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September, 2011

The New York Times: On Day Devoted to Constitution, a Fight Over It
Friday, September 16, 2011
New York Times

By KATE ZERNIKE

Published: September 16, 2011

In the 100 years since Constitution Day was first established, most Americans have lumped it with holidays like Grandparents' Day and Administrative Assistants' day — a noble cause, lightly observed.

The Tea Party handed out coloring books that show the government as bigger than what the Constitution allows.

But this year, with the Tea Party making the Constitution sexy again, the holiday (which, for those rusty on their civics, falls on Saturday) has become occasion for battle.

Washington Post: Recovering the Constitution from conservatives
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Washington Post

By Ruth Marcus, September 15, 2011

Tea Party types and other conservatives talk about how they'd like their country back.

I'd like my Constitution back.

The rise of these self-proclaimed constitutional conservatives is an ominous development that has received too little notice — and too little push-back.

Religion Dispatches: Constitutional Progressives Take Critical Fight to Tea Party
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Religion Dispatches

Post by SARAH POSNER

'Constitutional progressives' unveil new pledge
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
National Law Journal

By: David Ingraham

Politicians get asked all the time to sign pledges — about abortion, taxes and countless other issues. Now, a coalition of liberal legal groups is asking people to sign a new pledge "to support the whole Constitution."

The effort is designed to counter depictions of the Constitution from Tea Party organizations and conservatives in Congress who argue that the federal government has exceeded the limited powers the Constitution gives it.