Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Detroit) is among a group of lawmakers demanding Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) provide a briefing on the House’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
A district court Judge in Ohio yesterday rejected a lawsuit from the Susan B. Anthony List, which argued an Ohio elections law prohibiting false claims was unconstitutional because it violated the group’s right to free speech.
The suit relates to a longstanding conflict between pro-life groups like More…
Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress empowered to require Americans to buy health insurance, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) charged today.
“I am seriously concerned that the Democrats’ health reform bill violates the Constitution of the United States of America,” Ensign said in a statement. “Is it really constitutional for this body More…
As expected, yesterday President Obama signed a supplemental appropriations bill that prohibits the release of Guantanamo detainees into the United States, and restricts the president’s ability to release them to other countries without Congressional approval.
The little-noticed provision raises constitutional questions about who has the power More…
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