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Cheney Facing Deposition: Judge Rules Man Can Sue Secret Service

DENVER -- A Colorado man can sue two Secret Service agents who arrested him after he touched former Vice President Dick Cheney on the arm in 2006 and told him his Iraq War policies were "disgusting," a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The ruling means Steven Howards can try to subpoena Cheney to testify about the...

Severability Clause at Heart of Judge Vinson's Ruling That 'Obamacare' Is Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the federal health care overhaul legislation is unconstitutional. Why? Because the legislation did not include a severability clause. The severability clause problem is related to perhaps the most controversial part of the law: the mandate that requires all Americans to possess...

State of the Union Address [LIVE FEED]

As mandated by the U.S. Constitution, President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress today. Surge Desk has a live feed of the proceedings, which will be followed by an official response delivered by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, and an unofficial tea party rejoinder...

Opinion: Should We Ban 'Violent' Speech?

In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last weekend, some legislators are considering new bans on speech that supposedly uses violent metaphors or imagery. "The rhetoric is just ramped up so negatively, so high, that we have got to shut this down," is how Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., put it, though there's no...

Constitution Is Read Line By Almost Every Line on House Floor

WASHINGTON -- As political theater, the unprecedented reading of the Constitution on the floor of the House of Representatives today was mostly lacking in drama. Yes, there was the birther who screamed, "Except Obama ... help us Jesus," as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., read the section stipulating only "a natural born...

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Money Is Speech

In his classic novel 1984 , George Orwell envisioned a future society in which common sense and basic values are turned upside down.

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Supreme Court Won't Reduce Student's $675,000 Fine for Illegal Downloads

The Supreme Court won't reduce the $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet.

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Unconstitutional Filibuster? Let's Do It, Let's Sue The Senate!

Lots of people agree that our government is currently bogged down in a morass of dysfunction that's so disastrous that it's basically criminal.

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Fred Wilson: Tolerance and Prosperity

Yesterday, my partners and I invited Paul Romer over to USV for lunch.

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Constitution Check: Can a State Close Its Borders Entirely to Undocumented Immigrants?

In a continuing series of posts, Lyle Denniston provides responses based on the Constitution and its history to public statements about the meaning of the Constitution and what duties it imposes or rights it protects.

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06/01/12 Appeals court upholds Alameda County gun show ordinance Source: The Mercury News - San Jose CA Alameda County has solved its 12-year legal battle over a ban on gun shows on government property, persuading a federal appeals court that its law is constitutional because of recent concessions that will allow gun promoters to showcase weapons with certain tight restrictions.
06/01/12 "Right to Pray" amendment Source: The Monett Times - Monett MO Recently, the Barry County Commission passed a resolution to place "In God We Trust" inside the commission chambers.
06/01/12 Dukakis on the Supreme Court Source: Wicked Local Norfolk - Norfolk MA "Terrible. It has to be one of the five worst decisions by the Supreme Court. (They) call themselves strict constructionists, right? Tell me where it says in the Constitution that money is speech. Tell me where it says Congress cannot reasonably regulate campaign contributions. It's been doing so for 120 years. All of a sudden these guys decide, not only is money speech but corporate money is speech. Outrageous, in my opinion. It's polluting the political process.
06/01/12 Change agreed upon Source: Keene Sentinel House and Senate negotiators and Gov. John Lynch Thursday announced a historic agreement on an education aid amendment to the state constitution.
06/01/12 Second Circuit rejects Second Amendment attack on... Source: Sentencing Law Policy Thanks to a very helpful reader, I see that the Second Circuit has a notable new Second Amendment opinion in US v.

Background on United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government: a legislature, the bicameral Congress; an executive branch led by the President; and a federal judiciary headed by the Supreme Court.

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