Showing posts with label U.S. Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Constitution. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Colorado rejects a presidential pardon of a Colorado prisoner by President Trump

This could become an interesting legal case! Colorado is considered to be a blue state!

"President Trump announced a pardon for Tina Peters, a former GOP county clerk in Colorado now in state prison for election interference, but Colorado officials say presidential pardons don’t apply to state crimes. ...

Colorado’s position, as Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement, is that Peters will remain in prison: “Tina Peters was convicted by a jury of her peers for state crimes in a state court. Trump has no constitutional authority to pardon her.”"

Saturday, December 13, 2025 - Join The Flyover


All the President's women! What a gentleman! 😊


Gentlemen Prefer Blondes! When did Trump first watch this 1953 movie? 😊


Wednesday, November 05, 2025

The Trump legal Cases That Stand to Redefine Presidential Power

Recommendable! A good summary! Yes, President Trump is testing the limits of presidential power, but to a large part in a good sense like shutting down government agencies.

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Why is President Trump challenging the birthright citizenship?

Update of 1/28/2025: In my view, references to the slave issue are a red herring to argue for messing with the birthright.

Update of 1/27/2025: What about babies born in the US to illegal immigrants? This is perhaps the strongest argument.

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment is very clear: "All persons born ... in the United States ... are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. ..."

So what is the point given the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence? Sure enough, 250 years ago North America was largely unpopulated, but now the US has a population far exceeding 300 million.

May I speculate, he actually wants to reinforce and permanently settle any doubts about this constitutional right to prevent anymore future challenges. Irrespective of his motives, if this challenge goes on the US Supreme Court may weigh in and confirm the 14th Amendment.

Why would Trump pick a fight over this and most likely cause unnecessary and vehement opposition and divisiveness?

P.S. Lest we forget, Trump's wife Melania is also an immigrant.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

22 Democratic-led states sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order

President Trump has his work out out for him on day one! Resistance is forming quickly and in large numbers!

Most likely, the US Supreme Court will have to decide!

"Summary
Lawsuits challenging Trump's order filed in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Washington state
Democratic-led states argue executive order violates U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment
Plaintiffs cite U.S. Supreme Court's 1898 birthright citizenship ruling"

22 Democratic-led states sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order | Reuters

Saturday, January 18, 2025

The 46th President tried to enshrine the controversial Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 in the Constitution

Incredible! Appalling!

This lifelong, pathological and serial liar and senile, demented, and corrupt 46th President is so pathetic and awful to the last day in office!

You have to wonder and fear what is next before Sunday midnight!

This very old amendment is probably superfluous in the meantime! It is a lefty obsession! LGBTQ advocates may have demanded it.

He is making damn sure he goes down in history as one of the worst 3-5 US Presidents!

"... It was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and first introduced in Congress in December 1923. ..." Wikipedia

"Though the deadline to ratify the measure prohibiting sex discrimination expired decades ago, the 46th President said that three states’ recent approvals qualified it to become law. Also, six states that initially approved the ERA subsequently rescinded their ratifications. Biden’s move is certain to face legal challenges and GOP objections. Congress passed the ERA in 1972; three-quarters of the states must ratify an amendment."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Tuesday, December 03, 2024

The Prosecution Of Daniel Penny Is A Soviet-Style Attack On The Right Of Self-Defense by the infamous Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg

This is a very serious case about the right to self-defense!

It is also a stark reminder again that known violent mentally ill individuals should no be out in public!!!

"Closing arguments were heard in the New York City trial of military veteran Daniel Penny, who is charged with murder for subduing a dangerous mentally ill homeless man on a subway train.

The TPPF take: The prosecution of Daniel Penny is an attack on the right of self-defense.

If capable, well-intentioned individuals like Penny refrain from intervening, who will ensure public safety in moments of crisis?” asks TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “New Yorkers, already accustomed to high-profile subway crimes, may feel abandoned. It is no coincidence that under DA Alvin Bragg, a prosecutor known for prioritizing controversial cases like those against President-elect Trump over addressing violent crime, public trust in the justice system has justifiably eroded.”"

"American justice has become politicized — a weapon against enemies with hall passes for favored groups. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and dozens of big city, George Soros-funded leftist district attorneys routinely prosecute innocent citizens while letting criminals walk free.

The actions of these powerful officers of the law fit a pattern that the great Soviet-era Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn not only would have recognized, but he also detailed. ...

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s prosecutions of both Donald Trump and Daniel Penny — closing arguments for Penny’s trial are scheduled for after Thanksgiving — combined with his leniency for deadly criminals are a case in point. ...

Penny, a former Marine, intervened when Jordan Neely became aggressive and threatening on a subway train. Neely, who tragically died, either during the confrontation or shortly after ... had a long history of violence and assault. By stepping in, Penny averted harm to fellow passengers. Yet instead of being hailed as a protector, Penny was prosecuted. It appears Bragg is a fan of the Soviet Union’s Article 139. ..."

The Prosecution Of Daniel Penny Is A Soviet-Style Attack On The Right Of Self-Defense - Texas Public Policy Foundation

Thursday, January 04, 2024

Second Amendment in pink

Very charming! You flirt the wrong way, you might get hurt! Trifle with her rifle at your own risk! 😊
She is "female NRA instructor, Robin Evans" Source


Thursday, August 10, 2023

TRUTH about the 2nd Amendment

Very recommendable! The 2nd Amendment is perhaps the most important Amendment. Compared most of the other Western countries it is also the most distinguishing right of American citizens. The 2nd Amendment is quite unique in the world!

Friday, November 04, 2022

U.S. Court of Appeals: Constitution protects beauty pageant's right to exclude transsexual whose presence undercuts freedom of association of the First Amendment

Good news! Transgender people would like to have all the rights they so choose in utter disregard for the rights of other people especially women!

Ms. Anita Green, the plaintiff, now has to find another beauty pageant! Why not a beauty pageant exclusive for transgender people?

I recommend to all biological female competitors of any event to boycott the even if transgender males are allowed to participate if she disagrees!

"... A 2-1 majority on a three-judge panel determined that the Nevada-based Miss United States of America pageant's message about womanhood cannot be divorced from its selection of participants. Forcing the pageant to accept the transsexual plaintiff would "fundamentally alter" the pageant's "expressive message in direct violation of the First Amendment." ..."

From the decision:
"The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Miss United States of America, LLC, in an action brought by Anita Green, who self-identifies as an openly transgender female, alleging that the Miss United States of America pageant’s “natural born female” eligibility requirement violated the Oregon Public Accommodations Act (“OPAA”).
The district court held that the First Amendment protected the Pageant’s
expressive association rights to exclude a person who would impact the group’s ability to express its views. The panel agreed that summary judgment for the Pageant was correct, but reached this conclusion not under the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of association but rather under the First Amendment’s protection against compelled speech. ..."

Federal court: Constitution protects beauty pageant's right to exclude transsexual whose presence undercuts expression of real womanhood - TheBlaze

Saturday, October 15, 2022

The 10 Best Presidential Vetoes in American History by Lawrence Reed

Very recommendable! Important lessons of history! Presidential vetoes are a crucial component of the checks and balance of the U.S. Constitution!

The article is a bit aged. The author reported as of 7/24/2018 that then President Trump had not issued any veto yet. However, the U.S. Senate reports that he vetoed 10 bills over his single term in office.

The 10 Best Presidential Vetoes in American History - Foundation for Economic Education The veto counts among the storied contributions the ancient Roman Republic gave the world 25 centuries ago. Here are ten of the best examples of it.

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Iowa Supreme Court rules state constitution doesn't guarantee fundamental right to abortion

This decision comes just in time! The same holds for the U.S. Constitution

What the U.S. Constitution guarantees is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! The controversial and divisive issue of abortion is best handled at the state level by the people in each state.


"... All we hold today is that the Iowa Constitution is not the source of a fundamental right to an abortion necessitating a strict scrutiny standard of review for regulations affecting that right,” Justice Edward Mansfield wrote in the majority opinion. ..."

Iowa Supreme Court rules state constitution doesn't guarantee fundamental right to abortion | Just The News


Look at these white supremacists! Did Iowa not get the message of inclusion, diversity, and equity? Will there be now protests in front of their homes too?  (caution: irony)!


Saturday, May 14, 2022

Tuesday, May 03, 2022

An appeal to abortion fanatics on both sides

Given the pending decision of the U.S. Supreme Court affecting abortion rights in the country it is important to remind the radicals for what they are.

Anyone who defends the right of a woman to abortion without reasonable compromise is a fanatic and worse a person with murderous thoughts! 

On the other side, we have fanatics denying any right of a women to abortion for religious or other reasons.

Such fanaticism is primitive and uncivilized!

Way too many demagogues over several decades have pushed such zealotry within our society! It is long past high time to call them out for what they are! 

Fanatics like these are an impediment to human progress, because they waste our energy and resources for way too many years! Humanity would be so much better off without those fanatics!

Peace at last! When will this senseless, medieval, and divisive debate finally be over!

Nobody with common sense will deny an abortion if the life or health of the pregnant woman is in danger or if the woman was raped or if incest occurred.If a fetus is diagnosed with serious disorders an abortion or child adoption may be considered. Apart from abortion, child adoption should always be considered as another option.

One can also reasonably debate the use of medications to end an unwanted pregnancy within a few days or so after the intercourse when e.g. contraceptives were lacking or sex was unprotected.

It is a fundamental fact that human life begins latest at conception! The unborn human life is precious and deserves protection. The U.S. Constitution plus the Declaration of Independence leave no doubt here! 

Wait for the next wave of fanatics, once humans have developed artificial wombs and gestation ex utero! History repeats itself very often!

How many Albert Einstein's have we already killed by abortion? One would be already too many!

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Newt Gingrich - The Second Amendment

Recommendable! The 2nd Amendment is without doubt the most important amendment to keep your freedom! I wish Germany had a 2nd Amendment in its constitution!

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

50 Years of Loving or Love conquers all

Recommendable! A U.S. Supreme Court case to remember! It also exposes the ugly and destructive skin color based demagoguery that is so widespread today in the United States!

"Mildred Jeter, a black woman (though she also had Native American heritage and may have preferred to think of herself as Indian), married Richard Loving, a white man, in the District of Columbia in 1958. When they returned to their home in Caroline County, Virginia, they were arrested under Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute, which dated to colonial times and had been reaffirmed in the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The Lovings were indicted and pled guilty. They were sentenced to a year in jail; the state’s law didn’t just ban interracial marriage, it made such marriage a criminal offense. However, the trial judge suspended the sentence on the condition that they leave Virginia and not return together for 25 years. ...
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote for the court,
"The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men. Marriage is one of the “basic civil rights of man,” fundamental to our very existence and survival. ..."

50 Years of Loving | Cato at Liberty Blog Fifty years ago today the Supreme Court struck down Virginia's ban on interracial marriage.





Wednesday, January 13, 2021

House Joint Resolution 12 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve

Please support this important and sorely missing amendment to the U.S. Constitution! 

If the the presidency of Donald J. Trump has taught us anything, it is that the Founding Fathers and Mothers never wanted lifelong career politicians to run our country! George Washington himself set the example by refusing a third presidential term!

Apart from the term limited U.S. presidency, Term limits for our elected representatives are actually quite common throughout the United States, but to this day the members of the U.S. Congress have refused to accept term limits for themselves! E.g. nine out of the 10 biggest cities impose term limits on mayors and/or council members (source).
I have blogged e.g. here on this subject!

H.J.Res.12 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress