US GOV: Constitution Primer Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:19:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Constitution Packet https://daniellazar.com/2012/09/21/the-constitution-packet/ Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:19:46 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=3827 Here is the Constitution packet. New and improved.

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]]> Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era https://daniellazar.com/2011/12/25/interpreting-the-constitution-in-the-digital-era/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:48:47 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=3097 GPS monitors can track your every movement. Brain scans can now see lies forming in your brain. And advancements in genetic engineering may soon allow parents to engineer what their children will look and be like. These new technologies are “challenging our Constitutional categories in really dramatic ways,” says George Washington University law professor Jeffrey … Continue reading Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era →

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]]> The conservative mission to destroy the Constitution in order to save it https://daniellazar.com/2010/12/09/the-conservative-mission-to-destroy-the-constitution-in-order-to-save-it/ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:54:07 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=2269 Slate’s Dalia Lithwick offers some insights into the Tea Party’s proposal to amend the “divinely inspired” Constitution.

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]]> Explaining The American Filibuster https://daniellazar.com/2010/02/13/explaining-the-american-filibuster/ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:57:37 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=2009 If high-school government class taught us anything, it’s that getting bills passed through Congress is a game of numbers: The bill with the most votes wins. Turns out it’s not that simple. These days, the polarized state of American politics means that major bills need at least 60 votes to avoid an inevitable filibuster by … Continue reading Explaining The American Filibuster →

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]]> Fascist America, in 10 easy steps https://daniellazar.com/2009/08/15/fascist-america-in-10-easy-steps/ Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:36:39 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=1739 From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all. From the Guardian

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]]> Order v. Liberty: Reading and My Lecture https://daniellazar.com/2007/09/12/order-v-liberty/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:46:33 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/12/order-v-liberty/ “You may think that the Constitution is your security it is nothing but a piece of paper. You may think that the statutes are your security but they are nothing but words in a book. You may think that elaborate mechanism of government is your security but it is nothing at all, unless you have … Continue reading Order v. Liberty: Reading and My Lecture →

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]]> Federalists vs. Republicans https://daniellazar.com/2007/09/08/federalists-vs-republicans/ Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:52:01 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/08/federalists-vs-republicans/ Worksheet The DBQ DBQ Hints

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]]> The Constitution https://daniellazar.com/2007/09/08/the-constitution/ Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:50:42 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/08/the-constitution/ The Constitution of the USA

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]]> Age of Realism https://daniellazar.com/2007/09/08/age-of-realism/ Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:57:08 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/08/age-of-realism/ Richard Hofstadter (1916 – 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual. Hofstadter, the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University, became the “iconic historian of postwar liberal consensus”, largely because of his emphasis on ideas and political culture rather than the day-to-day doings of politicians. Among his most important works is The … Continue reading Age of Realism →

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]]> The Beginning of the Death of America? https://daniellazar.com/2006/10/07/layers-of-cowardice/ Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:27:09 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=38 quite dramatic.

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