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If the American people ever decided to write off Washington & start working together, we'd be the most powerful force in the world.
Tom Elliott
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BREAKING: The Constitutionality Index has now scored every law in the history of the United States. 48,000 laws dating back to 1789.
So far as I'm aware, I'm the first one to ever attempt such a thing.
And we've now ranked every president based on the percentage of laws they enacted were constitutional. The results largely track the overall historical trend: As we move from the founding to the modern era, the percentage of unconstitutional legislation increases.
In fact, 1937 is the tipping point. Pre-FDR's New Deal, every president — Federalist, Whig, Republican, Democrat — scores 98 to 100%. After the New Deal, the average percentage of constitutional laws (by page) drops to 31 percent.
As a result, presidents of the last few decades find themselves at the bottom of the rankings. @JoeBiden is officially the least constitutional president, although Trump isn't far behind. Only Thomas Jefferson scored a perfect 100 percent.
I've also scored congresses, & @SpeakerJohnson's current Congress is, from the perspective of the Constitution, the worst Congress in American history. Constitutional legislation stands at 56.3 by total count, & just 4.3% by total legislative pages.
Another important finding: The largest laws in American history are, every one of them, unconstitutional.
Check it out & let me know what you think. (Links below)
So far as I'm aware, I'm the first one to ever attempt such a thing.
And we've now ranked every president based on the percentage of laws they enacted were constitutional. The results largely track the overall historical trend: As we move from the founding to the modern era, the percentage of unconstitutional legislation increases.
In fact, 1937 is the tipping point. Pre-FDR's New Deal, every president — Federalist, Whig, Republican, Democrat — scores 98 to 100%. After the New Deal, the average percentage of constitutional laws (by page) drops to 31 percent.
As a result, presidents of the last few decades find themselves at the bottom of the rankings. @JoeBiden is officially the least constitutional president, although Trump isn't far behind. Only Thomas Jefferson scored a perfect 100 percent.
I've also scored congresses, & @SpeakerJohnson's current Congress is, from the perspective of the Constitution, the worst Congress in American history. Constitutional legislation stands at 56.3 by total count, & just 4.3% by total legislative pages.
Another important finding: The largest laws in American history are, every one of them, unconstitutional.
Check it out & let me know what you think. (Links below)
Climate activist Celine Isimbi at #COP31: "So climate misinformation, disinformation, environmental racism & the political exclusion of peoples of African descent are interconnected challenges that undermine effective climate action & put lives at risk. Recognizing peoples of African descent as collective rights holders & ensuring their meaningful participation in climate governance are essential to advancing climate justice.”
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Rachel @maddow thinks Trump will turn ICE detention centers into concentration camps for American citizens:
"With a president like this, if you give him seven to 10 prisons around the country that hold 10,000 people each, where he can hold people without trial, without access to lawyers indefinitely, you think he’s only going to leave immigrants in there? I just don’t.”
"With a president like this, if you give him seven to 10 prisons around the country that hold 10,000 people each, where he can hold people without trial, without access to lawyers indefinitely, you think he’s only going to leave immigrants in there? I just don’t.”
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Florida AG @AGJamesUthmeier announced his office is subpoenaing the Democratic Socialists of America over suspected foreign funding.
The AG says they're investigating "whether the DSA accepted funds from foreign sources of concern, specifically China & Cuba."
"This includes scrutiny of recent DSA delegations to Cuba, where national leaders & national political committee members met with Cuban government officials, as well as a delegation to China," AG Uthmeier said. "It also covers travel fund solicitations that saw tens of thousands of dollars to cover the costs of the trips."
Under Florida law, it is illegal for nonprofits registered to solicit donations from accepting money from people or entities tied to "foreign countries of concern."
The AG says they're investigating "whether the DSA accepted funds from foreign sources of concern, specifically China & Cuba."
"This includes scrutiny of recent DSA delegations to Cuba, where national leaders & national political committee members met with Cuban government officials, as well as a delegation to China," AG Uthmeier said. "It also covers travel fund solicitations that saw tens of thousands of dollars to cover the costs of the trips."
Under Florida law, it is illegal for nonprofits registered to solicit donations from accepting money from people or entities tied to "foreign countries of concern."
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