Constitution

Congress’s Unconstitutional Pay Raise Scandal

Congress’s Unconstitutional Pay Raise Scandal James Bovard byOctober 27, 2023 “A good politician is almost as rare as an honest burglar,” once quipped H. L. Mencken. After the shenanigans around the latest congressional pay increase, America’s burglars should file a posthumous libel suit against Mencken for that disparaging comparison.If congressmen are not going to respect […]

How US gov’t prosecution of Uhuru activists threatens a ‘First Amendment exception’

The Uhuru 3 are accused by the US DOJ of “sowing discord” on behalf of Russia. Their attorneys warn the case threatens to “blow a hole in the First Amendment.” TAMPA, FLORIDA – Defense attorneys representing three US citizens accused of operating a Russia-directed “malign influence campaign” to “sow discord” in the United States urged Federal Magistrate Judge Anthony E. Porcelli to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case against their clients this September 28, arguing their continued prosecution threatens […]

Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Many Ways Our Rights Have Been Usurped Since 9/11

John whitehead “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln Those who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights believed that the government exists at the behest of its citizens. It is there …

Defining Dictator Down Won’t Make Us Free

Defining Dictator Down Won’t Make Us Free By James Bovard   June 20, 2023 For 27 seconds last Tuesday night, Fox News posted a chyron beneath a video of President Biden: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” That sparked a media uproar over what was portrayed as the […]
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Rule by Decree: The Emergency State’s Plot to Override the Constitution

John whitehead “Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.”Justice Neil Gorsuch We have become a nation in a permanent state of emergency. Power-hungry and lawless, the government has weaponized one national crisis after another in order to expand its powers and …

American in Exile #5 | Wannabe Dictator | Elites vs Us | Depleted Uranium | UFO story collapse [Video]

American in Exile Episode #5 Topics (not necessarily in order) 1. Wannabe Dictator 2. Elites vs Us 3. Depleted Uranium 4. UFO story collapse And an announcement! We are reorganizing our YouTube presence! Seraphim Hanisch’s YouTube Channels: Seraphim Hanisch Music – a mixture of various electronic and other compositions. @SeraphimHanischMusic American in Exile – US […]

N.Y. Post: Trump indictment shows federal secrecy gone wild makes political lies — like Biden’s — harder to uncover

New York Post, June 13, 2023 Trump indictment shows federal secrecy gone wild makes political lies — like Biden’s — harder to uncover by James Bovard Former President Donald Trump was indicted last week on 37 federal charges tied to his possession and mishandling of classified documents. Critics assert Trump betrayed his oath to uphold […]

Biggest FBI Spy Scandal of the Year

Libertarian Institute, May 25, 2023 EXPOSED: Biggest FBI Spy Scandal of the Year by Jim Bovard A Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinion released last week revealed that the FBI violated the constitutional rights of 278,000 Americans in 2020 and 2021 with warrantless searches of their email and other electronic data. For each American that the […]
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Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, & Dismantle the Standing Army

John & Nisha Whitehead “There are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined cases. Such an instrument is a standing army.” Thomas …