Constitution Geek Pillows

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Choose two."

'He used to be absolutely corrupt. But after Magna Carta, he's only corrupt.'

"Who gives a crap if it's not clear in 246 years?"

The Signing of tthe United States Constitution

'On second thought, scratch that one about abortion.'

"Those political ads are about to make me sick!"

'Pursuit of happiness is all very well, but Congress keeps passing laws to make it run faster.'

'An injunction against the First Amendment? - Can we DO that?'

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

Archival Warfare

"You call this a constitution?"

"...No it does state here quite clearly...the right to bear arms...not arm bears."

"Whoa, don't ask constitutional questions you don't want to know the answers to."

Constitutional Convention. We're behind schedule, everybody wanted to make a speech about the first amendment. For the second amendment, let's stick to bullet points. (Published previously on May 19, 2010).

Supreme Court. It's either constitutional or unconstitutional - We don't use a scale of one to ten!

"A Bill of Rights? - Don't you TRUST me?"

US Credit: 'I'm down grading your credit rating...'

''The consent of the governed'? -- that could be a deal-breaker.'

"And this will allow people the freedom to express themselves through the talking points of their choosing."

"Well, heck! If all you smart cookies agree, who am I to dissent?"

'Danae's spent all this week writing new amendments, which I can only assume means she doesn't know what it'll take to get them into the constitution...so I sent her a link on the process...'

Best System in the World

"Taxation with representation hasn't worked out so well." (two men at the US capital talking taxes and politics)

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

The ways and means committee reaches the tipping point.

Department of Who's Your Daddy?

Antonin Scalia

It Looks Like Trumpty Dumpty Got His Wall After All.

'All I Want For Christmas Is... my Bill of Rights!'

"... and I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling forensic pathologists."

''Congress shall make no law'... now, I wonder what they meant by that...?'

"I like that part about freedom of speech, but what about stupid people?"

Mice in the Commons

Impeachment Wave

Just What the Founders Had in Mind