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The Heritage Foundation Takes on the Tea Party as the CPAC Curtain Rises

As the constitutional claims of the tea party have become more and more extreme, we here at the Constitutional Accountability Center have been troubled by the lack of push-back from serious conservatives to some of these embarrassingly wild and unfounded claims. This failure of adult supervision has allowed claims that should truly remain on the constitutional fringe to flourish in conservative legislatures around the country.

Tell Senator Mike Lee to End His Assault on the Judiciary

There are more than 80 empty judicial seats in federal courtrooms across America, and Utah Senator Mike Lee has vowed to make sure that those seats stay empty. In order to “get the President’s attention,” Senator Lee says he will obstruct every one of President Obama’s judicial nominees. We can’t let that happen.

Virginia State Senator Blasts the Pledge to Norquist

In his op-ed, entitled "A pledge that compromises our oath," Senator Marsden asked his colleagues, "How can you take your oath of office in the General Assembly knowing that you have a prior allegiance to a special interest that dictates how you will perform your duties?"

Virginia State Senator Blasts the Pledge to Norquist

Monday, January 9, 2012
Brooke Obie

In his op-ed, entitled "A pledge that compromises our oath," Senator Marsden asked his colleagues, "How can you take your oath of office in the General Assembly knowing that you have a prior allegiance to a special interest that dictates how you will perform your duties?"

The Chief Justice and the Cordray Appointment

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Doug Kendall
Ryan Woo

President Obama announced today that he will use his constitutional authority under the Recess Appointments Clause to install Richard Cordray as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three commissioners to the National Labor Relations Board, despite Republican efforts to prevent this by keeping the Senate in pro-forma session during the holiday recess.

New Book Tells the Back Story behind the Powell Memo

Thursday, December 8, 2011
David Gans

The story Jeff Clements tells — how Lewis Powell's campaign to bend the Constitution to serve the interests of corporations culminated in Citizens United — is an important one for anyone concerned about the negative impact of Citizens United on our democracy and everyone working to overturn the ruling.

WATCH: CAC Delivers More than 13,000 Letters To "Gridlock Grover" Norquist

Monday, November 21, 2011
CAC Staff

On November 17, 2011, Constitutional Accountability Center delivered thousands of messages to "Gridlock Grover" Norquist at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of his lobbyist organization, Americans for Tax Reform, insisting he affirm that elected officials must put their oath to the Constitution before his "no-tax" pledge.

Questions for “Gridlock Grover” Norquist and his Shrinking Flock

Thursday, November 17, 2011
Doug Kendall

As the work of the debt-reduction Super-Committee approaches its climax (or anti-climax) next week, the oversized role of tax lobbyist Grover Norquist has dominated the conversation, including this page one story in today's Washington Post, which confirms that a growing, bipartisan collection of Members of Congress is backing away from the Norquist "no-tax" pledge.

A Disastrous Day for the Tea Party

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Doug Kendall

November 8, 2011 will be remembered as the day conservatives broke with the tea party. It's too early to know whether this is a short term separation or the beginning of a long-term divorce, but one thing's already clear, yesterday was a tea party disaster, both with political losses and with a pointed rebuke by a prominent conservative judge that lays bare the fundamental flaws of the tea party's constitutional vision.

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