Constitution Nerd Gifts

'Your Honor, my client pleads not guilty by reason of a living Constitution!'

'If the truth will set you free, what's the deal with the Fifth Amendment?'

'They just need a little tweaking and updating...like the first one...people abuse it, so I'm changing it to the right for everyone to shut up around me.'

Ginni Thomas

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

The Signing of tthe United States Constitution

Ahem. I'm eating. Not now, please. Just one tiny question. Believers I American exceptionalism have always said we're the paragon of democracy. So I'm just wondering … How come one party is passing unnecessary laws that'll keep millions of us from voting? They're robbing us of our voice! Could've surprised me.

Archival Warfare

"...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."

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

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).

'The recession is over, again.'

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

President S Grant's Proposed Civil Service Reform not to the Taste of Certain Senators

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

''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?"

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

Best System in the World

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

Beware of the Legislation

Antonin Scalia

''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?"

Donald Trump and US Democracy

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

'CIA Surveillance of my senate committee violates the fourth amendment...'

'Just how informal is this constitution?'

Just What the Founders Had in Mind

U.S Capitol Building Tank Turret

"'Article I. Section 9. Claus B. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States' - we gotta change that."

Arrest Them Later

A throng runs out the courthouse to follow a car that is driving away decorated with a sign that reads "Just Acquitted".