Tag: Originalism

• When Politics Get Personal, People Show Up

  History won’t have a hard time pointing to the moment when American conservatism blew itself up. The exact moment won’t be important. That will be the day – whenever it is in June – when the Supreme Court formally announces its decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Will it really matter if cooler […]

  A L Katz

  May 5, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Treason, Trump

  Christian Fundamentalists, Dobbs v Jackson, Feelings v Facts, Originalism, Politico, Putin Pays Trump, Randall Balmer, Roe v Wade, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Slavery, Truth Will Set You Free, W A Criswell

• Literal Pages Ripped From “The Conservative Playbook”

  It’s not a coincidence that conservatives are far, far better at marching in lock step than liberals or progressives – or even independents. Across cultures, conservatism produces better goose-steppers than progressivism ever could even on progressivism’s very “best day”. It all comes down to the Playbook. Conservatives have one while progressives and independents don’t. That’s […]

  A L Katz

  April 17, 2022

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Conservatism, Conservatives, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, Monotheism, Originalism, Permanent Minority Rule, Voice Of God, White Supremacy, Will Rogers

• Conservatism = The Death Of Innovation

  I take conservatives and conservatism at their word: they’re all about conserving things. My question is always: “what?”. What is it exactly that any conservative wants to conserve? It can’t be the future, of course, because the future – not existing yet – can’t be conserved. That leaves the present and past for conservatives. Okay… […]

  A L Katz

  March 24, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, New Ways of Thinking, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Authoritarianism, Conservatives, E Pluribus Unum, Founding Fathers, Innovation, Maya Angelou, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Winston Churchill

• We The People & The Authority To Govern Us

  What, really, is the point of democracy – of this experiment of ours in self-government? The business of governing a large, diverse, complex society is full time work. Being a politician was never meant to be full time work; our founders envisioned citizen-politicians who dedicated a few years to the commonweal then returned to their […]

  A L Katz

  March 3, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Authority To Govern, E Pluribus Unum, Gerrymandering, Kochs and Mercers, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Right Wing Money, Robert Mueller, Russia if you're listening, We The People, White Man's Burden

• White Supremacy Is The Thing Conservatives Really Want To Conserve

  I take conservatives at their word. Well, at their name: conservatives want to conserve. Fair enough. The obvious question is “what”. WHAT do conservatives want to conserve? Just to narrow it down – we know it can’t be the future, it doesn’t exist yet. There’s nothing to conserve. That limits conservable things to the present […]

  A L Katz

  February 21, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2020, Music & Culture, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Conservatism, Conservatives, Culture War, Cynicism, Diversity, Kabuki, Newt Gingrich, Originalism, Ronald Reagan, White Supremacy

• Hey, White People, Go Back Where YOU Came From!

  Here’s the biggest open secret there is: the thing driving America’s national crisis to its boiling point is racism. In America, that only means one thing: white people being racist toward literally everyone else. Our problem isn’t Black people hating on Asian people, Asian people hating on Latinos, Latinos hating on Jews or Jews hating […]

  A L Katz

  January 29, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, The Nature of Evil

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Competition, E Pluribus Unum, Level Playing Field, Originalism, Racism, Ripple Effects, WASPS, White Supremacy, Whiteness

• Some Americans (White Ones) Think They’re The “Most Equal” Americans Of All

  The white, Christian, land-owning authors of America’s Constitution set us up for failure the moment they penned “All men are created equal” without actually meaning “all men”. They screwed the pooch just as badly (if not worse) by meaning JUST men. So, the fix was in from the start. America was doomed because while aspiring […]

  A L Katz

  December 6, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Freedom, Republicanism, Slavery, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Constitution, American Exceptionalism, Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, Conservatism, Democracy, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Originalism, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• “Originalism” is Racism In A Judicial Robe

  I almost admire the conservative ability to wardrobe utter bullcrap as serious legal argument — and get away with it. “Originalism” is one hundred percent pure, unadulterated bullcrap. The tell? It holds this truth to be “self evident” — that “all men are created equal”. Except the white, Christian, land-owning men who wrote and stood […]

  A L Katz

  November 19, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Racism, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Bible and Slavery, Civil War, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Miscegeny, Originalism, Paul Brest, Republican agenda, Slavery

• It’s A Good Time To Ask Conservatives: What Exactly Is It They Want To “Conserve”?

  Ask me where I stand politically and I’ll tell you: I’m a Progressive. “Progress” perfectly describes what I want for my family, my community, my city, my state, my country and my whole world. I want them all to progress into the future the best way possible so that as many people as possible benefit, […]

  A L Katz

  November 16, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  Charles Koch, Conservatism, Critical Race Theory, Gerrymandering, Mitch McConnell, Newt Gingrich, Originalism, Paul Ryan, Progressives, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Slavery, Treason

• When Are We Going To Stop Being So Permissive To Criminals And Are We Being So Permissive Because Those Criminals Are White?

  On January 20, 2021, at noon, Donald Trump ceased being POTUS and reverted to being Citizen Donald: former president with a few perks-of-the-office still but, in most other ways, just another American beholden to the rule of law. So, when Trump told those subpoenaed by the January 6 Commission to ignore those subpoenas, he was […]

  A L Katz

  October 11, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Des Moines, E Pluribus Unum, George Floyd, January 6 Commission, January 6 Insurrection, Level Playing Field, Originalism, Racism, Slavery, Stolen Labor