Tag: Constitution

Whether it was a joke or not, President Trump (pictured bottom) should not be joking about treason when it comes to the Democrats who refused to clap during his State of the Union address. Political dissent does not equal betraying one's country and attempting to overthrow the government. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Humor or not, Trump was wrong to call Democrats ‘treasonous’ for not clapping for him

Siraj Hashmi · February 6, 2018 6:24 pm

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a veteran, calls President Trump by the nickname "Cadet Bone Spurs." Trump avoided serving during the Vietnam War, receiving five draft deferments: four for college and one for heel spurs. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Tammy Duckworth responds to Trump calling Dems treasonous for not clapping: I don’t ‘cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 6, 2018 1:03 am

The Pacific Legal Foundation has recently sued the Food and Drug Administration over the Deeming Rule for e-cigarettes. However, the rule is not just bad policy but also the product of an unconstitutional rulemaking process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beltway Confidential

A lawsuit to make rulemakers follow the rules

Ilya Shapiro · February 5, 2018 5:01 am

Federal law enforcement officials are not supposed to be allies of the president. Equally, they are not supposed to be his antagonists. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Proper presidential control, and distance, from the FBI

Washington Examiner · February 2, 2018 5:01 am

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has identified at least two policies at Virginia Tech that are open-ended and leave room for unconstitutional interpretation. (Facebook)

Code Yellow: Ambiguous speech codes at Virginia Tech hold spontaneous speech hostage

Richard Abel · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Scott Pruitt in 2016: Trump ‘would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama’

John Siciliano · January 30, 2018 5:19 pm

Leonard Leo, an executive vice president of the Federalist Society, has become a staple of Washington with an expansive network in the legal world.

Inside the mind of Leonard Leo, Trump’s Supreme Court right-hand man

Melissa Quinn · January 28, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration is throwing its support behind a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley that accuses the school of a double standard for campus speakers that restricts conservative viewpoints. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Thursday, that the allegations by the Berkeley College Republicans and Young America's Foundation would violate the First Amendment if proven true. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Department of Justice files in support of Berkeley College Republicans in free speech case

Tristan Justice · January 26, 2018 7:45 pm

In Hobby Lobby v. Burwell in 2014, a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court ruled that the abortion mandate was not the method "least restrictive" of the free exercise of religion by which the government could have sought its goal. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Michael Barone’s Guide to Government: Free speech

Michael Barone · January 23, 2018 12:00 pm

Court denies college’s request to dismiss free speech case

Red Alert Politics

Court denies college’s request to dismiss free speech case

andrea-fabiancheckai · January 19, 2018 9:16 pm

The principles of truth, liberty, and justice have formed the underpinning of our national identity. They have defined us as a nation. They have driven us forward even through the darkest days. (iStock Photo)

Rep. Brad Wenstrup: A return to truth, justice, and the American way

Rep. Brad Wenstrup · January 19, 2018 7:28 pm

The Supreme Court took up a case on Tuesday involving the search of a rental car that lawyers say has the potential to affect privacy law, as well as the 115 million car rentals that occur annually in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court mulls whether lawyer can admit client’s guilt to try to avoid death penalty

Melissa Quinn · January 17, 2018 7:25 pm