From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess
Biden’s performative nonsense on TikTok “ban” and Equal Rights Amendment will create years of angry debate, protests, and legal expenses
Tagged: constitution
A Constitutional Parable
For those disagreements, we have the judicial system and the Constitution. It works pretty well. Most of the time anyway.
Against ‘National Divorce’
So, is ‘national divorce’ a reasonable idea? Perhaps
Against the State of the Union
A brief polemic against the most monarchical, overblown, tedious piece of political entertainment in the American system,
Marxist – Leninist – Trumpist?
The New Right is looking a hell of a lot like the Old Left – in the worst possible ways.
Rebuilding from Ashes
The Trump Presidency was a catastrophe, and is a dire indictment of the Republican Party and the US’s constitutional system.
Up The Union
Rise against the unworthy schemers who, far from wanting law and order and freedom, only use such words to entice others into subjugation.
The Most Constitutional Right
Does the Constitution guarantee a right to have the Constitution itself? A recent dissenting opinion suggests so, and Burt Likko muses upon what that means in today’s age of impeachment.
A One Party Nation
The Democratic Party is collapsing, and has been collapsing for a decade. Having the Presidency just hid all the rot happening elsewhere. Now we face the prospect of one party rule in a way we have not seen before, led by a type of President we have not seen before.
Shakespeare in American Politics
Guest Author T. Greer eulogizes the neglect of our literary heritage in contemporary rhetoric.
In My Opinion’s Wake
Burt Likko thinks that Citizens United and McCutcheon were correctly decided. But how can he square that conclusion with his recent Ordinary Court opinion?
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part IV: Government’s Showing, Disposition
The Ordinary Court’s majority moves on to the final issue left in the case, and issues its ruling.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Parts II and III: Dissenting and Concurring Opinion
Tim Kowal agrees the Greens have individual standing, but suggests the corporation is the appropriate party to assert their claims.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part III: Justiciability of Individual Claims [Updated]
In Part III of the Ordinary Court’s treatment of the Hobby Lobby case, the Ordinary Justices’ voting pattern shifts, with dramatic results.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part II: Justiciability of Corporate Claims
Part II of the opinion, dealing substantively with whether Hobby Lobby can state a claim for relief under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part I: Background and Standards of Law
The first part of the Ordinary Court’s treatment of one of this year’s most-publicized legal cases. To begin, we must understand the factual and legal landscape.
All Rise! Ye Ordinary Court Is In Session
Introducing a new project by some of the lawyers and scholars writing for Ordinary Times: The Ordinary Court.
What You Need to Know About Klayman v. Obama
A Federal Court found yesterday that the NSA does, in fact, routinely violate your Constitutional rights. The reason why is very likely within your arm’s reach right now.
Tinkering with the Nuts and Bolts of Electronic Surveillance
A modest proposal to make NSA searches of electronic communications subject to the Constitution but still effective at national security.
