The final nail in the ACLU’s coffin
"The ACLU’s move from neutral protector of civil liberties to partisan advocate of liberal politics is both a symptom and consequence [of extremes gaining power]."
"The ACLU’s move from neutral protector of civil liberties to partisan advocate of liberal politics is both a symptom and consequence [of extremes gaining power]."
"This is a flagrant disregard for the Constitution’s separation of powers by “basically letting the president declare war on a person or group or country or government”
"China trails only the U.S. in the number of millionaires and billionaires. Globally, the ranks of the ultra-rich are expected to reach 671,000 by 2022."
"It is not just that power corrupts, it is that already corrupt people seek power."
"Few commentators are recognizing the vast peril to democracy posed by the sweeping prerogatives of federal agencies."
"The administration argued that it was just enforcing the law."
"The OLC argues that the presidential order, issued without authorization by or consultation with Congress, was nevertheless lawful because the president 'had reasonably determined that the use of force would be in the national interest and that the anticipated hostilities would not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense.'"
"Thirty-one states now allow law-enforcement officials to access license photos to help identify potential suspects."
"It will not, I presume, have escaped observation, that it expressly confines this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution."
"India’s government is looking for a company to analyze social media posts to help boost nationalism and neutralize any 'media blitzkrieg by India’s adversaries.'"