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Nixon’s Resignation and America’s Impunity Democracy

Nixon’s Resignation and America’s Impunity Democracy by James Bovard, August 13, 2024 August 8 was the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Unfortunately, that anniversary spurred little reflections or lamentations on how lawless the federal government has become in the subsequent half century. Aside from his Watergate abuses, Nixon was guilty of illegally invading […]

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Buy a Bible, Become a Terror Suspect

Buy a Bible, Become a Terror Suspect James Bovard, August 12, 2024 Americans are familiar with the Miranda warning that anything that arrestees say can be used against them in a court of law. But the Biden administration secretly created a new tripwire: Anything you purchase can be used against you. And if you didn’t […]

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Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me

Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me by James Bovard, August 5, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is not missing any chance to condemn Republicans for threatening to censor libraries and school textbooks. But she is overlooking the heavy-handed record of her chief spokesperson, Brian Fallon. Unfortunately, a recent Supreme Court decision opens the […]

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Dictator Biden’s Anti-Dictator Constitutional Amendment

Dictator Biden’s Anti-Dictator Constitutional Amendment by James Bovard | Aug 5, 2024 Twenty years ago, I jokingly proposed a constitutional amendment to require the U.S. government to obey the Constitution. President Biden has one-upped me with his proposal for a “No One is Above the Law” constitutional amendment. But Biden would have been more honest […]

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