The NYT reports: A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he…

…Amendments or his free speech rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The reasoning in Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 – which [447 U.S. 74, 75] held that…

…of First Amendment discipline — remind them they are no bigger than anybody else. Make them repair their small First Amendment misbehavior and you repair the lawless atmosphere that encourages…

…money is speech, for First Amendment purposes, but that there is no difference at all under the First Amendment between money-speech and actual speech. Nazi marches, flag-burning political demonstrations, the…

Post updated below. —- Forty-six Senate Democrats have concluded that the First Amendment is an impediment to re-election that a little tinkering can cure. They are proposing a constitutional amendment…

…case is about the last of those options. The right to participate in democracy through political contributions is protected by the First Amendment, but that right is not absolute. Our…

…New Jersey Republican Representative Tom MacArthur is proposing an amendment allowing states to opt out of key PPACA requirements. For example: – Preventative Care: The PPACA has 62 preventative measures…

…Representatives where newly freed slaves were not allowed to vote. Even before the Fifteenth Amendment, the second section of the Fourteenth Amendment I have discussed was enacted as a remedy….

…reality in American politics. I believe in American democracy, despite its frequent failures. The Second Amendment to the Constitution is one simple sentence: “A well regulated militia, being necessary for…

…The 12th Amendment merely provides that “the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall…