Tag Archives: U.S. Constitution

Foreign Affairs: Sebastian Mallaby- ‘How Should a Liberal Be?’

Source:The New Democrat  “In James Grant, it sometimes seems, the nineteenth century has been resuscitated. Towering, gaunt, bow-tied, and pinstriped, he writes with a sly wit that recalls the novels of William Thackeray. His signal achievement is a fortnightly cult … Continue reading

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ACLU: Sam Walker- ‘Conscientious Objectors’

Source:The New Democrat  “The ACLU was born out of World War I and the repression that resulted when the U.S. joined the fight.” “On the night of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson made the trip from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue … Continue reading

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CPH: David Levering Lewis- The Improbable Wendell Willkie

Source:The New Democrat “In the wake of one of the most tumultuous Republican conventions ever, the party of Lincoln nominated in 1940 a prominent businessman and former Democrat who could have saved America’s sclerotic political system. Although Wendell Lewis Willkie … Continue reading

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The New Yorker: ‘A Hundred Years of American Protest, Then and Now’

Source:The New Democrat  “A split-screen look at how protests in America have evolved over a hundred years. From the civil-rights movement and the Ku Klux Klan to the March for Our Lives and Unite the Right, here’s how mass protests … Continue reading

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The Economist: John Stuart Mill- Against Tyranny of The Majority: The Father of Liberalism

Source: The New Democrat What is this is really about is democracy and there several different forms of democracy which I’m going to explain here. And if you’re familiar with this blog and my writing, you know that we believe … Continue reading

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Keith Hughes: ‘Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments- Explained: Article V Convention of States’

Source: The New Democrat  “A look at the Constitutional process of starting a Constitutional Convention by the states. And an straight forward focus on Mark Levin’s proposed “Liberty Amendments” and the Convention of States pushing for a Constitutional Convention.” From Keith … Continue reading

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Americans United: ‘We Are Americans United’- For Separation of Church and State

Source: The New Democrat From Wikipedia “The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom … Continue reading

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The Thinking Atheist: Seth Andrews- Interviewing Andrew Torrez: ‘Christianity,Crimes, and The Constitution’

Source:The New Democrat  “Andrew Torrez, an attorney and host of “Opening Arguments,” joins Seth Andrews for an in-depth conversation about the law, the Constitution, the Supreme Court, church/state separation, and the Religious Right in the era of Trump.” From The Thinking … Continue reading

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National Constitution Center: NCC Staff- Alexander Hamilton’s Vision of Federalism, National Authority & Judicial Review

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat There is very little if any mention and discussion about federalism in this video even though Alexander Hamilton’s vision of federalism is part of the title of the video. But … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Opinion- Jonathan Turley- “Voters Want a Revolution- Here’s What That Would Take”: Rewrite The U.S. Constitution?

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: The Washington Post: Opinion- Jonathan Turley- “Voters Want a Revolution- Here’s What That Would Take”: Rewrite The U.S. Constitution? The problem that Social Democrats have in America, the so-called Bernie … Continue reading

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