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Opinion: Elected Officials Flunk Constitution Quiz
By not in system - AOL NewsWhen the Republican House leadership decided to start the 112th Congress with a reading of the U.S. Constitution, the decision raised complaints in some quarters that it was little more than a political stunt. The New York Times even called it a "presumptuous and self-righteous act." That might be true, if you could be sure that elected officials actually know something about the Constitution. But it turns out that many don't. In fact, elected officials tend to know even less about key provisions of the Constitution than the general public. For five years now, the Intercollegiate Studies ...
Christine O'Donnell Supporters Decry Debate Coverage
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 20) -- What did she say, and what did she mean? In the wake of tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell's comments on the First Amendment in a debate with her Democratic rival, Chris Coons, numerous media outlets (including this one) ran stories about O'Donnell's apparent lack of knowledge about the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Very quickly, however, other media sources, such as Rush Limbaugh, forcefully argued that O'Donnell was correct in that the literal words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution. "What she was talking about was ...
8 Candidates Who Want to Amend the US Constitution
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 7) -- Does the U.S. Constitution grant Americans citizens too many rights? That seems to be the conclusion reached by some tea party activists and the candidates they have helped propel to victory. While in years past, a scattered number of political aspirants have spoken about scaling back the Constitution so that it more closely resembles the original version, this year's rise of the tea party has resulted in a slew of candidates who view the revered document as bloated. Surge Desk has a roundup of the politicians who believe that, when it comes to the number of amendments tacked on ...
Prop 8 Talking Points on Same-Sex Marriage for Your Next Dinner Party
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyIn the 10 days since U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued his landmark same-sex marriage ruling in California, there has been an astonishing amount of public debate over the topic, his decision, the Constitution and the role of popular will as expressed in the law. Much of the debate has been interesting. A lot more of it has been downright silly or just plain cruel. In drawing out Americans for their views on marriage and equality, Judge Walker's gauntlet has unintentionally but embarrassingly exposed, from sea to shining sea, some fundamental misunderstandings about the law and power ...
New York Nannies May Get Workers' Bill of Rights
By Mara Gay - AOL News(June 3) -- New York may soon become the first state to offer employment protection for nannies. The state Senate passed a bill of rights for domestic workers this week, a measure that would require employers to offer New York's approximately 200,000 household workers paid holidays, overtime pay and sick days. Supporters say the step will provide needed relief to thousands of women -- and some men -- who are helping to raise the children of wealthier New Yorkers without any legal workplace rights beyond the federal minimum wage. Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers ...
House Puts Checks on Credit Cards
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyFellow Capitolists, do you have a credit card? If you said yes, keep reading because this applies to you. The House passed a bill this afternoon to give you and your plastic a "credit card bill of rights." The only change that would start immediately is the requirement that Visa (et. al.) give 45-days notice if they're changing your interest rate. Your other rights will kick in a year from when the bill gets signed, and they include:* Paying over the phone or online without a fee (finally!);* The right to set your own fixed credit limit (really); * Keeping your existing interest rate on what ...
Reading the SCOTUS Tilt on DC Gun Ban
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyAfter the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. The money this afternoon, the smart money seems to be where the smart analysis was all along, namely that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, not a collective one. The passage that threw so many off is that clause, "a well regulated militia," which many have taken to mean that individuals have no rights at all, but only ... the state?Of course it flies in the face of the Bill of Rights to suggest that anything there protects the state. Against whom, one might ask? The entire thrust of the Bill of Rights is to protect the ...
Handgun Ban Gets Hearing at Supreme Court
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a direct challenge to the Districts 32-year old handgun ban. When the Court issues its opinion in the case in June, it will be the first time in 70 years that the Court has opined on the right to bear arms, enshrined in the Second Amendment to the Constitution.At issue is the case of Dick Heller, a District resident that applied for the right to keep a handgun in his Capitol Hill home for self-defense. The District rejected his claim based on a city ordinance banning possession of handguns within the ...
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