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Rasmussen asks respondents to chose between judges who follow the Constitution, and judges who are "guided by a sense of fairness and justice." Apparently Rasmussen doesn't realize the Constitution itself is based on both fairness and justice.

Each year on September 17, our Nation celebrates Constitution & Citizenship Day, established by Congress to commemorate both the signing of our founding document and the millions of individuals who have become Americans over the past two hundred years.

The Supreme Court is threatening to strike down a century's worth of progress in campaign finance regulation, hearing a case tomorrow that challenges the constitutionality of barring corporations from making unlimited expenditures in elections.

Sen. Leahy gave a speech this week discussing the Supreme Court, the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, and this Term's most important case -- challenging the constitutionality of a key provision in the Voting Rights Act.

When forming the "United" States, the Framers fully expected states to recognize and uphold one another's laws. So there's nothing "unconstitutional" about D.C.'s decision last week to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

Last week's decision by the Iowa Supreme Court to strike down a same-sex marriage ban for violating the state constitution, was not -- despite predictable right-wing allegations to the contrary -- "judicial activism." When judges determine whether laws are unconstitutional, we call that "doing their job."

Conservatives have spent much of the last eight years viciously attacking progressive Senators for mounting mostly unsuccessful filibusters against a handful of the most problematic Bush nominees to the federal bench. That was then, this is now.

While most Americans tend to think of the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of what the law is, in fact, under our constitutional system of separation of powers and checks and balances, there are circumstances in which Congress and the President can act to overturn a Supreme Court ruling.

Last week marked an important milestone in one of the nation’s longest-running and highest-profile legal disputes. The LA Times reported this weekend that the victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill have begun receiving the first payments of punitive damages – nearly two decades after the infamous accident destroyed their livelihoods.

Matt Drudge apparently failed to listen to the 2001 Obama "redistribution" interview that he misquoted on the "Report." He also, apparently, hasn't read the U.S. Constitution.