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Tag Archives: Constitution

SCOTUS Erodes 4th Amendment, Legitimizing Evidence from Illegal Searches

June 24, 2016 4th Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Law and Order Legal Injustice Supreme Court 5 Comments

Justice Scalia’s Death Puts 2016 Race into Overdrive

February 16, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Criminal Justice Dark Money Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Jeb Bush Law and Order Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Supreme Court Ted Cruz 1 Comment

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #3

January 29, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary banksters Bernie Sanders Big Banks Constitution Corporate Greed Corruption Defense Policy Democrats Foreign Aid Hillary Clinton Iraq Military Multi-National Corporations Regulation Terrorism TPP Trade Deal War Leave a comment

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #1

January 26, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination gay rights gender equality Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Inequality marriage equality Policy political candidates Progressive Racism Women's Rights 1 Comment

The Progressive Case for Free Speech and Opposing “Social Justice” Censorship

January 21, 2016 1st Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution extremism freedom of speech gay rights Media Media Freedom Progressive Racism Undocumented Immigration 12 Comments

The 5th GOP Debate: Mindless Brutality, Calls to Commit War Crimes, and Fact-Free Bloviating

December 16, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism International Relations ISIS Partisan Fighting Racism Republicans Tea Party Ted Cruz Terrorism War War Crimes 25 Comments

Donald Trump Pushes Fascism, GOP Cheers

December 8, 2015 14th Amendment 1st Amendment 2016 Election 2016 Primary 4th Amendment christian right Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism Immigration Policy ISIS Racism Religion in Politics Tea Party Terrorism 8 Comments

Alabama Shuts Down DMVs in Majority-Black Counties, Keeps Voter ID Laws

October 9, 2015 2016 Election Austerity Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corruption Discrimination Elections extremism Inequality Racism Voting Voting Rights 4 Comments

Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison System

October 2, 2015 8th Amendment ALEC Civil Rights Constitution Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Guest Post Health Policy Legal Injustice Prison Private Prisons Racism 1 Comment

CNN’s GOP Debate Nightmare: Xenophobia, Voodoo Economics, and Ignorance on Parade

September 23, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Abortion Campaigns Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Economics extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans Policy political candidates Political Debate Racism Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Tax Policy Tea Party Women's Rights Leave a comment

NYPD Commits Black Woman to Mental Hospital after Illegal Traffic Stop

September 16, 2015 4th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State 5 Comments

Kim Davis Illustrates an Ideology of Entitlement and False-Victimhood that has Persisted for Decades

September 8, 2015 1st Amendment Abortion christian right Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Discrimination gay rights Libertarian Racism Religion in Politics Social Conservative Supreme Court 2 Comments

Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points: Part #5

August 29, 2015 Abortion Civil Rights Constitution extremism Health Policy Insane Republicans Religion in Politics Terrorism Women's Rights 4 Comments

DOD Manual Declares that Military Officers have Power to Detain Journalists as “Unprivileged Belligerents”

August 26, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice freedom of speech Indefinite Detention Media Media Freedom Military Police State Terrorism War War Crimes 2 Comments

The Hidden Re-Segregation of American Schools

August 18, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Discrimination education Inequality Racism Supreme Court 4 Comments

Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing Toothpaste and Magazines

August 13, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination International Relations Legal Injustice Military Police State Prison spying Terrorism Whistleblower 6 Comments

Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points: Part #2

July 21, 2015 Abortion christian right Civil Rights Constitution Health Policy Regulation Religion in Politics Social Conservative Women's Rights 4 Comments

Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points: Part #1

July 20, 2015 Abortion christian right Civil Rights Constitution Health Policy Regulation Religion in Politics Social Conservative Women's Rights 9 Comments

Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery that it Represents is More Important

June 29, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police State Prison Private Prisons Racism Republicans 35 Comments

Teen Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement for Years Without a Trial Kills Himself

June 12, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State Prison Racism 1 Comment

Indiana Passes Law Protecting Business’ “Right” to Discriminate Based on Religion

March 30, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Discrimination gay rights Legal Injustice Racism Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative 4 Comments

Washington’s Absurd Degrees of War

October 27, 2014 Congress Constitution Iran Iraq Legislature Military Syria Terrorism War 2 Comments

The Corporatization and Destruction of the 1st Amendment

August 23, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Corporatism Corruption freedom of speech Media Media Freedom Money in Politics 1 Comment

The Eye in the Sky: American Police Develop Spy Planes to Video-Record Entire Neighborhoods

April 25, 2014 4th Amendment Constitution Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance Police State spying 1 Comment

McCutcheon v. FEC Furthers the Descent of the US from a Democracy to a Plutocracy

April 7, 2014 Campaigns Constitution Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Elections Money in Politics Regulation Super-PACS Supreme Court Wolf-PAC 3 Comments

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