OT: Some Constitutional trivia

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For history nerds like myself, I found this to be interesting and related to current news:

http://www.cqpress.com/context/constitution/docs/legislation.html

While Congress has passed thousands of statutes over more than two centuries, the Court had exercised its power to rule laws or portions of laws unconstitutional only about 150 times by the early 2000s. The congressional statutes invalidated have included many relatively minor laws, but also such major enactments as the Missouri Compromise, a federal income tax, child labor laws, New Deal economic recovery acts, the post-Watergate campaign finance law, statutes to curb pornography on the Internet, efforts to allow victims of gender-motivated violence to sue their attackers in federal court for compensatory damages, amendments to a landmark age discrimination law, and the line-item veto.

Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.

[briansd1]

[quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.

[briansd1]

[quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.

[briansd1]

[quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.

[briansd1]

[quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.

[briansd1]

[quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.

[permabear]

Thanks pri_dk

It’s always easier to scream extreme rhetoric than to have a reasonable conversation.

A reasonable conversation would require both sides to compromise, which means do/accept things they don’t want to.

[permabear]

Thanks pri_dk

It’s always easier to scream extreme rhetoric than to have a reasonable conversation.

A reasonable conversation would require both sides to compromise, which means do/accept things they don’t want to.

[permabear]

Thanks pri_dk

It’s always easier to scream extreme rhetoric than to have a reasonable conversation.

A reasonable conversation would require both sides to compromise, which means do/accept things they don’t want to.

[permabear]

Thanks pri_dk

It’s always easier to scream extreme rhetoric than to have a reasonable conversation.

A reasonable conversation would require both sides to compromise, which means do/accept things they don’t want to.

[permabear]

Thanks pri_dk

It’s always easier to scream extreme rhetoric than to have a reasonable conversation.

A reasonable conversation would require both sides to compromise, which means do/accept things they don’t want to.

[Djshakes]

[quote=briansd1][quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.[/quote]

And what is the difference between republicans and democrats now days other than the title?

You consistently think conservatives are republicans.

[Djshakes]

[quote=briansd1][quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.[/quote]

And what is the difference between republicans and democrats now days other than the title?

You consistently think conservatives are republicans.

[Djshakes]

[quote=briansd1][quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.[/quote]

And what is the difference between republicans and democrats now days other than the title?

You consistently think conservatives are republicans.

[Djshakes]

[quote=briansd1][quote=pri_dk]
Although 150 federal laws have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and these rulings have spanned history such that they have occurred during almost every Presidential administration in the past 100 years, no one has ever called for the impeachment of a President for this reason.

Well, not until now.[/quote]

Obama’s Health Care law is basically a Republican plan.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/obamas-moderate-health-care-plan

Republicans who oppose health care reform really ought to self-examine to see why they are so viscerally opposed to anything Obama comes up with, even when he embraces Republican ideas.[/quote]

And what is the difference between republicans and democrats now days other than the title?

You consistently think conservatives are republicans.

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