Constitution on HotAir

Constitution

Sep 2017

Retired jurist makes compelling case for term limits in stunning admission

Ed Morrissey Sep 13, 2017 12:01 PM

“I pay very little attention to legal rules, statutes, constitutional provisions.”

Obama rips Trump: This DACA decision is “cruel” and an offense to “basic decency”

Allahpundit Sep 05, 2017 4:01 PM

“These Dreamers are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper.”

Jul 2017

Venezuela is now either Cuba or North Korea

Jazz Shaw Jul 31, 2017 8:01 AM

The deed is done

Venezuela votes today in what may be the beginning of the end

Jazz Shaw Jul 30, 2017 3:31 PM

The end of any semblance of democracy, anyway

Three cheers for asset forfeiture, says …

Ed Morrissey Jul 28, 2017 3:21 PM

Due process.

Donald Trump just put Venezuela on notice

Jazz Shaw Jul 18, 2017 2:01 PM

Smack down

7 million Venezuelans vote against plan to rewrite constitution

John Sexton Jul 17, 2017 1:01 PM

“freedom does not go backwards, democracy is not negotiated”

Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday in what could be a turning point for the beleaguered nation

John Sexton Jul 14, 2017 9:21 PM

“This could give oxygen to the opposition and fuel more disobedience.”

What would the Founding Fathers think of us now?

Andrew Malcolm Jul 01, 2017 10:01 AM

Seems hot in here.

Jun 2017

Washington will never fix itself, so here’s what we do

Andrew Malcolm Jun 13, 2017 10:01 AM

He’s giving up on D.C.

Venezuelan prosecutor: Reject President Maduro’s plans for a new constitution

John Sexton Jun 08, 2017 8:41 PM

“What’s at play here is the country.”

Venezuela’s plan for a “new constitution” is just more tyranny in disguise

Jazz Shaw Jun 03, 2017 10:01 AM

This guy wants to be the next Kim Jong-un

Trump takes travel ban appeal to Supreme Court

Andrew Malcolm Jun 02, 2017 10:01 AM

Back at full strength

May 2017

Yet another argument saying the government can’t restrict immigration

Jazz Shaw May 22, 2017 2:01 PM

Head meet desk

There’s no “25th Amendment solution” for removing Trump

Allahpundit May 17, 2017 3:31 PM

“A child cannot be president. I love my children; they cannot have the nuclear codes.”

Apr 2017

Oregon may lift constitutional ban on dueling

Jazz Shaw Apr 10, 2017 8:01 AM

An end to legislative gridlock?

Meanwhile in Paraguay, protesters set fire to the Senate

Jazz Shaw Apr 01, 2017 10:01 AM

Things are heating up in Asuncion… literally

Feb 2017

You wanted celebrities to be more creative with their anti-Trump PSAs and, well, they tried

Allahpundit Feb 03, 2017 6:41 PM

Emphasis on “tried.”

Begala: Should we let this duly-elected president fill Supreme Court openings?

Ed Morrissey Feb 01, 2017 4:41 PM

Sauce for the goose.

Jan 2017

Video: Turkish parliament literally comes to blows over Erdogan’s “reforms”

Jazz Shaw Jan 19, 2017 10:41 AM

A “floor fight” takes on a new meaning

Dec 2016

Senate Dems roll out “divest or impeachment” bill

Ed Morrissey Dec 15, 2016 2:01 PM

They’re just the ones to do it.

Erdogan’s next step toward absolute power includes a chat with Putin

Jazz Shaw Dec 05, 2016 4:01 PM

Nice constitution you’ve got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it

So now Trump is “endangering” the First Amendment

Jazz Shaw Dec 05, 2016 2:31 PM

That’s not how any of this works

Nov 2016

Doing “Kremlinology” on Trump’s flag-burning tweet

Allahpundit Nov 29, 2016 11:31 AM

Theories.

Former Bush ethics lawyer: The electoral college should block Trump if he’s violating the Emoluments Clause

Allahpundit Nov 25, 2016 4:31 PM

“He needs to comply with the Constitution at a bare minimum.”

Meanwhile in Turkey, President for Life Erdogan?

Jazz Shaw Nov 17, 2016 11:01 AM

Pay close attention. You are watching a democracy fail before your eyes

The next liberal brainstorm: let’s just do away with states in America

Jazz Shaw Nov 16, 2016 10:01 AM

What did these hacks know anyway?

First fruits of the Trump Era: Strange new respect for checks and balances

Ed Morrissey Nov 11, 2016 9:21 AM

Pens and phones suddenly … passé.

Meanwhile in Turkey, a different president seeks to consolidate ultimate power

Jazz Shaw Nov 09, 2016 4:41 PM

The next step on the road to ruin

Obama attacks Trump for… wait for it… ‘disrespecting the Constitution’

Larry O'Connor Nov 02, 2016 8:01 AM

“If you disrespect the Constitution…”

Oct 2016

Maine Gov. Paul LePage: The Constitution is broken and we need some “authoritarian power” from Trump to set things right

Allahpundit Oct 11, 2016 1:31 PM

“We’ve had eight years of a president, he’s an autocrat, he just does it on his own, he ignores Congress…”

Sep 2016

GOP Rep. Trent Franks: #NeverTrump Republicans are “betraying the Constitution”

Allahpundit Sep 21, 2016 10:21 PM

Principles.

Aug 2016

Biden stupidly insults Japan while trying to insult Trump for being stupid about Japan

Larry O'Connor Aug 18, 2016 1:21 PM

Genius.

Jul 2016

Did “Notorious RBG” go too far?

Ed Morrissey Jul 11, 2016 6:01 PM

Time to recuse herself … to New Zealand?

Happy 240th birthday, America

Jazz Shaw Jul 04, 2016 6:34 AM

Still true after all these years

Jun 2016

Real talk: Why should judges bother studying that musty old Constitution anyway?

Jazz Shaw Jun 28, 2016 10:41 AM

Might be time to up that prescription, buddy

Texit after Brexit? Not so fast

Jazz Shaw Jun 25, 2016 11:31 AM

That’s not how any of this works

“Shock” find: early Constitutional scholar called 2A “palladium of liberty”

Taylor Millard Jun 23, 2016 12:01 PM

“The right of self defense is the first law of nature”

Guess who a watch-list firearms ban would have missed?

Ed Morrissey Jun 14, 2016 12:01 PM

Deflection.

When did we “stop trusting the government?” We never really did.

Jazz Shaw Jun 02, 2016 10:41 AM

And why would you?

Apr 2016

Another effort to dump the Constitution in favor of a Garland appointment

Jazz Shaw Apr 09, 2016 11:31 AM

The book of convenient exceptions

Judicial theater returns to Capitol Hill as Senate comes back from recess

Taylor Millard Apr 04, 2016 12:41 PM

Here we go again…

Mar 2016

Self-inflicted “A-bomb” prevention

Allan Bourdius Mar 31, 2016 5:21 PM

It’s possible. Look to people and the Constitution.

Feb 2016

Trump’s libel law rhetoric violates First Amendment and puts bloggers at risk

Taylor Millard Feb 27, 2016 8:30 PM

Freedom of the press shall not be abridged.