Constitution

N.Y. Post: Congress’ unconstitutional pay scam gets members $34K raises

New York Post, May 1, 2023 Congress’ unconstitutional pay scam gets members $34K raises by James Bovard Washington, DC, needs an emergency supply of snazzy sandwich boards announcing, “Will Legislate for Food.” A hunger crisis on Capitol Hill gave congressional leaders no choice but to trample the Constitution. Thanks to a backroom deal, House members […]

Supporting “Defend the Guard” Legislation in Maryland

Following is my written testimony submitted to the Wednesday hearing of the  Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee, In Support of HB 0220, “Defend the Guard” (sponsored by Rep. Robin Grammer): I am writing to support HB 0220.   I  have written ten books, including Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty (St. Martin’s Press, […]

U.S. routinely violates international law, with impunity — and seeks to replace it.

Eric Zuesse The U.S. Government, and its allies, frequently advocate for “a rules-based international order” (or, going even farther, they presume that “the rules-based international order” already exists) and they always avoid stating what its relationship would be (or supposedly is) to international law — the body of international laws that have been established under […]

Russia’s Constitution is among the world’s most democratic.

Eric Zuesse The preamble to a nation’s Constitution states the ultimate goal that that nation’s — the Constitution’s — writers, their Constitution (the country’s Founders’ Constitution), aims for; and, in any authentic democracy (if it IS a democratic Constitution), that nation’s Supreme Court is obligated to interpret ALL laws (the Constitutionality or NOT, of all […]

The Stupidity of Russia’s Legislated Hetosexuality

Eric Zuesse Legislating heterosexuality is laws that impose penalties for being or publicly expressing non-coercive or “mutually consensual” sexuality of other than the heterosexual type. Such laws can affect lots of people — especially young people, and here is why we know that they hit especially the young: On 16 August 2015, Britain’s YouGov polling […]

Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator

Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator by James Bovard On July 4, President Biden declared, “Liberty is under assault … rights we assumed were protected are no longer.” Biden, however, was referring solely to a few Supreme Court decisions he deplored, not to the federal supremacy he championed for almost 50 years in the Senate and […]
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New York Post: The Day Tony Fauci Lost His Memory

New York Post, November 26, 2022 ‘All-knowing’ Tony Fauci’s memory suddenly vanishes when he has to testify By James Bovard No American has been more revered by the media in the COVID era than Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Since […]
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New York Post: Cynics Won on Election Day

New York Post, November 10, 2022 The biggest winners of the midterms: cynics who don’t expect better governance By James Bovard Cynics had another great Election Day on Tuesday. Expectations of a vast red wave became little more than scattered sightings of Democratic road kill. President Joe Biden took a “no red wave” victory lap […]
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How & Why the U.S. Constitution Was the Most Progressive Ever Written

Eric Zuesse The U.S. Constitution was truly a revolutionary, progressive, document. Anyone who considers it to be ‘conservative’ has no knowledge of history, or else is lying, because it’s the exact opposite of that: it’s radically progressive. It’s a truly revolutionary document. And it was created by men all of whom despised imperialism and had […]

FBI Sordid History Recapped on Jose Nino Podcast

Thanks to José Niño for having me on his podcast. We had a rowdy time recapping the sordid history of the FBI and so many crimes almost everybody has forgotten. The FBI has been subverting the Constitution and scoffing at federal law for more than a hundred years. You can listen to the 35 minute […]
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