Constitution
Restoring Civic Literacy
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on February 18th, 2011
The following text is a speech I recently gave to the Indianapolis Chapter of the League of Women Voters about the abysmal state of historical/constitutional knowledge in America. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— When I was asked to speak, my “assignment”—or at least my intention—was to discuss one of my recent books, “Distrust, American Style.” In that book, I [...]
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Framing the Framework
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on February 11th, 2011
Eliot Spitzer may be defective in sexual morality (not to mention taste), but he made a very important point in a recent speech reported by ACS–the American Constitution Society. As the ACS blog put it: Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, during a keynote speech at an ACS event examining corporations’ influence on the federal [...]
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Federalism & Hypocrisy
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution, Gay Rights, Public Policy and Governance on February 4th, 2011
I see that Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has filed a “friend of the court” brief, urging the First Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court decision invalidating the “Defense of Marriage Act.” The court held that marriage is a state issue over which the federal legislature lacks authority. I would have expected [...]
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A Constitutional Culture
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on January 23rd, 2011
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Tucson last month, PBS’ Mark Shields made an “only in America” observation. “This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a [...]
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Paging Civics Teachers
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution, Education / Youth on August 23rd, 2010
Where are all the high-school civics teachers when you need them? During the past few weeks, we have been treated to an absolute bonanza of constitutional ineptitude: we’ve had Dr. Laura explaining her departure from radio as an effort to get her First Amendment rights back; continuation of the ugly, ginned-up controversy over Muslims building [...]
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