03/21/2023
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Constitutional Illiteracy Abounds – Especially on Separation of Powers
By Alan Nathan © 2018 CNS News.comIn September of 2017, the Annual Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey found that about 74 percent of the country could not name our three branches of government. This year, the oblivious-count mildly dropped to 68...
FIRST MEDIA BIAS …NOW GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP?
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times What chance do arguments have to rise and fall on their merits if they're framed by a seemingly party-owned press? And once that party comes to power, won't its lackey journalists constitute a type of state-owned...
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES – Pivotal Facts Missed
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times In all three presidential debates, some pivotal facts have been grotesquely obscured. The very law that Democrats cite as the reason for our current financial mess, and the one for which they blame Sen. John McCain,...
VAPID LIBERALISM – Race War if McCain Wins?
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama said in his convention speech that the promise of America is, “the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental...
When the High Court Violates the Constitution – Reigning in an Imperial Judiciary
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times The Supreme Court openly violated their separated powers under the Constitution by defying Congress’ Article I, Section 9 authority to suspend habeas corpus “when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety...
THE IGNORANCE OF THE ELITES
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times On matters of war, illegal immigration and eminent domain, it's apparent that reporter, pundit and politico have an ongoing rivalry over who can most effectively misquote, mischaracterize and misrepresent the U.S....
CHECKS AND BALANCES: The judicial branch in perspective
By Alan Nathan © 2007 Washington Times When are Supreme Court justices interpreting the Constitution, and when are they simply amending it? The judicial-restraint crowd prefers a more denotative analysis relying on the actual words employed by the framers....
CONGRESS OVERREACHES
By Alan Nathan © 2007 Washington Times Often the most difficult things to see are those hidden in plain sight. Though rarely reported, the violation of checks and balances attributed to the executive branch by the Democrat-led Congress is actually getting...
DETAINEE LAWYERS’ CONSTITUTIONAL WRONGS
By Alan Nathan © 2007 FrontPageMag You cannot execute a battle as you might an indictment nor prosecute a war as you might a trial. The Framers of the Constitution knew this when they wrote in Article I, Section 9 that Congress had the right to suspend...