Tag Archives: Constitution

Michael Winslow alert: “The farts you’re hearing are not your own”

By Mark | February 10, 2013

Who in their right mind would purposefully invite Michael Winslow into their community? Aren’t we, the people of Ypsilanti, dealing with enough already? Have you seen the Police Academy documentaries? Do you know what this man is capable of? He wreaks havoc, and does so without the least bit of remorse. He’s a textbook sociopath. [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged comedy, emergency broadcast system, Michael Winslow, Obama, Police Academy, predator drones, Sidetrack, sound effects, targeted killings | 9 Comments

Could a Supreme Court decision against Obamacare lead to a public option?

By Mark | March 28, 2012

As you know, the Supreme Court has been hearing arguments this week on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, or what’s become known as Obamacare. Specifically, the Justices are considering whether or not the government can, in accordance with the Constitution, compel the citizens of the United States to purchase health insurance. The decision [...]

Posted in Health, Politics | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Alito, Anthony Kennedy, George Zornick, health care, health care reform, health insurance, mandates, Medicare, Medicare for all, Obamacare, pre-existing conditions, single-payer system, Supreme Court, the public option | 14 Comments

Democracy Now on the court case against Michigan’s Emergency Financial Managers

By Mark | June 23, 2011

Yesterday, a lawsuit was brought by Detroit’s Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, challenging the legality of Michigan’s Emergency Financial Manager Act, which, as you will recall, gives the State the power to fire locally elected officials, replacing them with appointees (Czars) empowered to sell local assets, invalidate agreements, and [...]

Posted in Detroit, Michigan | Also tagged Amy Goodman, Andy Dillon, corporate takeover of politics, coup d’état, Czars, Democracy Now, Edith Lee-Payne, Emergency Financial Manager, financial martial law, Georgia, Ingham County Circuit Court, John Philo, Kym Spring, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, Naomi Klein, privatization, racism, Rick Snyder, right to vote, Rosemarie Aquilina, Sandy Springs, the Emergency Financial Manager Act, threats to Democracy | 10 Comments

“Michigan Governor’s Anti-Union Power Grab Is Unconstitutional”

By Mark | March 16, 2011

According to the folks at ThinkProgress, there’s one little problem with our Governor’s plan to appoint emergency financial managers throughout the State and empower them to void collective bargaining agreements… it’s unconstitutional. Here’s a clip: …There’s a pretty serious problem with this power grab, however — invoking it would violate the Constitution. The Constitution forbids [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged collective bargaining, Emergency Financial Manager, Rick Snyder, Supreme Court, union busting, United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey | 22 Comments

The Constitution requires interpretation

By Mark | September 26, 2010

A few days ago, on the site, a conversation that we were having about Christine O’Donnell was hijacked by some folks who wanted to discuss the Constitution. I’m probably going to oversimplify this, but, according to my recollection (I’ll be damned if I go back and read through the whole thread again), there were essentially [...]