Tag Archives: Constitution

The news cycle has continued in a predictable arc. Last week, Steve Bannon, the far-right provocateur and one-time Donald Trump adviser, said in an interview with the Economist that the president would seek an unconstitutional third term. “Trump is going to be president in 28, and people ought to just get accommodated with that,” Bannon said. (He seemed to be …

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he has spoken with Donald Trump about the possibility of the president seeking a third-term but that he sees no path for it as any change to the US Constitution would be well after Trump has left office. “Well, there’s the 22nd Amendment,” Johnson, who is a constitutional lawyer, said in response to …

This is an opinion column There was a time in America when most politicians were honest. They were honorable, believed in our Republican form of government, and understood the importance of law and order, equal protection, and fairness. Those days are long gone. They have been replaced too often by a “win at all cost” attitude that, ultimately, causes all …

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This week our Nation proudly celebrates the 238th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution — the legendary charter that established our experiment in self-government as the greatest Republic ever conceived.  This Constitution Week, we commit to renewing the sacred bonds of American citizenship and refortifying our …

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own. Relying on false information and conspiracy theories that he’s regularly used to explain away his 2020 election loss, Trump pledged on his social media site that he …

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has instructed the Commerce Department to start a new U.S. census that will be “based on modern day facts and figures” and won’t include undocumented immigrants. “I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, …