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Why Autocrats Are Replacing Democrats

Pat Buchanan •ï¿½February 18, 2019

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"If you look at Trump in America and Bolsonaro in Brazil, you see that people want politicians that do what they promise," said Spanish businessman Juan Carlos Perez Carreno. The Spaniard was explaining to The New York Times what lay behind the rise of Vox, which the Times calls "Spain's first far-right party since the... Read More

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The Mystery of American Power

Guillaume Durocher •ï¿½December 20, 2018

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Probably the single most important political fact about the modern world has been the steady rise of the United States of America. From a geopolitical point of view, the United States really is in a class of its own. While the Soviet Union might have rivaled the U.S. militarily, and while China and the European... Read More

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The President Is Not CinC of the US

W. Patrick Lang •ï¿½May 17, 2018

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US media figures are in the habit of referring to the president of the United States as the â€œCommander in Chief of the United Statesâ€ People who do that badly misunderstand the structure of US government as described in the Constitution of the United States. This misunderstanding may have been caused by the disappearance of... Read More

War and the Imperial Presidency

Congress Offers a Bipartisan Blank Check to Donald Trump

Danny Sjursen •ï¿½May 3, 2018

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It may be too late. The president of the United States is now a veritable autocrat in the realm of foreign policy. He has been since at least 1945, when the last congressionally declared war finally ended. Wars in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen (among other places) were all... Read More

War and the Separation of Powers

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½April 26, 2018

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A popular way to begin the first day of class in constitutional law in many American law schools is to ask the students what sets the U.S. Constitution apart from all others. Usually, they answer that it's the clauses that guarantee the freedom of speech, privacy and due process. Yes, each of those guarantees --... Read More

Here We Go Again

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½December 14, 2017

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For the second time in two months, someone who has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State has plotted to kill innocents in New York City and has executed his plot. According to police, at the height of the Monday morning rush hour this week, in an underground pedestrian walkway that I have used many times,... Read More

Congressâ€™s Romance with Cowardice

War Without War Powers (the Not-So-New American Way)

Danny Sjursen •ï¿½November 5, 2017

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On September 1, 1970, soon after President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by invading neighboring Cambodia, Democratic Senator George McGovern, a decorated World War II veteran and future presidential candidate, took to the floor of the Senate and said, â€œEvery Senator [here] is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave... This... Read More

The Weird Odyssey of Trump's Travel Bans

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½September 28, 2017

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The weird odyssey of President Donald Trump's travel bans continues. The original ban, signed as an executive order Jan. 27, barred absolutely all immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The countries had actually been chosen by the State Department of former President Barack Obama. Obama never signed a ban, but Trump did. The... Read More

Publish, Punish, and Pardon

Nine Things Obama Could Do Before Leaving Office to Reveal the Nature of the National Security State

Pratap Chatterjee •ï¿½December 4, 2016

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In less than seven weeks, President Barack Obama will hand over the government to Donald Trump, including access to the White House, Air Force One, and Camp David. Trump will also, of course, inherit the infamous nuclear codes, as well as the latest in warfare technology, including the Central Intelligence Agencyâ€™s fleet of killer drones,... Read More

Writing a Blank Check on War for the President

How the United States Became a Prisoner of War and Congress Went MIA

Andrew J. Bacevich •ï¿½April 5, 2016

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Letâ€™s face it: in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be at risk, the basic law of the land -- otherwise considered sacrosanct -- becomes nonbinding, subject to being waived at the whim of government authorities who are impatient, scared, panicky,... Read More

Apple's Involuntary Servitude

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½February 25, 2016

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"There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all." -- Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) After the San Bernardino massacre on Dec. 2, 2015, the FBI lawfully acquired the cellphone of one of the killers and persuaded a federal... Read More

Can the President Kill Americans?

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½April 16, 2015

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Can the president kill you? The short answer is: Yes, but not legally. Yet, President Obama has established a secret process that involves officials from the Departments of Justice and Defense, the CIA, and the White House senior staff whereby candidates are proposed for execution, and the collective wisdom of the officials then recommends execution... Read More

More Unlawful Presidential Killing

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½September 18, 2014

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As the debate rages over whether the president needs congressional authorization for war prior to his deployment of the military to degrade or destroy ISIS, the terrorist organization that none of us had heard about until a few months ago, the nation has lost sight of the more fundamental issue of President Obama's infidelity to... Read More

An Unconscionable Silence

Andrew Napolitano •ï¿½February 20, 2014

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The political philosopher Edmund Burke once remarked that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good folks to do nothing. A glaring example of the impending triumph of a constitutional evil that could be stopped by folks who have been largely silent is the tyranny coming from the White House. And... Read More

The Five Criminals

In America the Gestapo Has Replaced The Rule Of Law

Paul Craig Roberts •ï¿½February 13, 2014

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RT is the best English language news source available to Americans. On January 29, RT published a photo of 5 presidential appointees lying through their teeth to Congress. All five of these Gestapo wannabes are in violation of their oath of office to protect the Constitution of the United States. They have relentlessly violated the... Read More

Beltway Right Wrong - Only Congress Can Declare War

Sam Francis •ï¿½August 22, 2002

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Very graciously for the Emperor of the New World Order, President Bush has stated that he will consult Congress before going to war against Iraq and even promises to listen to people who don't want to go to war at all. But, as he remarked last week, after the consulting, the listening and the "debate,"... Read More

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Ron Unz

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9/11 Was an Israeli Job

How America was neoconned into World War IV

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American Pravda: The JFK Assassination, Part II â€“ Who Did It? •ï¿½57m ▶

Ron Unz

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