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Interesting writing in /r/religion today about Christianity and the Constitution.
"Christianity is incompatible with the US Constitution. The Fathers own words prove it."
https://www.reddit.com/r/religion/comments/1umqm4x/christia…

True patriots should want all Americans to vote,
They should oppose would-be dictators,
They should yield to the Constitution,
and they should demand a nation that is offered to everyone equally.
Actual followers of Jesus should defend the vulnerable,
They should give comfort to the sick, food to the hungry, welcome to the immigrant, and love to the least among us.
And while the masqueraders and pretenders parade around in grand performative acts of lo…

Americans Are Exhausted By The Right's Pretend Patriotism and Phony Faith
Life is exhausting these days for lots of us, and I think I’ve figured out why.

#Spectacles

Spectacles — America Almost Had 3 Presidents
This is the story of the Presidency That Almost was. | Citations always in captions. Sources always in description.

So, congrats on still being US citizens…? I guess? #SCOTUS
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-us-su…

U.S. Supreme Court sides with Constitution, defies Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Legal experts surprised ruling not more of a majority, given the clarity of the 14th Amendment’s wording

When the United States ratified the 13th amendment in 1865, federal lawmakers very nearly outlawed slavery for good
— but not entirely.
Tucked within arguably the most important corner of the US constitution is a massive caveat:
“neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States”
In the 160-some years since that amendment, a quieter type of forced servitu…

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning (Jack Loftus/McSweeney's)
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-us-constitution-is-for-simple-folk-still-burdened-by-the-belief-that-words-have-meaning
http://www.memeorandum.com/260702/p33#a260702p33

My ancestors settled in what is now the United States in the early 1600s. I'm a citizen by birthright. So is anyone else born in the United States. I believe that because I'm not a bigoted a******. And, of course, it's crystal clear in the Constitution. We are people, not a race.

5th Circuit backtracks on ICE's indefinite detention policy
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-constitution-after-all-is-supreme-5th-circuit-effectively-reverses-itself-in-major-blow-to-trump-administrations-indefinite-detention-policy/

“Corporations are people”
– Famous last words, Homo Sapiens @… https://infosec.exchange/@FritzAdalis/116643483355447185

America is celebrating its 250th anniversary of independence
and Ukraine recently marked its Constitution Day, 30 years after shedding its Soviet past.
America’s and Ukraine’s breaks from foreign occupiers — centuries apart – are reminders of how everyday citizens who embrace their civic duties and fight for freedom can bring about lasting security for themselves and the allies supporting their struggle.
Fast forward to 2026,
five years since Ukrainian democracy’s own…

Ukraine’s Successes Make the Case for How Democracy Support Enhances U.S. National Security
Ukraine's survival in the face of Russian aggression demonstrates how its democratic institutions are a U.S. national security asset.

"…Larry Krasner, District Attorney of Philadelphia. 'A federal badge is not a license to violate the Constitution, and it is not a shield from state criminal law. We have prosecuted police officers who broke the law. We have prosecuted public officials who broke the law. We will prosecute ICE agents who break the law. There is no category of American who gets to operate above it.'"

In a rare dissent from the bench,
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Supreme Court
undid “centuries of political practice,”
and that the court concluded that the federal government had been acting in
“open defiance of the Constitution.”
https://www.

‘Chaos Will Follow’ Ruling Allowing Trump Firings, Dissent Predicts
In a rare dissent from the bench, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Supreme Court undid “centuries of political practice,” and that the court concluded that the federal government had been acting in “open defiance of the Constitution.”

New Gist: Who will lead FF next?
"Neither Chambers or O'Callaghan have displayed any ability to do the job of being Taoiseach. But that's not the job they're trying to be hired for. They're auditioning to be the leader of the Fianna Fšil of today. And maybe complaining that the Constitution is interfering with the triumph of your bloodless technocracy's will or cosplaying as a Temu-delivered inflatable Pete Hegseth is the way to appeal to that electorate."…

Our republic rests on a clear premise:
No branch of government possesses absolute authority,
and no individual is above the law.
In a single stroke, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has dismantled this foundational understanding.
By executing a sweeping settlement with Donald Trump, Blanche committed an unprecedented dual assault on the Constitution,
usurping Congress' power of the purse while shattering the structural boundaries of executive appointmen…

OPINION | ROBERT STEVENS: Executive tyranny: Acting AG dismantling accountability for Trump
Our republic rests on a clear premise: No branch of government possesses absolute authority, and no individual is above the law. In a single stroke, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has dismantled this foundational understanding.

Paul Krugman in #Buitenhof At this point the US no longer really has a constitution, and no longer has laws, it only has personalist rule by Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court Doesn’t Own the Constitution | Portside
https://portside.org/2026-06-14/supreme-court-doesnt-own-constitution

I donated to ACLU
https://www.aclu.org/
"For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in thi…

Home | American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

The Supreme Court Doesn't Own the Constitution (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/opinion/constitution-supreme-court-popular-sovereignty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.BsPU.MESvFbvSYYmI&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p32#a260610p32

Time to sell your #AI stuff and buy some quantum computing instead!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/ushering-in-the-…

Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

"Let's throw out the Constitution": Mullin shares DHS plans ahead of midterms - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/14/lets-throw-out-the-constitution-mullin-shares-dhs-plans-ahead-of-midterms/

The Rhythm Of Life: Ayurvedic Wisdom For Modern Living
Hosted by Neerja Ahuja, founder of the Ayurveda Awareness Centre, this series serves as a grounded guide for those seeking clarity, vitality, and a deeper understanding of their own mind-body constitution...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CEO Andrew Morse steps down after a three-and-a-half-year tenure, to be succeeded by Cox Media executive Paul Curran (David Folkenflik/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/nx-s1-5818208/ajc-andrew-morse-leaving

Democrats just suffered a major setback in their plans to counter Republican redistricting gains before the 2028 elections.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that all five proposed redistricting ballot measures in the state
— three led by Democrats and two led by Republicans
— violated the state’s constitution,
preventing either party from implementing new maps by undoing the independent commission that currently controls the process.
Colorado’s eight Hou…

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https://mstdn.social/@wyatt_h_knott/116902883517938340

It's interesting to know about some of the historical strategies for preventing revolution. There were basically two strategies to protect the institution of monarchy.
Metternich believed that brutal repression was the only answer: censor the press, monitor communication, create a coalition of kings and persecute revolutionaries wherever they could be found. Giving even an inch, he believed, would open the door to revolution.
But there was another approach: concession. By giving a little bit - create a constitution (even if it's meaningless), allow people to vote (even if the people they vote for have no power), etc - could offer a release and prevent revolution. There are still monarchies in Europe. They're no longer absolute, but they still hold a lot of power (even if people *think* of them as being decorative). They held that power by giving up a little bit at a time to slow down progress.
The fact is, they were both right.
The US has kept their regressive oligarchy stable by oscillating between the two. We are in the brutal repression phase, where concessions are stripped away and radicals are suppressed. This phase breaks up the progress made and pushes back the clock. The next phase, if the US makes it that far, if the fascists are smart enough to let go, will be concession. They will give a few inches to keep everything from collapsing. They'll give just enough room to get people back to brunch.
While they're at brunch, the next phase will be planned.
This is not really conscious, but an emergent behavior of the two party system. It's just kind of how the dichotomy of liberalism and conservatism works. Government is a fundamentally oppressive entity. The question is really, how long will we let the pendulum swing? How small of a concession will we accept, or will we demand everything now?

Justice Department Concludes EEOC Disparate-Impact Guidelines Violate the Constitution (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-concludes-eeoc-disparate-impact-guidelines-violate-constitution
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p97#a260609p97

Blocking traffic at SeaTac and other airports because of sanctuary city policies kinda violates the Constitution...
Trump official's 'actively insane' new plan to punish Dem cities flabbergasts experts - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/markwayne-mullin-international-travel/

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has spent months telling voters that the state constitution is under threat from
“out-of-state special interests”
using ballot initiatives to bypass the Republican-controlled legislature
and enact major policy changes.
The measures have included legalizing recreational marijuana,
expanding Medicaid
and restoring abortion rights. 
That argument is at the center of Kehoe’s support for Amendment 4,
a measure in the Aug. 4…

Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@smellsofbikes/116863717828129429
There was bicentennial everything. And the Freedom Train was exciting. We stood in line a long while to get a chance to ogle to copies of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution a…

@… I intend to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the constitution instead (1788), more fitting anyway, and it’s not that far away :)

A judge in Delaware
—a state with more registered business entities than people
—ruled Monday in favor of a small town that allows corporations to vote in local elections.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz ruled that the town of Fenwick Island, population 400, did not violate the state Constitution by permitting business entities
—which make up 12% of the town’s “population”
A—to vote in municipal elections,
as case plaintiff the ACLU of Delaware ha…

‘Logical conclusion’ of Citizens United as Delaware judge lets corporations vote in local elections
Delaware is home to more corporations than people. Human people, that is, as under longstanding state law and the US Supreme Court’s infamous 2010 ruling, corporations are people, too.

To be honest, this doesn't sound like a horrible way to govern.
No political parties, but house and senate approval needed to pass anything.
#CanPoli

Newberry Seminar on Religion and Culture in the Americas, June 5, 2026
https://ift.tt/S6JzZuF
Third Symposium on Dance, Music, and Performing Arts of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

"Our Constitution begins with an aspiration: “We the people”—a promise to secure liberty and justice for everyone. That promise endures and survives only when our institutions act to defend it. If local police hold the line, our democracy still has a chance. If they do not, erosion and fear will accelerate. And history will not ask whether this moment was comfortable. It will ask whether our local police leaders did their duty when it mattered most."

Silence is Surrender
If Democracy Is To Hold, Local Police Must Resist I have watched American policing change—sometimes painfully slowly, sometimes faster than anyone thought possible. I have also watched it fail. I w…

Greece, birthplace of democracy, seeks to put humanity ahead of AI in updated constitution | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/greece-birthplace-of-democracy-seeks-to-put-humanity-ahead-of-ai-in-updated-constitution/

Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
Watch this Sunday at 8 PM ET on
C-SPAN 2
Former Attorney General Eric Holder interviews law professor and podcast host Melissa Murray about her guide on how to read and understand the U.S. Constitution.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv2CIXXV

“First they came for the New York Times and I… fuck I have to say something about this don’t I?
Who’s the next one on the poem? Could I maybe wait for that one?”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4tqkvdjxqapupkv6rnb6agp/post/3mqeqd3ptec2u

"Capitalism" is nowhere to be found in the Constitution, but "promote the general welfare" is right there in the mission statement.

Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission takes aim at church-state separation
The Trump administration took aim at the separation of church and state Friday,
issuing a draft report from the "president’s Religious Liberty Commission"
that says the separation concept is a legal error
and that Americans should view religion as an “essential support”
and always remember “the Creator who made us and bestows our rights.”
The 224-page report recommended the…

Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission takes aim at church-state separation
The report recommends the Justice Department issue guidance to promote “an originalist understanding” of how the Constitution sees religion and government.

The Constitution says 1 justice per district; we have 13 districts...do the math, GOP
US House GOP attacks proposals to expand Supreme Court and counter conservative majority • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/05/21/repub/expand-supreme-court/

Hooks from George Washington's tackle box. During a summer lull in the drafting of the Constitution in 1787 he escaped Philadelphia's "foul airs" by going trout fishing, as one does. Journal entry from one outing: "in the evening fished, not very successfully." #constitution #washington #history #trout #fishing #hooks

The idea of a suspension of the constitution had been introduced,
by the Constitution of 22 Frimaire Year 8.
Article 14 of the Charte of 1814 granted the sovereign the power to
"make the regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the security of the State"
Because of the vagueness of the formula, Chateaubriand observed
"that it is possible that one fine morning the whole Charte will be forfeited for the benefit of Art…

Brian Kemp signs law making many metro Atlanta races nonpartisan (Greg Bluestein/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/05/brian-kemp-signs-law-making-many-metro-atlanta-races-nonpartisan/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p112#a260512p112

Trump Megadonor Tim Dunn Has a Plan More Extreme Than Project 2025
The Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution
to advance climate denial and other far-right priorities
https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/23/trump-pr…

Trump Megadonor Tim Dunn Has a Plan More Extreme Than Project 2025
The Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to advance climate denial and other far-right priorities.

I donated again to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School https://www.brennancenter.org/
Due to the dire threats to the USA from the current administration and the Republican party I am donating as much money as I spend on myself this year to protect us from those threats to our way of life.

Brennan Center for Justice | Home
Defend Democracy. Reform Justice. Protect the Constitution. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law works to build an America that is democratic, just, and free.

Sormanni a été mis sous pression par l’UDC pour voter pour le projet nucléaire. Il se plaint. Selon la Constitution, les députés devraient pouvoir voter sans instructions.

Citizenship shall apply automatically at birth
unless someone loud and male on any number of primetime cable news shows feels skin color makes them uncomfortable.
This is not hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy requires a fixed standard. Please keep up. We have moved beyond that.
This, too, is the genius of conservative legal reasoning:
It can stand athwart history yelling breathlessly about original meaning,
then sprint blindly toward the nearest convenient exception

The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning
“Every serious legal mind must inevitably face a fundamental choice: Read the Constitution and apply its words as the bedrock laws of the land, or transcend ...

The executive branch plays no role in making election policy or regulating election administration
—the Constitution explicitly leaves those responsibilities to the states and Congress.
The “Proposed Rule: Ballot Mail for Federal Elections” therefore conflicts with the Constitution.
Beyond that, it is bad policy that will make it harder for election administrators to do their jobs,
runs the risk of potentially disenfranchising voters
and increases the chance of …

CREW and former secretaries of state oppose USPS mail ballot restrictions - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The proposed USPS rule appears to be an ill-conceived, unconstitutional power grab, which is legally indefensible and practically unsound.

The Trump administration wants to give white South African “refugees”
an arrival gift bag with an American flag, an Android tablet, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence,
and hagiographic literature from PragerU minimizing the history of slavery and apartheid in the country and falsely accusing the South African government of “favoring the Black population.”
This is the latest effort to woo the Afrikaner population, descended from 17th-century Dutch, German, and…

Trump Is Giving White South African Refugees a Gift Bag for Racists
It includes some questionable literature on apartheid and American slavery.

Samuel Alito Gutted More Than Just the Voting Rights Act. He Rewrote the Constitution, Too (Madiba K. Dennie/Balls and Strikes)
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito-callais-opinion-voting-rights-act-fifteenth-amendment/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260504/p85#a260504p85

"the idea that “individuals are merely a means to be used toward the achievement of the ends of the collective nation state” remains “as fundamental to the Chinese Communist Party as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are to us as Americans.” Welcoming that model to our shores would be a catastrophe for the United States. The U.S. auto industry is Exhibit A.-
Opinion | Is Trump About to Invite In the Biggest Predator in the World? - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/kPYyk

Virginia Democrats are looking for a way to overturn the state Supreme Court’s Friday decision invalidating the constitutional amendment temporarily adopting new congressional districts that a majority of voters ratified last month.
They have a simple—and lawful—solution:
Send the entire court into early retirement.
Article VI, Section 9, of the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature unlimited authority to set the retirement age for judges.
It specifies, “The …

How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.

Fulton County officials are racing to block a federal subpoena seeking personal information about thousands of election staffers, poll workers and volunteers ... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/05/fulton-seeks-to-block-federal-subpoena-targeting-2020-election-workers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260505/p53#a260505p53

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury …
— Amendment V, United States Constitution
Two hundred and fifty years since the nation’s founding, and almost as many since the adoption of the Bill of Rights,
the role of the grand jury in the American criminal justice system continues to spark debate.
Recently, scrutiny of the grand jury and renewed calls to strengthen it as a bulwark…

Trust, But Verify: Three Grand Jury Reforms to Hold the Government Accountable
Steps should be taken to strengthen grand juries by giving courts and defense counsel more tools to act as a much-needed check on prosecutors.

On Thursday, Trump said in a press conference that “it would be a disgrace” if the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship.
“Twenty to 25 percent of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship;
they’ll become citizens through birthright citizenship,” he said,
grossly exaggerating the amount of children born in the U.S.to undocumented people or temporary visitors.
Trump then declared that birthright citizenship costs the U.S. ino…

Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision
The US has had birthright citizenship since the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

The biggest bullet dodged this week was the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Barbara,
in which the court ruled against Trump’s executive order attempting to nullify the birthright citizenship rights explicitly granted by the Constitution.
One of the grand plans of this administration has been to ethnically cleanse the United States,
and had the court gone along with Trump and his aide-de-camp, Stephen Miller, millions of Americans might now be facing the end of thei…

SCOTUS’s Anti-Constitutional Crusade to Create Second-Class Citizens
The conservative legal movement lost its bid to eradicate birthright citizenship, but its war on the Reconstruction Amendments is going to continue.

'Pleading the Fifth' invokes a constitutional amendment that has a long history in US society (Deepti Hajela/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/constitution-fifth-amendment-right-selfincrimination-58b3dac34022c5adab907e3c33349d46
http://www.memeorandum.com/260729/p97#a260729p97

Notre Constitution prévoit un référendum obligatoire avec double majorité lorsqu’il est question d’une «adhésion Š une communauté internationale». Le référendum facultatif avec majorité simple est prévu pour tous les autres traités internationaux, s’ils revêtent une certaine importance. Il faut tout de même une bonne dose de mauvaise foi ou d’imagination souverainiste pour soutenir que les accords bilatéraux III représentent une adhésion Š l’Union européenne ~Mahaim
https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/bilaterales-iii-un-train-qui-menace-de-derailler-a-tout-instant

Trump’s war against Iran is widely regarded as a serious breach of the U.N. Charter,
in addition to the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution.
As Tess Bridgeman and Oona Hathaway have described it, this is a triply illegal war.
The State Department has tried to address some of those criticisms,
but, the official position is legally unpersuasive and analytically confused.
Regardless of those discussions, the U.S. military’s enforcement of the ongoing nav…

Blockade and Article 2(4) of the UN Charter
U.S. attacks on neutral vessels to enforce its Iran blockade point to U.S. violations of UN Charter against four different countries.

Who will win the House?
The scales are shifting.
The map is becoming so tilted that a four-point Democratic win might not be enough for a majority
The Virginia Supreme Court’s decision that last month’s redistricting referendum violated the state’s constitution has predictably sent Democrats into a frenzy.
Democrats are going to be even angrier in November if
— as now appears possible
— they win the national popular vote by a large margin but don’t capt…

Who will win the House? The scales are shifting.
The map is becoming so tilted that a four-point Democratic win might not be enough for a majority.

The United States Constitution puts control over elections in the hands of the states
and grants Congress the ability to pass federal election legislation.
It gives no explicit authority to the executive branch.
But in early February, Trump said he wanted the Republican-led federal government to “nationalize” or “take over” the running of elections.
“A state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” he said.
Trump had already, in March 2025, signed…

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.

Mexico cuts workweek,
bans after-hours contact,
and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut
in the most sweeping labor reform in a generation
https://techfixated.com/mexico-cuts-wo…

Mexico cuts workweek, bans after-hours contact, and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut in the most sweeping labor reform in a generation
Mexico amends its constitution to cut the maximum workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030 and gives 13.5 million workers the legal right to ignore their boss's

Florida’s “anti-woke” restrictions on the way university professors teach about race and gender
violate the professors’ First Amendment rights,
a panel of Eleventh Circuit judges decided.
The ruling affirms a federal district court judge’s finding that the law was impermissible under the Constitution.

DeSantis-Backed Ban on ‘Woke’ College Lessons Defeated on Appeal
Florida’s “anti-woke” restrictions on the way university professors teach about race and gender violate the professors’ First Amendment rights, a panel of Eleventh Circuit judges decided.

As many expected,
the Trump administration has persisted in waging its war on Iran without congressional authorization.
In doing so, the White House  continues to act in violation of not only the U.S. Constitution and the UN Charter,
but also the 60-day deadline on unauthorized hostilities imposed by the War Powers Resolution (WPR).
What’s new is the White House argument in a May 1st letter to Congress that the WPR’s 60-day clock stopped because the “hostilities that…

Ongoing Iran War Reveals Necessary War Powers Reforms
It is Congress’s responsibility to assert its constitutional prerogatives with respect to the use of force and to rein in a lawless executive.

MAGA Considers Banning Pregnant Foreigners
—or Just Sterilizing Them
Trump’s supporters are on to a chilling backup plan after the Supreme Court saved birthright citizenship
The MAGA-verse has begun to attack pregnant women
in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 5–4 ruling to uphold the birthright citizenship clause of the Constitution,
which holds that nearly anyone born on U.S. soil is an American citizen,
regardless of where their parents are from.
The…

MAGA Considers Banning Pregnant Foreigners—or Just Sterilizing Them
Trump’s supporters are on to a chilling backup plan after the Supreme Court saved birthright citizenship.

Trump is trying to use the levers of the federal government,
along with personal influence over state and local lawmakers,
to reshape the rules governing the 2026 midterms and future elections in extraordinary ways.
Many of these efforts have been blocked by courts, stymied by the Constitution or stopped in Congress.
But the relentless assault by the president on the electoral process
— both administratively and rhetorically
— is likely to sow doubt

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.

Last month Netflix released a five-part series called
“The American Experiment.”
Shepherded by nearly a dozen producers headlined by Tom Hanks
and directed by Brian Knappenberger,
“Experiment” mixes recreations with interviews from both notable colonial scholars and contemporary politicians
to explain the principles contained in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
(The documentary includes an important, useful interlude about the failed and…

7 Revelatory Moments from The American Experiment Documentary
“The American experiment has been tested quite a lot in 250 years — and we are in one of those moments now.”

The twisted history Trump's White House is using to redefine religious freedom (Christian Paz/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/494204/christianity-twisted-alternative-history-justice-trump-religious-liberty-commission-freedom-founders-250-constitution
http://www.memeorandum.com/260705/p8#a260705p8

Trump just declared these parts of America are outside the Constitution - Raw Story
https://archive.ph/BYmhe