Associated PressOctober 10, 2019
5min229
With Nixon the House didn’t officially vote until months after the probe started
Tag: U.S. Constitution
Associated PressOctober 10, 2019Associated PressOctober 9, 2019
8min279
Supreme Court has held that impeachment was an issue for Congress, not courts
Scott PowersJuly 2, 2019
7min474
'Plaintiffs’ eligibility to vote is based entirely on their financial status', suit argues.
Guest AuthorSeptember 4, 2018
6min313
If, as Justice Antonin Scalia said, “Our appointment and confirmation process has … evolved into a mini-plebiscite on the meaning of the Constitution whenever a new justice is to be seated,” then our freedoms, our Republic, and our Constitution could not be in better hands than with Judge Brett Kavanaugh. On paper, Judge Kavanaugh is […]
Scott PowersJuly 18, 2018
5min302
Rising rapidly in the Republican gubernatorial primary polls under President Donald Trump‘s balloon, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis brought a little of the president’s family mojo to Orlando Tuesday, as Donald Trump Jr. reminded an appreciative crowd that DeSantis had been with his father from the start. “Ron DeSantis was there from Day 1. He got […]
Scott PowersJune 29, 2018
4min361
Warning that Florida is under attack by liberals and needs a defender, state Rep. Frank White vowed to follow conservative values and be a strict constitutionalist if elected the state’s attorney general. In a speech Friday at the Florida GOP Sunshine Summit, White pledged to be anti-abortion, fight against “the deep state,” and defend the Second Amendment […]
Scott PowersJune 6, 2018
9min960
If you’re a candidate who believes that bump stocks should not have been banned, that Florida residents should be able to open-carry firearms, and that local officials who mess with gun laws should be banned from public office for life, then you, too, might be in line for a National Rifle Association endorsement. But first, […]
Scott PowersJune 1, 20184min284
Democratic state Sen. Linda Stewart said Friday there will be a big push in the next Legislative Session to pass a bill ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution now that Illinois has approved it, leaving just one more state needed for adoption. “We only need one more state. There’s 13,” that have […]
Guest AuthorApril 15, 2018
9min1121
This week members of the Florida Constitutional Revision (CRC) will meet to examine proposals to amend the Florida Constitution and make recommendations to voters. The constitutional revision process is unique to Florida. No other state has such a body, one that meets every 20 years and takes recommendations for amendments directly to the voters, without […]
Scott PowersApril 11, 2017
8min468
Arguing Gov. Rick Scott had no legal basis to strip murder cases from her jurisdiction, Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala filed challenges Tuesday morning in both the Florida Supreme Court and federal court. In complaints filed by her attorney, Roy Austin Jr. of Washington D.C., Ayala contends that she legally exercised prosecutorial discretion in deciding not […]