Tag: US Constitution
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Trump’s deportation attempt of Khalil may not be an overstep after all
On March 10, I wrote about how Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil might be overreach. Punishing someone for speech is not allowed in this country… on most occasions. I knew Khalil was a green card holder and assumed he had the same free speech rights as citizens. I didn’t know he agreed to and…
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Trump may have just stepped over the totalitarian line
The First Amendment isn’t a suggestion. Why do so many people in power think it is? I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about ICE agents raiding an apartment near Columbia University, arresting Mahmoud Khalil, and starting the process of revoking his green card. His supposed crime is pro-Palestinian activism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Americanism.…
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Congress Created the Imperial Presidency, Enjoy
Why does Congress even exist anymore? They’re supposed to write laws, not dodge them. But here’s the dirty secret: they’re too scared of losing elections to do their jobs. Take the FCC. Congress knows it can’t pass a law stomping on free speech. So they create an agency under the executive branch, hand it a…
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Biden can’t “invoke’ the 14th Amendment because there is nothing to invoke
Most of the media is telling you the President is weighing his options as to whether or not he will invoke the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Wall Street Journal has an editorial which explains there is nothing to invoke and if Congress & Biden can’t agree on terms to raise the debt…
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Killer Mike gives one of the best speeches on Free Speech at the 2023 FIRE Gala in NYC
This video should be shown on all college campuses where the yoots of this nation who think speech they disagree with is violence.
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When everyone is a hero no one is a hero. On Memorial Day remember real heroes.
I read this article on Substack this morning titled, “The Shame of Uvalde and the Sacrifice of Memorial Day“, penned by David French, and it hit the nail on the head with regard to heroes and heroic acts. We would all like to think we would have charged head on into gun fire to protect…