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U.S. Constitution

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    The Obama Effect: From the NAACP to 50 Cent, Black Leaders Back Gay Marriage

    It's fair to call it the Obama Effect: leaders in the black community, old and young, political and cultural, are coming out of the closet to back same-sex marriage. And they are a motley crew, from the legacy NAACP, to the rapper 50 Cent, who just a couple years ago suggested that if you're a man " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Rules California's Prop 8 Unconstitutional

    By a vote of two to one, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that California's Proposition is unconstitutional. Simply put: even though more Californians voted for Prop 8 than not, that proposition was a violation of the constitution of the United States of America, according to the ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 18, 2012

    Free Will Astrology: January 18 through 24, 2011

    By a vote of two to one, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that California's Proposition is unconstitutional. Simply put: even though more Californians voted for Prop 8 than not, that proposition was a violation of the constitution of the United States of America, according to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Here's the Constitution Section House Republicans Won't Read, the Part About Slavery

    "Several hours"​At this very moment, politicians are reading the United States Constitution on the floor of the House of Representatives. The exercise is some sort of symbolic act, led by the newly Republican majority, but also including Democrats, lest they be called terrorists. The reading i ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 1, 2010

    How Mexicans Are Like Pinatas

    And why we like to hit them so much

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    And why we like to hit them so much

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Rightbloggers: TSA, Don't Touch Our Junk -- Profile Arabs Instead!

    Since the Republicans -- with the help of those Revolutionary-War reenactors in the Tea Party -- scored big in the 2010 elections, they've been bringing up the U.S. Constitution a lot. Incoming House Speaker John Boehner pushes the GOP "Pledge to America" promise "to honor the Constitution as constr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    The TSA Battlefront: Privacy Vs. Security

    "The good ol' days.."​What with the looming holiday season and the busiest travel days of the year, along with the TSA's most recent security measures, there's a significant debate brewing over who's right, who's wrong, and what, exactly, is going too far. Many have reported being patted down "ina ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Grinding Justice

    Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Judge to Military on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Halt!

    For all their dithering around "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" over the past two years, President Obama and Congress have been let off the hook. No need to finish off that survey to see how the troops feel about serving with the gays, because federal judge Virginia Phillips has halted all discharges under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    If Gay Marriage Passes, Won't the NY Masses Just Overturn It?

    ​Our e-mail box was flooded this morning with desperate pleas to call our state senator and demand that gay marriage come up for a vote during the special session of the New York state legislature called his week by Governor Paterson. But we wondered, just days after a legislative victory wa ... More >>

  • Books

    August 28, 2007

    In the Dark

    ​Our e-mail box was flooded this morning with desperate pleas to call our state senator and demand that gay marriage come up for a vote during the special session of the New York state legislature called his week by Governor Paterson. But we wondered, just days after a legislative victory wa ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2006

    Putting God in His Place

    New Jersey student-warrior for the Constitution gets a death threat

  • News

    August 29, 2006

    Letters

    New Jersey student-warrior for the Constitution gets a death threat

  • News

    April 25, 2006

    Third American Revolution

    Chancellor Joel Klein's plan to turn students into active citizens for the Constitution

  • News

    April 4, 2006

    Her Right to Be Obnoxious

    Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned

  • News

    March 7, 2006

    The Torture Judge

    U.S. court rules our government can break international laws to keep us safe

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    Letters

    U.S. court rules our government can break international laws to keep us safe

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    The Senators and Mr. Vague

    Verbatim: A sampler of meaningless statements by Samuel Alito

  • News

    October 4, 2005

    The Broken Constitution

    More eyewitnesses to U.S. torture of detainees pierce the Bush administration's cover-up

  • News

    September 13, 2005

    Marriage of Two Minds

    Gay nups may have become inevitable, but for now it's a world of pain

  • News

    March 15, 2005

    Bush Saddles Up for Terri Schiavo

    Get me an activist judge! Prez rides hard for Christian right

  • Specials

    December 7, 2004

    Letters

    Get me an activist judge! Prez rides hard for Christian right

  • News

    October 19, 2004

    Unpopular Vote

    A compilation of electoral college crash courses

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    Kiss Your Rights Goodbye

    From John Ashcroft's lips to God's ear

  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Separate Still Not Equal

    If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer

  • Specials

    January 8, 2002

    Letters

    If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer

  • News

    March 13, 2001

    Supreme Court in Contempt

    Rewriting the Constitution

  • News

    January 23, 2001

    The Man Who Stood Up to Bobby Kennedy

    Alone on the Floor of the House

  • News

    January 16, 2001

    The Deceiving of Black Students

    Are They Africans or Americans?

  • Specials

    February 29, 2000

    Letters

    Are They Africans or Americans?

  • News

    October 26, 1999

    Lawless Arrests Under Giuliani

    Howard Safir — I Am the Law!

  • News

    December 22, 1998

    Infamous Sodomy Law Struck Down

    'What Was the State of Georgia Doing in Hardwick's Bedroom?'

  • Film

    October 27, 1998

    Look Who's Talking

    'What Was the State of Georgia Doing in Hardwick's Bedroom?'

  • News

    September 29, 1998

    Keep Your Eye on Malik Shabazz

    'Khallid Muhammad Makes the Jews Pee in Their Pants at Night'

  • News

    June 9, 1998

    Giuliani's Praetorian Guard

    A 'Typical, Spiteful, Get-Back-at-Them Attitude'

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