Tag: Constitution

When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democratic majority blew up two centuries of Senate practice by repealing the filibuster on most presidential nominees, they killed a key procedural protection for the rights of minorities. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

First major victim of Harry Reid’s tyrannous Senate majority could be separation of church and state

Mark Tapscott · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Liberal "tolerance" for religion isn't all it's cracked up to be. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Liberals take aim at freedom of speech and religion

Editorial Writer · December 15, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questioned the constitutionality of Obamacare in a new report due to the delay in some of its provisions. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz details unconstitutionality of Obama’s implementation of Obamacare in new report

Joel Gehrke · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Defend the Constitution, say ‘no’ to fast-track authority for Obama

Defend the Constitution, say ‘no’ to fast-track authority for Obama

jo-ann, cathie-adams · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Lawmakers must remember that the Constitution gives Congress the explicit and singular authority to defund any agency and to limit the jurisdiction of federal district and appeals courts. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Congress must take back its constitutional powers

Editorial Writer · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama has abused his oath, by refusing to enforce duly passed laws, by issuing executive decrees for which he has no authority, and by unilaterally changing statutes to suit his political needs of the moment. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Memo to House GOP: Forget ‘impeachment’; defunding and elections are the Constitution’s remedy for presidential abuses

Mark Tapscott · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Lincoln Memorial.

A government ‘of the people’ or ‘over’ the people?

Rich Tucker · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Dem. Rep.: Obama Lacks ‘Legal Underpinning’ for Obamacare Fix

Dem. Rep.: Obama Lacks ‘Legal Underpinning’ for Obamacare Fix

Daniel Halper · November 18, 2013 4:31 pm

‘Long shot’ constitutional convention plan aims to return power to people

Cal Thomas · November 18, 2013 12:00 am

There is no ‘right’ to abortion if it depends upon ‘access’

There is no ‘right’ to abortion if it depends upon ‘access’

Gregory Kane · November 17, 2013 5:00 am

‘Under the Old Law …’

Jeffrey H. Anderson · November 15, 2013 7:40 pm

Congressional staff are not being stripped of their health care benefits and pushed into the Obamacare insurance exchanges, according to the regulations published by the Office of Personnel Management.

The Constitution points the way to repealing and replacing Obamacare

Rep. Paul Ryan · November 5, 2013 5:00 am