, Civil Liberties, Constitution

As Americans, we are fortunate to have the First Amendment. For us, free speech is not just a value, it’s the law. Some nations are not so fortunate, and I’m not talking about poor third-world dictatorships. I’m talking about Canada.
Currently, the “Human Rights Courts” in Canada are busy punishing conservative Canadian bloggers because of their [...]

April 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

The Yoo Torture Memo

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 9/11, Bad Decisions, Bush, Cheney, Civil Liberties, Constitution, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Islam, Law, Military, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism, The World, Torture, War

All 70+ pages of it.
Here’s the gist…
In the March 14, 2003 memo, Yoo says the Constitution was not in play with regard to the interrogations because the Fifth Amendment (which provides for due process of law) and the Eighth Amendment (which prevents the government from employing cruel and usual punishment) does “not extend to alien [...]

April 1st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Sen. Nelson: Abolish Electoral College

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Constitution, Elections

Florida Senator Bill Nelson plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and replace it with a straight-up popular vote. I guess Nelson is so incensed over the primary system that he’s focusing his disgust on the other election system that relies on dubious apportionment of votes and a system of delegates [...]

March 28th, 2008 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

“The maxim of civil government being reversed in that of religion, where its true form is divided we stand, united we fall.” - Thomas Jefferson

By mw | Related entries in Civil Liberties, Constitution, Religion

These are question that every generation of Americans must answer for themselves. As Americans fought for the principle of religious freedom at the beginning of the American experiment, it falls to Americans of each generation, of every religion, race and creed, to ensure that in their own time their generation remembers and understands that - as regards religion - “divided we stand.”
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Why Has Congress Failed Americans?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Congress, Constitution

The following is an article submitted by Joel Hirschhorn, former senior staffer in the U.S. Congress for 12 years and author of Delusional Democracy…
The Founders of our nation and the Framers of our Constitution surely did not foresee the day when, of the federal government’s three branches, the public would have the least confidence in [...]

August 24th, 2007 | Permalink| 13 Comments »