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Archive for July, 2010

After Kagan, Lower Court Vacancy Crisis Looms

by Doug Kendall, President & Founder, Constitutional Accountability Center
During his announcement last week that he would vote in favor of Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham – the sole Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote for Kagan – offered the following explanation:
The Constitution puts a requirement on [...]

Strange Brew: The Tea Party’s Constitution Features Less Democracy, More Corruption

This is the ninth installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center
Somewhat surprisingly, even in the curious world of [...]

Strange Brew: The Tea Party, Elena Kagan, and the Declaration of Independence

This is the eighth installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by David Gans, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights & Citizenship Program, Constitutional Accountability [...]

Strange Brew: The Tea Party and Federalism, Nullification and Secession

This is the seventh installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center
As we noted in last week’s post taking [...]

Strange Brew: The Tea Party Mocks The Founders’ Stance on Armed Rebellion

This is the sixth installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history. Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by Doug Kendall, President & Founder, Constitutional Accountability Center
Perhaps the single most disturbing thing [...]

Strange Brew: The Tea Party’s Predictable, but Misguided, Campaign to Repeal the Sixteenth Amendment

This is the fifth installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by David Gans, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights & Citizenship Program, Constitutional Accountability [...]

Strange Brew: Immigration and the Tea Party’s Efforts to Deny the Constitution’s Guarantee of Birthright Citizenship

This is the fourth installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center
Though the legal battle over Arizona’s controversial new [...]

Turning a Blind Eye to the Constitution: The Tea Party and the Power of the Federal Government to Protect Civil Rights

This is the third installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by David Gans, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights & Citizenship Program, Constitutional Accountability [...]

Strange Brew: The Tea Party’s Errant Constitutional Attacks on Health Care Reform

This is the second installment of Constitutional Accountability Center’s new series, ‘Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party,’ exploring the Tea Party’s erroneous claims about the Constitution’s text and history.  Click here to view previous posts from this series.
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by Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center

Without a doubt, the greatest rallying point for [...]

Strange Brew: The Constitution According to the Tea Party

A New Series Dedicated to Setting the Record Straight on the Constitution
To mark this year’s Independence Day, the Tea Party went back to school to study the Constitution as part of a growing effort to use the document to wage political battle—particularly over the confirmation of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court—and to elect leaders [...]