Tag: Constitution

Another day, another legal filing and yet another unconstitutional legal assertion by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Obama claims immunity from lawsuit under ‘the king can do no wrong’ legal maxim

William Perry Pendley · November 29, 2016 10:33 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., recommended on Friday that President-elect Trump nominate fellow former GOP presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Graham wants Trump to nominate Cruz to Supreme Court

Anna Giaritelli · November 11, 2016 11:51 pm

Trump's proposals would violate the First, Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Amendments, the American Civil Liberties Union says. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

ACLU to Trump: We’ll see you in court

Kelly Cohen · November 9, 2016 6:37 pm

Michael Levick protests the District of Columbia's lack of voting rights and congressional representation as D.C's delegates to the DNC rally at Union Station in Washington, Saturday, July 24, 2004. (AP Photo)

DC vote could send a message to Congress in uphill battle for statehood

Kyle Feldscher · November 7, 2016 5:01 am

Clarence Thomas Speaks, and America Should Listen

Tws Staff · October 28, 2016 1:44 pm

Frank Exchange

Tara Helfman · October 28, 2016 6:15 am

Both sides of the Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate misunderstand, or affect to misunderstand, the Constitution. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The Constitution is bigger than any politician

Dan Hannan · October 24, 2016 4:03 am

Donald Trump's proposal shows a certain ignorance of the Constitution, as similar proposals for constitutional amendments by candidates of both parties have in the past. (AP Photo)

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Even a President Trump would have no role in amending the Constitution

Michael Barone · October 19, 2016 3:31 pm

Simply put, the votes to limit lawmakers' terms aren't there, and never have been. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Term limits: Trump’s impossible dream

Susan Ferrechio · October 19, 2016 4:01 am

Originalists Against Trump: ‘The Constitution is More Than Just the Court’

TWS Podcast · October 18, 2016 6:22 pm

As the name they've given themselves makes plain, however, the primary argument of the Originalists is that Donald Trump cannot be trusted to preserve the basic features of the Constitution. (White House)

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Originalist sin

Hugo Gurdon · October 17, 2016 10:19 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the new consumer agency, created by Congress in 2010, cannot be headed by a single director who can be removed only for cause by the president. (Ted Eytan/Flickr)

Court rules consumer bureau’s structure unconstitutional

Joseph Lawler · October 11, 2016 3:23 pm