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On AlterNet: constitution

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "constitution"

Gun Rights and Our National Identity Crisis

Gun Rights and Our National Identity Crisis

Daniel Lazare, The Nation. April 22, 2008.
When it comes to the Second Amendment, Americans are largely at the mercy of 18th-century attitudes they don't know how to escape.

Will the Constitution Be Altered to Eliminate Key Liberties?

Will the Constitution Be Altered to Eliminate Key Liberties?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. April 14, 2008.
We're already dangerously close to that reality.

Why Does Congress Leave War to the President?

Why Does Congress Leave War to the President?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. March 18, 2008.
You wouldn't know it from the past 50 years of American history, but Congress has the legal authority to curb presidential warmongering.

Defending Our Living Constitution

Defending Our Living Constitution

Kirsten D. Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice. March 17, 2008.
Without our "living constitution," some of the most important advances in American racial equality would not have happened.

Huckabee Wants to Rewrite Constitution, Says It's Easier to Change Than

Huckabee Wants to Rewrite Constitution, Says It's Easier to Change Than "Word of Living God"

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. January 16, 2008.
The Constitution never uses the word "God" or makes mention of any religion, Mike Huckabee thinks it's time to put an end to that.

Man Will Walk 500 Miles To Impeach Bush and Cheney

Man Will Walk 500 Miles To Impeach Bush and Cheney

Julie Bolcer, The Village Voice. December 29, 2007.
Pelosi needs to put impeachment back on the table.

Santa Delivers 37,000+ Copies of Constitution to Bush

Santa Delivers 37,000+ Copies of Constitution to Bush

Jen Nessel, Center for Constitutional Rights AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2007.
Kringle hopes the President can find time to read the document and abide by its laws.

Six Necessary Changes to Our Constitution

Six Necessary Changes to Our Constitution

Larry J. Sabato, AlterNet. December 6, 2007.
Our founding fathers would be amazed and disappointed that after 220 years, the inheritors of their Constitution had not tried to adapt the document to developments they couldn't have anticipated.

Whatever Happened to 'We the People'?

Whatever Happened to 'We the People'?

Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishing. November 23, 2007.
Will our nation continue to stand for the values on which it was founded?

Naomi Wolf's Guide to Restoring Liberty in America

Naomi Wolf's Guide to Restoring Liberty in America

Naomi Wolf, Firedoglake. October 26, 2007.
It's open season on all of us, and it's time to take to the streets.

Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?

Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. October 23, 2007.
The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress?

How We Can Take the Constitution Back From the Brink

How We Can Take the Constitution Back From the Brink

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. August 9, 2007.
A new organization is leading the fight to stop Bush from trampling on our Constitution and our rights. Find out how to join them.

Mike Gravel vs. the Constitution

Mike Gravel vs. the Constitution

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2007.
Rick Perlstein: Mike Gravel ruffles more than a few feathers at the Take Back America Conference.

Don't We Have a Constitution, Not a King?

Don't We Have a Constitution, Not a King?

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. June 1, 2007.
Bush has issued a directive that would place all governmental powers in his hands in the case of a catastrophic emergency. If a terrorist attack happens before the 2008 election, could Bush and Cheney use this to avoid relinquishing power to a successor administration?

The 'Silent' Ninth Amendment Gives Americans Rights They Don't Know They Have

The 'Silent' Ninth Amendment Gives Americans Rights They Don't Know They Have

Daniel A. Farber, Basic Books. April 23, 2007.
The First Amendment right of free speech and the Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination are well-known, but the Ninth Amendment is ignored. Pity, because it bears directly on abortion, the right to die and gay rights.

Freedom's Just Another Word For Rushdoony

Freedom's Just Another Word For Rushdoony

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. February 24, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: NYT Op-Ed Advances Christian Reconstructionist Legal Arguments.

Latest Developments, US Attorney Purge

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. February 16, 2007.
Barbara O'Brien: Karl Rove's former assistant won't submit to Senate scrutiny.

Feingold Justifies Cutting off Bush's War [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. January 31, 2007.
"In the United States of America the People are sovereign, NOT the president..."

Action alert: Shut down Guantánamo and stop troop escalation

Action alert: Shut down Guantánamo and stop troop escalation

Deanna Zandt, AlterNet: PEEK. January 10, 2007.
Deanna Zandt: Help Witness Against Torture, UFPJ, MoveOn and more end the torture and violence carried out in your name.

Will Bush Provoke a Constitutional Crisis?

Will Bush Provoke a Constitutional Crisis?

Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, AlterNet. January 7, 2007.
The new Democratic Congress will likely subpoena documents that the White House may refuse to hand over -- if that happens, we may witness a struggle that puts our democratic republic on the brink.

Olbermann to Bush: 'Your Words are Lies that Imperil us All'... [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. October 19, 2006.
The government is the most dangerous enemy.

Habeas Corpus, RIP [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. October 18, 2006.
Bush signs, Olbermann mourns