US Constitution

#TheaterShootings: Advances in weapon technology makes the US Constitution a poor defence against lone wolf ‘terrorists’

Mick Fealty on July 23, 2012, 3:09 pm

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Quite separately from the human tragedy of the shootings in Aurora, Colorado the intriguing issue of gun law in the US comes, once more to the fore. This seems to work on two levels: public safety; and the principles of ‘spontaneous order’ which so coloured the thinking of the founding fathers of the United States itself. One outbats the other when it comes to priorities when it comes to American politics. It took a Conservative [Of sorts – Ed], to …

Not Magical Unicorn Fairyland.

Pete Baker on March 26, 2011, 8:42 pm

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US President Barack Obama’s unilateral decision to authorize US forces to use missile strikes “kinetic military action” against Libya without the approval of Congress prompted a number of House Representatives within the Democratic Party to express their concerns. It also prompted something of a debate about the constitutionality of his decision – with some arguing that “the Obama administration [was] breaking new ground in its construction of an imperial presidency”. There is, however, a reasonable case in support of the President’s position, …