. . .
J “They cannot do that. It’s treason.”
K “Treason is not a good enough reason for them. They did do it because they proclaimed themselves above the law and unbounded by the United States Constitution. It’s the American political way.”
J “They clearly violated their oath to support and defend the United States Constitution.”
K “There is that.”
. . .
K “In a grand irony, Senate Bill 1 purports to repeal United States Constitutional Amendment 1.”
J “There is something surreal and unreal about it. We need to generate public interest in moving America toward considering the adoption of the Rule of Law. Like that is going to happen.”
. . .
K “The Supreme Court already addressed the issue in an unanimous opinion in National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 (1982), with Marshal obviously not participating and Rehnquist obviously only concurring. The decision reaches the not surprising conclusion that the government cannot prohibit the peaceful advocacy and conduct of a politically motived boycott. No one has even thought to question this established bedrock of Constitutional law.”
J “Some of the senators actually have a flickering scintilla of integrity, except when it really counts and character is revealed.”
. . .
K “Following the criminal indictment of each Senator and as a consequence, the law degrees of the lawyers among the pack also should be revoked.”
J “Law schools do whatever advances their economic interests. Bar associations do whatever advances their economic interests. Some bar associations consider treason to be a reason to revoke a law license, but not all of them. Placing graduates in the Senate is great for the law school’s financial bottom line.”
K “Someone should tabulate a list of the law schools that spawned these critters. Someone observed that American-trained lawyers are only concerned with whether they can get away with something, whereas European-trained lawyers are concerned with whether an action or decision comports with the law.”
. . .
K “The judges who will be asked to review the treasonous repudiation of the Constitution are by-products of the same law schools that spawned the criminals and the criminality.”
J “The feedback loop is bleak. The prospects are terrifying.”
K “Four Justices support the First Amendment and five Justices support the First Amendment when they like who the person is and what the person is saying.”
J “Bleak and terrifying.”
. . .
K “The vote provides much valuable . . . and free . . . insight and information. Rubio along with Cruz, Graham, Klobuchar and Romney announced that they are unfit to be Senators and unqualified to be President. Booker, Brown, Gillibrand, Harris, Hirono, Kaine, Sanders and Warren announced that they may be worth additional consideration for the top slot.”
. . .
K “Yes, and Rand Paul who is the only Republican who voted to uphold the Constitution. He is the only Republican qualified for the top slot.”
J “Or fit for the Senate. An entire political party less one is unconstitutional per se and all of its members less one should be impeached and indicted.”
K “And half of the other political party is unconstitutional and those members should be impeached and indicted.”
. . .
[February 23 – No War on Venezuela Day]
[See the e-commentary at “At War With The First Amendment (February 27, 2012)”, “The Supreme Court On Drugs (June 25, 2007)” and the e-commentary under the Category “First Amendment”.]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Senate Bill 1 > United States Constitutional Amendment 1 United States Constitutional Amendment 1 > Senate Bill 1
Treason is treason.
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou
“To know who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” Voltaire
A few years ago, the original vote card tallying the Senate vote on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that passed in 1964 was displayed at a National Archives exhibit. For all time, there are check marks under “No” next to Ernest Gruening’s name and next to Wayne Morse’s name and under “Yes” is the name of every other Senator then in office.
77 Senators Voted To Repeal The First Amendment / Constitution:
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Cardin (D-MD)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gardner (R-CO)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McConnell (R-KY)
McSally (R-AZ)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Perdue (R-GA)
Peters (D-MI)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Romney (R-UT)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Schumer (D-NY)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Warner (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR)
Young (R-IN)
23 Senators Voted To Uphold The First Amendment / Constitution:
Baldwin (D-WI)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Carper (D-DE)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Paul (R-KY)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
e-commentary 
Does Any Institution In America Function? Oh, And Happy Friday The 13th! (December 9, 2019)
Posted in Academia, Banks and Banking System, Congress, Democrats, Federal Courts, Federal Reserve, Institutions, Jurisprudence Award, Kleptocracy, Law, Medicine, MIC, MICAC, Military, MSM, Noble Prize in Jurisprudence, Pushitzer, Pushitzer Prize In Commentary, Republicans, Supreme Court on December 9, 2019 by e-commentary.org. . .
J “I need one more day.”
. . .
K “You don’t have to name three, just nominate one.”
J “One institution after the other after the other after the other after the other after the other after the other has failed and continues to fail. And that is even after lowering the standards to the point that the bar is on the floor. One more day, I need.”
. . .
K “The legal system at every level is a fraud and a racket. We live in a country with many, many, many rules and many, many, many laws, but we do not live in a country that believes in or adheres to the rule of law. There is no law, there is only ideology.”
J “The medical and health care / sick careless system is a racket and a fraud. I drive by the health insurance company skyscraper and reflect that not one person in the monolith has ever applied a band aid to a patient. There is no care, there is only profitability.”
. . .
K “The economic system is rigged at every step and turn to loot every last dollar from the people for the benefit of the Kleptocrats. What is the end game for the expendable consumers who soon will have nothing left to bleed?”
J “The MSM media is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kleptocrats. The message is tightly controlled by obedient droves of stenographers. As a first step, everyone should skip ‘The Wall Street Journal’ and jump over to ‘Wall Street On Parade’ produced by Pam Martens and Russ Martens.”
K “Academia is a substantially owned subsidiary of the Kleptocrats. The message on the critical issues is also controlled and shaped by the corporate sponsors. The campus buildings are all named for brigands; their kids and grandkids are admitted to skip the classes conducted in the namesake halls. The hallowed halls are hollow holes. The MIC is now expanded to include Congress and Academia in the MICAC.”
. . .
K “Every agency from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) – in the air and on the sea – is corrupt and incompetent. Regulatory capture exists at just about every regulatory agency.”
J “Furlough the ‘L’ out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (B“L”S). To determine the real rates of unemployment, a citizen must search in the shadows at “Shadow Government Statistics” prepared and analyzed by the dedicated and informed John Williams.”
K “And then there is the Federal Reserve. Probably no other institution, less one and perhaps two, has inflicted more grief and despair on the ordinary citizen with less publicity and notoriety than the Federal Reserve.”
J “And related agencies such as the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are pernicious because they fool the citizen into believing that someone is watching out for him or her.”
K “And the Department of Defense (DoD) exists primarily to spend money, drop bombs, and kill people but not to provide for the common defense.”
. . .
J “The CIA and the FBI are a threat to every citizen at home and abroad and now may be affiliated with and advancing the interests of one political party.”
K “The police in every burg and borough are paramilitary forces occupying the city and the county and the country. Very few understand that the real Occupy movement in America grinds on.”
. . .
K “Even many of the vaunted NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) surreptitiously serve the government’s interests. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is a front for the MICAC and shielded by the MSM that advances the propaganda.”
. . .
J “Local EMTs and fire departments are generally contributing to the public good.”
. . .
J “The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is a credit worthy institution administering its duties dutifully.”
K “Despite unrelenting opposition from the White House, Republicans and industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing what it can to reduce the plundering and the pummeling of the Planet.”
. . .
K “The ACLU is fighting the good fight.”
J “Planned Parenthood is improving our plight.”
. . .
[See “Journalist: Newsweek Suppressed OPCW Scandal And Threatened Me With Legal Action” and other articles in “caitlinjohnstone.com” by Caitlin Johnstone, the 2019 recipient of the Pushitzer Prize In Commentary, dated December 8, 2019 and the discussion of e-con-omics in “Against Economics” in “The New York Review of Books” by David Graeber dated December 5, 2019.]
[See the e-commentary at “Here Comes Da Judge; Dere Goes Da Justice (August 31, 2015)”, “The FBI File: The American Imprimatur Of Success (January 18, 2016)”, “Suing Law Schools; Suing Gun Makers. Oh, And Happy Law Day! (April 30, 2018)” and “Clinton, Inc., Trump, Inc., Bush, Inc., Kennedy, Inc., O’Bama, Inc. (October 24, 2016)”.]
Bumper stickers of the week:
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Eric Hoffer
America is a racket not a republic.
“If the misery of the poor not be caused by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” Charles Darwin
There is nothing you can do to make any material change of any kind in any way today.
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe
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