Original Intent

The Constitution We Nearly Had

Robert J. Spitzer | Posted 11.15.2011

Robert J. Spitzer

Imagine a very different Constitution -- one where Congress could kill any state law, where a twenty-six member Senate controlled treaty-making with other nations, and where the president's veto was exercised jointly with the Supreme Court.

The 17th Amendment is Good for America

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Sally Kohn

There's a movement afoot to repeal the 17th Amendment of the United States Constitution which allows for the two US Senators from each state to be "el...

Sotomayor's Right-Wing Judicial Philosophy?

Mark Dorlester | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Dorlester

The framers of the Constitution were passionate about the fact that the document was never to be interpreted as a grant of rights.

Newt Gingrich Misuses, Not Just Misquotes, the Declaration of Independence

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Abrams

Media Matters, and then Olbermann, missed Newt's real agenda that is the same as it has always been: to use lies, misstatements and sophistry to mislead the American people.