They made lots of promises -- and they already have broken many as they came out of the gate.

It's fun to take what passes for an "argument" on the far right to its logical conclusion. The exercise tends to show just how fallacious their claims really are.

As I argue over on the front page today, "Conservatives have come to use the Constitution as a crutch, avoiding debates on the merits of various proposals by asserting, with a broad wave of the hand, that whatever the policy in question may be, it's all illegitimate."

Although this Act may well be constitutional as applied to a government employee who unlawfully "leaks" such material to persons who are unauthorized to receive it, it is plainly unconstitutional as applied to other individuals or organizations who might publish or otherwise diss …

One of the most common statements from the "Religious Right" is that they want this country to "return to the Christian principles on which it was founded". However, a little research into American history will show that this statement is a lie.

Using clips from Townhall.com, World Net Daily, Fox Business, CNSNews.com, and Glenn Beck, narrator E. W. Jackson invokes the boogeymen of ACORN, Rev.

And today, O'Donnell also took issue with the assertion that the Constitution mandates a separation of church and state.

A federal judge in Michigan on Thursday dismissed one of more than 15 legal challenges to the new health care law, becoming the first to rule that the law is constitutional.

Open letter to Sen. Bob Menedes Chairman Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee & Gov. Tim Kaine chairman of the Democratic National Committee Dear Sen. Menendez & Gov. Kaine,

While the Constitution forbids prohibiting a mosque from being built blocks away from ground zero ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."), Republicans are salivating at the prospect of ignoring the const …

Lately, Republicans have been shocked and appalled that Democrats are even considering arguments that could lead to them considering changes to the Senate's rulebook.

PALIN: Here's the deal. Here's the deal. [...] That's what I'm out there fightin' for Americans to be able to have a Constitution protected so that we can have free speech…And also there… GUSTAFSON: In what way are you fighting for that? PALIN: Oh my goodness!

Anyone with a limited understanding of American history understands that the constitution guarantees majority rule with respect to minority rights -- the majority cannot take away inherent rights of liberty and freedom from the minority.

Think Progress's Ian Millhiser details the astounding number of issues the Republican party has with the constitution.

Minnesota state Rep. Tom Emmer, the presumptive Republican nominee for governor, has further expounded on his theories of nullification, declaring that states have the power under the Constitution to undo federal legislation.

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Over the last several months I've been seeing the phrases "I believe in / defend / will die to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights". And it has started to puzzle me. First a not-so-brief history of our Bill of Rights.

If you're over the age of 20 you can probably remember a time when the United States demonized some foreign nation for the way it handled law enforcement.  When my parents were children it was Nazi Germany.  The phrase "papers please" is still synonymous with overbearing to …