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Federal courts vacancy total dips below 80, for now
As readers of this blog know, the ongoing judicial vacancy crisis in our federal courts system has been characterized by a vacancy total that has exceeded 80 for nearly three years.
The Tea Party vs. the Constitution: ObamaCare Edition
Rank and file members of the tea party have no idea what the Constitution they purport to revere actually says. Don't believe this? Watch this damning video produced by Constitutional Accountability Center's Brooke Obie, who was at the Court with a video camera for oral arguments over the Patient...
Arizona v. US Recap: Justices Skeptical of Aspects of SB 1070, Supportive of “Papers, Please” Provision
The headlines coming out of last week’s arguments in Arizona v. United States have been focused on the likelihood that the Supreme Court will side with Arizona on its controversial SB 1070 law, four provisions of which have been prevented from going into effect by the lower federal courts because...
The State of Utah v. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Senator Lee is once again wrong about the Constitution and the meaning of federalism, as a brief signed by his home state of Utah in the case of U.S. v. Morrison indicates.
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Obama Judicial Nominees in Limbo

CAC has documented the U.S. Senate’s  unprecedented obstruction of President Obama’s judicial nominees — under the direction of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). 

CAC in Court

Constitutional Accountability Center chooses the best cases to bring our ideas about the Constitution into court and secure victories in the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and federal courts of appeal that move the law closer to the text and history of our Constitution. 

 

Originalist Sins

Conservative Justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas get a great deal of criticism (from the left) and praise (from the right) for being “originalists” and committing to follow the “original meaning” of the Constitution’s text.  Constitutional Accountability Center comes at this debate...

Strange Brew: How the Tea Party Distorts the Constitution

Constitutional Accountability Center has launched a series of articles, here at Text & History, which examines claims made by the Tea Party and its most prominent allies about the Constitution and put them to the test against the Constitution’s text and history.

The series,...

Text & History Blog

Federal courts vacancy total dips below 80, for now
May 1, 2012

As readers of this blog know, the ongoing judicial vacancy crisis in our federal courts system has been characterized by a vacancy total that has exceeded 80 for nearly three years.

The Tea Party vs. the Constitution: ObamaCare Edition
Doug Kendall
May 1, 2012

Rank and file members of the tea party have no idea what the Constitution they purport to revere actually says. Don't believe this? Watch this damning video produced by Constitutional Accountability Center's Brooke Obie, who was at the Court with a video camera for oral arguments over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and get back to me.

 

Arizona v. US Recap: Justices Skeptical of Aspects of SB 1070, Supportive of “Papers, Please” Provision
Elizabeth B. Wydra
April 30, 2012

The headlines coming out of last week’s arguments in Arizona v. United States have been focused on the likelihood that the Supreme Court will side with Arizona on its controversial SB 1070 law, four provisions of which have been prevented from going into effect by the lower federal courts because they were deemed likely to conflict with federal immigration law.