30 Jun
Here are some links to Works now in the public domain, available through Google books. They are primarily three separate Historical Constitutional Commentaries, plus I added some miscellaneous references that caught my eye.
An early Constitutional Commentary, written by a Pennsylvania Attorney, and politician, who was a Justice of Pennsylvania’s State Supreme Court from 1834 - [...]
Posted in ConFounders, Google Books, Liberty, Original Intent, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: PdSa
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29 Jun
Conservatives used to possess honour, standing their ground come hell or high water, upon the firm foundations of their immutable principles. Conservatism, as a political theory, has become noxiously contaminated over the last two plus decades. This is attributable to the Republican Party’s ends-testing for only electoral wins, which fomented The Big Three-Ring [...]
Posted in Compromised, ContemporaryCons, Due Process, FISA, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, Relativist-Right, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: AS
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26 Jun
Ron Paul says he would have voted against the FISA Amendment, if he would have been attending Congress the day of that vote. Ron Paul did however have a nice ditty entered into the the Extensions of The House Congressional Record four days later, so he could claim he was against it, even though he [...]
Posted in Compromised, ContemporaryCons, FISA, Paul v The LP Platform, Relativist-Right, RonPaulBottery, When Pauls Collide, absenteeism, libertarianism by: PLSeaM
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24 Jun
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
Edited by Max Farrand
Yale University Press, 1911, 3 vols.
Volume I - 8.4mb PDF
Volume II - 9.5mb PDF
Volume III - 9.8mb PDF
Complete download size: 27.7mb
The collection can also be accessed at:
The Online Library of Liberty
Library of Congress
It would seem logical that for those who assert the only proper method [...]
Posted in ConFounders, Google Books, Original Intent by: PdSa
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18 Jun
In the aftermath of Boumediene v. Bush, the rampant mendacity of the Bush Administration continues ever onwards. BuShills spew half-truths, mistruths and outright lies. These then get ejaculated into right-sided echo-chambers; and there within the closets of contemporary conservatism, mutual stroking rituals begin in earnest, as wee-willy-wankers’ circle-jerking spew enhancement.
The jerkin’ lil gherkins [...]
Posted in BiPolar Polity, Compromised, ContemporaryCons, Due Process, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, Relativist-Right, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: PLSeaM
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18 Jun
John Choon Yoo’s June 17, 2008 Wall Street Journal Op/Ed vehemently oppositional to the Supreme Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush, “The Supreme Court Goes to War“, is not surprising for its content. The number of individuals who exist on the right-side of the Bipolar Political divide that quote it, and the standard formula [...]
Posted in BiPolar Polity, Comedic Relief, Compromised, ContemporaryCons, Due Process, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, Relativist-Right, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: PLSeaM
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17 Jun
Utah’s very own Poster-Boy for Term Limits, Senator Orrin Hatch (R), is a master prestidigitator. He is also an equivocating partisan relativist conservative pretender, or to restate it succinctly, a new-righty. His statement about Boumediene v. Bush, made immediately after Senator Feinstein’s remarks follow this short commentary.
Hatch is another assward ho contemporary conservative, when it [...]
Posted in ContemporaryCons, Due Process, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, Relativist-Right, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: HJ
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17 Jun
Remarks about Habeas Corpus and Boumediene v. Bush made by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Senate floor, June 12, 2008.
Congressional Record: June 12, 2008 (Senate)
DOCID:cr12jn08-150cr12jn08-150; Pages S5573-S5586
Mrs. Feinstein: I thank the Chair.
This morning, the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the portion of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 which denied habeas corpus rights [...]
Posted in Due Process, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, ProgressiveLibs, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: HJ
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17 Jun
The June 12, 2008 statement made by Senator Patrick Leahy(D-VT) about habeas corpus after the Supreme Court Decision in Boumediene v. Bush had be published.
Congressional Record: June 12, 2008 (Senate)
DOCID:cr12jn08-147; Pages S5539-S5564
Habeas Corpus
Mr. Leahy: Mr. President, while I was chairing a Judiciary Committee meeting today, I received notice of the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning [...]
Posted in Due Process, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, ProgressiveLibs, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: HJ
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17 Jun
Remarks made by Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Thursday June 12, 2008, on the Senate floor after hearing about the Supreme Court Decision, Boumediene v Bush.
Congressional Record: June 12, 2008 (Senate)
DOCID:cr12jn08-147; Page S5548
Habeas Corpus
Mr. Bingaman: Mr. President, I will speak very briefly here to call to the attention of all Senators [...]
Posted in Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, ProgressiveLibs, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: HJ
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