Tag: constitution
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majority of students draw blank on ‘constitution day’
from charleston daily mail: Constitution Day is here and many teenagers know little about commemorating the document’s signing. A study being released today by a foundation that focuses on journalism and the First Amendment found that 51 percent of high school students questioned had not heard of the day when they are required by law…
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senate committee passes habeas bill
from thinkprogress: “Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight.” Watch this new ad by the Alliance for Justice on defending habeas: UPDATE: Reuters article is HERE. update: olbermann: habeas corpus to be…
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ron paul would ‘reinstate the constitution’
from raw story: Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a 2008 presidential hopeful, has a “dream.” The longshot contender, who ran for president in 1988 under the Libertarian Party banner and has vocally protested the war in Iraq, believes that a Paul presidency would “reinstate the Constitution and restore the Republic.” “The competition isn’t all that great…
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‘it’s just a goddamned piece of paper’
from capital hill blue: GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the [Patriot] act could further alienate conservatives… “I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.” “Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid…
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pledge of defiance
“The court concludes that it is bound by the Ninth Circuit’s previous determination that the school district’s policy with regard to the pledge is an unconstitutional violation of the children’s right to be free from a coercive requirement to affirm God,” Judge Lawrence Karlton wrote.