the southern strategy and donald trump

the type of White nationalism being espoused by Donald Trump and his supporters more traces back to two less appealing Republican personalities Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon, and to the backlash created by Civil Rights Movement of the nineteen sixties.. ..

the fragile patriotism of the american conservative

Originalism—whether cashed out in terms of “original intent” or, as Antonin Scalia preferred, “original meaning”—is predicated on the belief that the Constitution ought to be read mainly through the lens of the intention of its drafters unless it has been amended by the democratic procedures the..

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supreme court must revisit libel law decision constitutional overreach

Justice Thomas would have the court revisit the issue, overturn Sullivan, arguing that the actual malice standard has no support in Constitution..  Columnist Will Bunch in Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, Thomas wants to  crush the free press just like southern segregationists of the  A..

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legal analysts: trump has the right to declare an emergency and build

President Trump has the constitutional and legal right to invoke his emergency powers to divert funds to build a wall along the southern border without running afoul of the Constitution or the law, according to top legal analysts. . ..

eight simple steps to fix american democracy

Today, of course, Trump sits in Oval Office unbeknownst to many Americans, was created to boost the power of slave-owning southern states... There is, however, glimmer of light on Michigan, ballot measure, calling for amendment to the constitution that would put redistricting in the..

why should this be an irresistible force?

. … videos have emerged of people handing out cash to the migrants, raising suspicions that the caravan has received outside funding for its assault on the southern border. . . . Because of its Constitution (and the left’s hatred of guns), America has the strength to fight its second..

sticks and stones: americans behaving badly

Boehner, this is man who had the audacity to wave copy of American Constitution while speaking to Tea Party rally, all the while denouncing takeover of health care. The Southern Poverty Law Center, in their annual report on hate groups, Rage on Right The Year in Hate and Extremism., ing..

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