Are the U. S. Congress and Constitution Irrelevant?

In America Process Matters

Many Say Government Now Operating Outside the Constitution

Earlier surveys have shown that just one-in-five voters believe that the government today has the consent of the governed. Forty-eight percent (48%) see the government as a threat to individual rights. According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are formed to protect certain inalienable rights.

Reid Angers GOP by Pushing Four Versions of DREAM Act Without Hearing.

Podesta calls on Obama to circumvent Congress. The head of the Center for American Progress, called on President Obama to push forward with his agenda using federal agencies and executive branch power.

Critics Slam Obama Administration for 'Hiding' Massive Saudi Arms Deal

Sessions: Progressive Movement 'Hostile' To Law.

Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny?

In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY RESEMBLES A MODERN-DAY ANCIENT RÉGIME:
Extravagant and out of touch with the American People.

House Democrats ‘Deem’ Faux $1.1 Trillion Budget ‘as Passed’. The procedural vote passed 215-210 with no Republicans voting in favor and 38 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against deeming the faux budget resolution passed.

Energy Roundup: White House altered drilling report, says newly released probe.

Do laws even matter today?

Deals in the Dark of Night

House passes health care reform bill.

Obama Not Worried About “Procedural Rules” like “Deem and Pass” for Health Care.

"I don't spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or Senate".

Obama vs. press freedom.

Government Takes On Journalism’s Next Chapter. The Federal Trade Commission has set out on the somewhat quixotic journey of trying to identify ways to save journalism as we know it from possible extinction. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering several ways to help the struggling newspaper industry, but Americans strongly reject several proposed taxes to keep privately-owned newspapers going.

As 'new media' proliferate, does government have a role? 

The Federal Trade Commission is holding hearings on whether government should have any regulatory role as blogs and web-only news sites proliferate. It's a red flag for many journalists.

Fox in the Hen House

Chief Who Supports Sanctuary Policies Gets Top ICE Job.

Fundamental Change, Unchecked power

Actions of Third World Nations.