Republican “Constitutionalists” Ignore the Constitution on Family Leave
Republicans in Congress love to invoke the Constitution — until they don’t. On May 2, 2019, United States Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) posted the following on his Facebook page: “Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution unequivocally states that Congress...
Weaponizing People for Political Gain is Nothing New
On April 12, 2019, the Los Angeles Times published an article headlined “Trump Threatens to Dump Immigrants into California’s ‘Sanctuary Cities.” The article explains that the plan involves busing migrants held in detention centers near the border and...
Giving Federalism the Middle Finger
The impulse to turn everything into a federal case – even something a personal as an obscene finger gesture – flips the middle finger at the political system the founders created. Whether you agree with the behavior or not, the “right” to wave your middle...