Like GorT, ‘Puter has enjoyed many of his liberal friends’ logic free, overwrought Facebook rants on the Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby et al. Unlike many of his friends, ‘Puter has actually read the Court’s decision and … Continue reading →
Operative BJ writes in to remind the Czar of words he wrote only days ago: Your Gloriousness, I mostly agree with you re the effect a third political party has on elections in the US, e.g. taking votes away from … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin received yet another email regarding this post from the other day. To the Glorious and Armed Mandarin, I apologize for writing so tardily. I just returned from an alternate dimension into which I was sympathetically transported on reading your post. … Continue reading →
Operative BJ would like to reply to Operative SMR, which the Czar—because he is a benevolent homicidal maniac Czar—encourages. Getting email from any one of you is rewarding enough, but when the readership starts exchanging ideas, well, then this site … Continue reading →
The following essay is a guest post from Operative SMR. We remind our readers that you are welcome to submit your thoughts either as an email or as a complete essay. Most Dread and Awful Czar, With regard to your … Continue reading →
Operative BJ brings the heat, taking the Czar’s late-night rant on Rights versus Privileges to an even simpler level of clarity: Great and glorious Czar, I plead forgiveness before asking: Does not the Constitution define the powers of the Federal … Continue reading →
With the freakishly cold weather that killed everyone on Earth this week, a lot of local news stations are asking some questions. Thousands of air passengers found their flights delayed, cancelled, or rerouted. What are your rights as an airline … Continue reading →
Who are you going to believe, Obamaor ‘Puter Gormog — ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!** Welcome back, Friends of the Gormogons, loyal operatives and various and sundry minions! ‘Puter’s truly glad you’re enjoying his series on the most fascinating topic … Continue reading →
President Obama assumes his standardnegotiation posture with Congress. “I’dlove to negotiate with you, but first, youguys abandon your Constitutional dutiesto me.” Welcome back to ‘Puter Does the Debt Limit! All your Gormogons hope you’re enjoying ‘Puter providing some right smart learning … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was contacted today by the FBI. No, not this FBI: Your Mandarin wonders where they hide their gun and badge in this type of uniform. This one: You would think that for what we pay in taxes, someone … Continue reading →
‘Puter lectures the newest crop of Gormogonsminions in the Castle’s lecture hall, located3.1 km from the Castle’s central hub in theWing of Larnin’ ‘n’ Nollidge ‘n’ Stuff. ‘Puter’s been on Detroit’s bankruptcy like white on rice. Like Anthony Weiner on … Continue reading →
‘Puter hates public sector unions, particularly teachers unions. Teachers unions steal from their members, protect unqualified and predatory teachers and support work rules that have ruined public education. So long as teachers unions keep their ill-advised, asinine policy positions in … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes in to clarify an earlier point he made: I was referring to the great Detroit riot of 1967, in which 43 people were shot dead, a few by the DPD; the rest of the shooters were fellow … Continue reading →
Your Gormogons wish you a happy and safe fourth of July! Defending the Constitution one foreign or domestic enemy at a time…. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Contemplative Dog sadly contemplatesthe state of modern debate and rhetoric,particularly on gay marriage. Shortly aftersitting for this photo, Contemplative Dogassuaged her melancholy, returning to licking herself, Bill the Cat style. To say ‘Puter’s conflicted on gay rights generally and gay … Continue reading →
Only Trebek knows the secrets ‘Puterholds deep within his, tiny, shriveled,black heart. And within ‘Puter’sno-no hole, but that’s another story. Wow. ‘Puter gets buried under an avalanche of work for a few days and comes back to find some truly … Continue reading →
Wow, Your Mandarin may have to take a trip to the opera! Your Mandarin’s son was given an assignment for his 5th grade music class the other day. Your Mandarin’s son had stated that some of his friends had started … Continue reading →
An interesting quote from millimeter-deep thinker Ezra Klein: The gun vote failed because of the way the Senate is designed. It failed because the Senate wildly overrepresents [sic] small, rural states and, on top of that, requires a 60-vote supermajority … Continue reading →
‘Puter and Czar at “Newlywed Gay CouplesDrink Free Night” at the Leaping Peacock.We’re not actually gay, but there’s nothingwe won’t do for free booze. There’s been no end of uninformed opining on the Left’s newly-discovered Constitutional right to gay marriage … Continue reading →
History will vindicate my memory.—James Buchanan The worst president ever.—History The suggested gun rights legislation should be of enormous interest to political bird watchers like yourselves. Perhaps you don’t own or even care about firearms; even so, what’s happening now … Continue reading →
Chief Jay writes in with a disturbing amount of supplication, even for a power-mad despot such as the Czar. Check out the second sentence in particular: Mighty, Fearful Czar and Fellow Inmate of the Peoples Democratik Republik of Illinois; I … Continue reading →
The Burgher of Bong has been unusually silent of late, probably because Mandarin loaded him up with extra work. The Czar doesn’t pretend to understand what it is, but they have this new device that shoots blue rings of light … Continue reading →
Here is a quick link to a petition gathering web site for the defense of the 2nd Amendment – click here The MandarinThe Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into England … Continue reading →
Today the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) heard oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas, Docket No. 11-345. Petitioner Abigail Fisher sued respondent University of Texas claiming Respondent’s race-based admissions policy* violated her Constitutional guarantee of equal protection, … Continue reading →
A curious argument is starting to turn up in the wake of the Wisconsin shooting. Okay, some people are starting to acknowledge, there was no way to prevent a dirtbag like Wade Page from obtaining a firearm simply because there … Continue reading →
I‘m not Herzog is the kind of guy you can expect to take apart a car, put it back together, and say “Here is how you improve this.” Like just about everybody else, he has an opinion or two on … Continue reading →
When you stop by the Castle, askto see Mandy’s extensive collectionof things that are simultaneously liveand dead. Just don’t get too close. By now, much ink has been spilled by people far more intelligent than ‘Puter weighing in on Chief … Continue reading →
The Czar, as you know, is not the kind of guy who relies on hysteria for very long. This evening, he read the Supreme Court’s decision, written by Justice Roberts. What we find there is not a total capitulation, but … Continue reading →
Sorry folks: due to something GorT probably did, the following essay did not publish over the weekend as intended. You enjoy it now, yes? There aren’t a lot of pictures on executive privilege. Here is a baby bunny instead. A … Continue reading →
Those are not the three branches you are looking for… The Supreme Court upheld provision 2B of the Arizona Immigration law 9-0, meaning that Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Ginsberg found the provision constitutional. 2B is the proviso that reiterates Federal … Continue reading →
Thomas Sowell is always a great read – enlightening, intelligent and savvy. Here is a quick excerpt. Go read the rest over at the National Review: [President Obama said,] “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would … Continue reading →
The Detroit Free Press, which is vastly better since it fired its journalists and let crackpots on the Internet write its stories, has a peice today about Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tweeting that the President might be, well, stupid: Constituents … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court of the United States is, as everyone knows by now, ruminating over the legality of Obamacare. Things are not looking too hot for that particular law, at least based on legal experts’s opinion (real ones, not the … Continue reading →
For those interested, you can read the testimony presented today here. Some choice excerpts: JUSTICE KENNEDY: Can you create commerce in order to regulate it? JUSTICE SCALIA: Any self purchasing? Anything I — you know if I’m in any market … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, I just happened to think of an analogy that explains why Catholics object to indirectly paying for sterilization, contraception, et al. If someone orders another person to do a crime, they are equally at fault, even though they’re … Continue reading →
Minion ScottO writes in with a tuple of questions spread across three Gormogons: Gentlemen and overlords, Your 3 posts inspired questions, so you get a 3-fer email. First, GorTechie: I recognize the idea of Federal laws superseding State, but if … Continue reading →
Borepatch takes time away from his award-winning or whatever writing to carve this message into a dead Thracian warrior’s helmet. Not sure where he got a dead helmet as opposed to a live one, but the guy is resourceful to … Continue reading →
‘Puter, in perusal of his usual virtual haunts, came across this wonderful Washington Post blog entry, as penned by James Downie. Mr. Downie, it seems, has a fundamental misunderstanding of our First Amendment, a misunderstanding that ‘Puter has seen repeated … Continue reading →
FJR is the author of this guest post. I’m disheartened that several of my friends have posted the quote from Elizabeth Warren and commented with “my hero” and “best quote ever”. I’m stunned at the way “wealthy” people have been … Continue reading →
Being a Washington Post opinion columnist must be a dream job if you’re a liberal. Simply wait by your email inbox until the White House sends out the day’s approved talking points, then simply move them around a bit, and … Continue reading →
There has been no immediate end of discussion on the latest Time magazine PR disaster—an article that openly suggests that the Constitution is becoming an out-moded document. Sure, the article is framed to investigate whether the original intentions of the … Continue reading →
Richard Stengel has authored a piece in Time recently (“One Document, Under Siege”, June 23, 2011) that, at its core, asks whether the Constitution of the United States still matters. This is shocking to me as the Constitution is the … Continue reading →
Ramesh Ponnuru discusses the need to retain the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution. If you were unaware, some conservative groups want to eliminate this amendment that allows the public to elect their US Senators directly, and return things … Continue reading →
Uncle Jay writes in to say… Oh Mighty One— Once again, I cringe and scrape before thee to offer a tidbit for your perusal: President [Obama’s] restructuring of our Essential Documents. For instance, see Whitehouse.gov’s section on the US Constitution … Continue reading →
What would you say if your Mandarin told you that the Federal government was going to sue a State government for actually having the audacity to enforce existing immigration laws? What if your Mandarin was to go one step further … Continue reading →
So the Doc sends in this story, beautifully illustrating the degree to which liberal governance is parting ways with the rule of law, with the question What would happen if the Republicans just decided not to show up for the … Continue reading →
Boy, the whole Obama Czars thing is getting a bit nuts…on the conservative side! We are hearing all sorts of strange claims. Fox Military Analyst Ralph Peters says that President Obama “needs to knock it off with the czars and … Continue reading →
Article II—The Executive Branch Section 2 – Civilian Power over Military, Cabinet, or Anything The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, and due … Continue reading →
What’s one of the main contributors to New York City’s impending collapse? Constitutionally protected state worker (union) pensions. In this column in today’s New York Post, Mayor Michael Bloomberg offers his worthless solution: create a new pension tier. Currently, there … Continue reading →
Eric Alan Beltt wrote that “liberalism is a psychology.” Beltt opines that liberals think differently than conservatives, and are not a political group so much as a way of thinking. Beltt explains that this way of thinking is, more or … Continue reading →
The New York Times has its undies in a bunch today, claiming that the right of the people of California to amend their Constitution at the ballot box should be subverted by unelected judges. The NYT’s editorial staff uses bizarre … Continue reading →
Today’s WaPo online has an article concerning the Bush Administration’s new regulations regarding federally funded health care providers. The regulations require that recipients of federal funds allow employees who are opposed to abortion to opt out of providing such services. … Continue reading →
Sen. Obama, Constitutional Ignoramus or Jackass? And no fair choosing both. The Good Junior Senator From Illinois (hereinafter, “The GJSFI“) is a proud graduate of Harvard Law School, where he edited the Law Review. Distinguished constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe … Continue reading →
Mr. Ghettoputer, In reviewing your exam, I was troubled by your absolute misunderstanding of Constitutional Law. Of course, noting your less than stellar attendance record, and further noting that on the few occasions you deigned to grace my class with … Continue reading →
