"[Alito] says Congress has no authority to regulate the Supreme Court. The Constitution he allegedly reveres says otherwise. A lot. …

Wrong on the facts, wrong on the history, on the wrong side of honesty and ethical standards, Justice Alito and his colleagues need to be reined in."

~ Norman J. Ornstein

#Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics #Constitution

https://newrepublic.com/article/175403/samuel-alito-wrong-arrogant-supreme-court-ethics

“When I was teaching #lawSchool, I learned and taught certain #constitutional #principles. When #MajorieTaylorGreene was teaching #CrossFit, she learned a whole different set of values, evidently. Because my idea of what this country should be like is based on the #constitution, and she sees the world differently.” ~Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)

#MarjorieTraitorGreene #MAGA #MAGAcult #impeachment

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/right-wing-congressman-eviscerates-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-her-obsession-with-impeaching-biden/

#DW #documentary
#Chile: 50 years after Augusto #Pinochet | DW Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcQHeS9h484

#Mapuche #LGBTQIAplus :anqueer_flag: :newpride:
#women #students #thepoor
#constitution 🇨🇱

La vie et la carrière politique de Monique Bégin
👍 « elle laisse comme principal héritage politique la Loi canadienne de la Santé de 1984, âprement négociée avec les ministres de la Santé provinciaux et les corporations de médecins. Cette loi a mis fin aux frais supplémentaires et tickets modérateurs instaurés durant les années 80 par les provinces »
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2023-09-09/l-ex-ministre-federale-monique-begin-n-est-plus.php
#Canada #santé #Québec #référendum #constitution #politique #femmes #société

Constitutional Convention, really ?
There is a danger of another one, which we are blindly drifting toward, if enough states HAVE EVER voted for it. Everything then is on the table: a state religion, rights of any kind, use your imagination. Very dangerous thing to play with. Attempts to improve the Articles of Confederation led to a ' 'runaway' resulting in our Constitution, which gave us '3/5s of a man', and the execrable Electoral College. #constitution

Remove someone from the ballot in an electorally inconsequential state and hand them at least one if not all of the swing states. 🤦‍♂️

Please just stop the nonsense. It's one thing to have the knowledge of theory. It's another to have the wisdom to put theory into practice.

#14th #14thamdt #14thAmendemnt #2024Elections #constitution

@CarolineMalaCorbin

Referring to the US Constitution, but probably applicable to Florida constitution:

“abortion is not mentioned in the Constitution, and is not “deeply rooted” in our “history and tradition.”

True enough. The Constitution has nothing to say about women’s reproductive health
…
the original document does not mention women at all.”
https://theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/supreme-court-roe-handmaids-tale-abortion-margaret-atwood/629833/

#Women #WomensRights #Abortion #USA #Constitution #Politics #Misogyny

#Trump has filed for removal... (wait for it)

in #Colorado....to the #14thAmendment challenge by voters in that state.

Trump is being repped by former Colorado secetary of state Scott Gessler. And the case has been assigned to George W. Bush-appointed Judge Philip Brimmer.

#Constitution #Law #Disqualified #ineligible #insurrection #Jan6
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.227367/gov.uscourts.cod.227367.1.0.pdf

#NewYorkTimes opinion columnist #CharlesBlow says “#DignifiedSilence doesn’t work with #Trump !”, and almost loses his cool on #MorningJoe.

Do you know what WILL work in stopping #DonaldTheDeplorable from “suspending the #Constitution” and turning the USA 🇺🇸 into a dictatorship? #MATH !

The math is simple folks: Democrats and Independents can join sane Republicans to #PrimaryFromTheCenter to 🗳️ 💩 👉 🚽 BEFORE the #2024election on November 5th!

Also invoke the #14thAmendment as a #PlanB. ✅

@georgetakei As it is:

Thanks to the obstructionist #GOP #MAGA #Trump virus, #Americans favor a #Cult felony criminal defendant over the #USA's own #Constitution & national #Security🔴https://rb.gy/4wnby

+

Less than 1/4 of the nation even cares about national unity let alone 21st Century #Leadership🔴https://bit.ly/3F4HcbM

Add that to the whole #Tesla-#Twitter #Bot cult & questions about #ElonMusk's outsized power & influence become less important to the average nonstrategic #American.▼

“Its obvious purpose is to #obstruct a #Georgia criminal proceeding & to advance outrageous misrepresentations,” #Willis wrote of #Jordan’s letter. “As I make clear below, there is no justification in the #Constitution for #Congress to interfere w/a state #criminal matter, as you attempt to do.”

#PerformativePolitics #GymJordan #law

It wasn't a hint. He flat-out said that if #Republicans don't win in 2024, they will abandon #democracy and seek to seize power through political #violence. It was as clear a #threat to the #Constitution and our #democratic principles as you will ever hear from a member of the political class. If that doesn't scare you, take a moment to consider what #MikeHuckabee's ideal America would look like, and the #consequences of imposing that vision through violence.

https://www.thewrap.com/mike-huckabee-trump-loses-2024-election-violence-clip/

"Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of US democracy"

#GOP #Republicans #Constitution #Democracy #CivilRights #HumanRights #Freedom #News #US #Democrats

https://apnews.com/article/united-states-democracy-presidents-threats-joint-statement-5530a89df2c41d58a22961f63fb0e6ff

Republicans in #Colorado have sued to keep the name of #DonaldTrump OFF the #2024election ballot, citing the #14thAmendment of the #Constitution. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colorado-trump-14th-amendment-lawsuit_n_64f8a693e4b04a65c3cbfa08

There will be more states doing the same. ✅

Six #Colorado voters filed a #lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to keep #Trump off the state’s #ballots under the #14thAmendment, which says anyone who “engaged in #insurrection or rebellion” against the #Constitution after taking an #oath to defend it is #ineligible to hold office.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/trump-colorado-lawsuit-14-amendment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

‘Impeachment doesn't work because of [partisanism]. [Am.] 25 doesn't work as intended to remove madmen. [Am.] 14 doesn't work as intended to disqualify traitors.’ https://x.com/norstrat/status/1699224505187446996?s=12

#Constitution is just a coordination mechanism on parchment. One must still, you know, coordinate.

#SupremeCourt asked if #police dog's paws violated #Constitution during #trafficstop
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/05/supreme-court-police-dogs-paws-constitution-fourth-amendment/70697937007/

Preventive detention reserved for exceptional circumstances, not for mundane law and order problems: Supreme Court

A two-judge Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta also berated the Telangana police for having police officers within its ranks who are oblivious to the fundamental rights guaranteed to citizens by the Indian Constitution.

https://theleaflet.in/preventive-detention-reserved-for-exception-circumstances-not-for-mundane-law-and-order-problems-supreme-court/

#SupremeCourt #PreventiveDetention #telangana #TelanganaPolice #LawAndOrder #FundamentalRights #constitution #law #india

Why SC has set a dangerous precedent by asking a Kashmiri MP to swear allegiance to the Constitution

The court’s direction has no basis in law. Personal opinions are irrelevant to the right to seek constitutional remedies, experts say.

https://scroll.in/article/1055475/why-sc-has-set-a-dangerous-precedent-by-asking-a-kashmiri-mp-to-swear-allegiance-to-the-constitution

#SupremeCourt #kashmir #article370case #MohammedAkbarLone #DYChandrachud #article32 ##article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #FundamentalRights #india

The name ‘Bharat’ wasn’t there in the first draft of India’s Constitution introduced by the chairman of the drafting committee, BR Ambedkar, on November 4, 1948. Although some members flagged the omission of a native name, the debate on this took place almost a year later when the work on finalising the text was coming to an end.
#Bharat #Constitution #India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-bharat-found-a-place-in-the-constitution-but-came-after-india/articleshow/103407067.cms