Although it has been much discussed, the text of the Defense of Marriage Act is both short and simple: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Defense of Marriage Act’. SEC. 2. POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES. (a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by [...]
Number of Senate bill introduced by John McCain that allows the U.S. military to pick up U.S. citizens on U.S. soil and detain them indefinitely without charge: 3081 Number of times the word “rights” is used in S. 3081: 2 Number of times the word is used to indicate the lack of Americans’ rights: 2 [...]
Name of 111th Congress bill calling for formal investigative commission regarding illegal surveillance, search and seizure of Americans’ private phone records: H.R. 104 Number of new cosponsors of H.R. 104 in Congress after revelations last week that the FBI both lied and broke the law to seize Americans’ phone records: Zero There’s not much else [...]
In Illinois’ 5th Congressional District, Rahm Emanuel is running for re-election as a member of the Democratic Party. But Rep. Emanuel has a problem — a constitution problem. You see, on June 20 2008, Emanuel violated his Oath of Office in he solemnly swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and [...]
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