Tag Archives: Us Constitution

Biden’s Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry, by Glenn Greenwald

July 1, 2021 · by · in Biden Presidency, capitalist system, Constitutional Rights, Military Madness, U.S. Foreign Policy · 2 Comments

“The U.S. government is a lawless entity. It violates the law, including its own Constitution, whenever it wants. The requirement that no wars be fought absent congressional authority is not some ancillary bureaucratic annoyance…”

Why Trump is Facing Impeacement, by Roger D. Harris

October 13, 2019 · by · in Constitutional Rights, corporate empire, Militarism, Trump presidency, U.S. Empire

[Trump] had kvetched about the plight of US workers and made some noise about ending unending wars, but was he for real?

First Amendment Rights confirmed in verdict in trial for protesting the killing of Philando Castile

June 21, 2018 · by · in Activism, Constitutional Rights, Freedom of Speech, nonviolent action, Racism · 2 Comments

“We miss you Mr. Phil.”

‘We the Corporations’ with Robert Sheer and Adam Winkler (Audio and Transcript)

May 29, 2018 · by · in capitalist system, Constitutional Rights, Corporations/Capitalism, Government/Politics, Racism

The Constitution doesn’t mention corporations, right?
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…the fact is it’s the subversion of the 14th Amendment, by the corporations, by the rich.

Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, “Loaded” (Video)

February 26, 2018 · by · in Human Rights, Racism

In her eye-opening study of the Second Amendment, Dunbar-Ortiz exposes the racist roots of America’s gun culture.

Robert Parry | The Right’s Second Amendment Lies 

February 23, 2018 · by · in capitalist system, Civil Liberties, Government/Politics, manufacturing consent

Today’s American Right is drunk on some very bad history, which is as dangerous as it is false. …This gun fable is particularly insidious because it obstructs efforts by today’s government to enact commonsense gun-control laws and thus the false narrative makes possible the kinds of slaughters that erupt periodically across the United States…

The controversial Numes Memo with progressive views by The Nation, The Intercept, Consortium News, AntiMedia and the Real News Network

February 3, 2018 · by · in Congress, Government/Politics, National Security Complex, Trump presidency · 2 Comments

“Discrediting law enforcement is the memo’s transparent purpose and why it has been embraced by President Trump,” argued a Washington Post editorial that condemned Ryan’s choice.

CCR takes Turkmen v. Ashcroft case to the Supreme Court

October 13, 2016 · by · in Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Justice

For over 14 years, CCR has insisted that no one is above the law, no matter how exalted their role.

Michael Brenner | When Free Speech Signifies Nothing

July 4, 2016 · by · in Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights, Freedom of Speech, Government/Politics · 1 Comment

One telling piece of evidence is the indifference to the outcome of those debates on the part of the powers that be in our multiple Establishments: financial, corporate, military, Intelligence, entertainment. They couldn’t care less whether transgenders (still undefined) get designated bathrooms at Ivy League universities. They’re more interested in controlling what’s going on in business schools, engineering colleges, law schools, economic departments, and alumni offices.

Rob Kall> Is The USA The Only Nation in the World With Corporate Personhood?

February 14, 2012 · by · in Constitutional Rights, corporate media, Corporatism/Capitalism, U.S. Economy

Is The USA The Only Nation in the World With Corporate Personhood? By Rob Kall   Posted: 02/ 8/2012    Huffington Post It’s not surprising to learn that no nation on earth enshrines in its constitution the right of corporate personhood. Mila Versteeg, associate law professor at the University of Virginia, is probably the only […]