Category: U.S. Constitution

Chris Hedges: The Last Election

Donald Trump’s threat to cancel the midterm elections is not a feign. He ruminates about defying the Constitution to serve a third term; he is determined to retain absolute control.

Chopping Down Laws

Trump rejects the obligation to execute his job faithfully, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. His loyalty is to himself, not to the words or the values underlying the U.S. Constitution.

A Lawless Presidency

The catastrophe we all witnessed in Caracas — the result of expanding presidential power — is a body blow to the U.S. Constitution, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. 

Among the Unalienable Rights

Nothing will chill Tucker Carlson’s exercise of the freedom of speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But that does not absolve Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate.

Kill Them All

Trump is undermining the Constitution and the value of laws in the U.S. with his illegal strikes on boats off the coast of Venezuela, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.  

What the US Founders Feared Most

Trump’s constitutional breaches are enough to rouse James Madison from his grave, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. On top of all that comes “The Kavanaugh Stop.”

An Assault on Academic Freedom

U.S. civil rights laws are being exploited to suppress pro-Palestine speech in an authoritarian assault on academic freedom, finds a report by two academic groups.