Tag: Supreme Court
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Chief Justice Warren Burger and the “Fraud” of the Second Amendment
Of course I’m going to write about gun control! Back in 2015, I wrote an article in which I addressed three modern arguments against gun control: Mental Illness, Government Tyranny, and “Good Guy with a Gun”. Please read: Gun Control: Three Unorthodox Arguments in Support of a Better World Then in 2018, I wrote another…
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Thomas Jefferson on the Supreme Court
Jefferson knew then what is clear to everyone now: The Supreme Court is designed to protect the oligarchy of the United States. Let’s read: Jefferson wrote a letter to Judge Spencer Roane, dated Sept. 6, 1819, says: In denying the right they usurp of exclusively explaining the Constitution, I go further than you do, if…
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U.S. Supreme Court: Republicans – 20, Democrats – 8
Republicans – 20 and Democrats – 8 That’s the number of Supreme Court judges appointed by each party since the end of World War 2. That’s a difference of +12. If we’re keeping score, the Republicans are annihilating the Democrats in the Judicial branch of our government. Have the Republicans simply been luckier? Maybe, but…
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Justice Scalia on the Historical Reasons for an Armed Militia
On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 5 to 4 the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second…
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A Brief History of Citizens United and Corporate Power
Let’s talk Citizens United and Corporate Power. Citizens United is a symptom of a bigger, longstanding threat: for decades the largest corporations have been building power over our political process. The 1960s and 1970s were some of the most trans-formative years in American history. The 1960s saw the rise of social movements across the nation…