Demo Rep. Jerrold Nadler Ridicules Reading of Constitution

Dem Rep. Jerrold Nadler Sneers at Republican Reverence for Constitution
Just because the public has thrown them out of the leadership position is no reason for House Democrats to begin showing respect for the Constitution they are sworn to uphold, yet seem to despise. From their friends at the Washington Compost: For more than 200 years, Americans have revered the Constitution as the law of the land, but the GOP and Tea Party heralding of the document in recent months — and the planned recitation on the House floor Thursday — have caused some Democrats t...

Democrat Rep.Jerrold Nadler: GOP Reading Constitution ritualistic reading on the floor total nonsense and propaganda
Reading between Constitution's lines The Washington Post Dem Rep. Jerrold Nadler: GOP Treating Constitution Like It’s a “Sacred Text,” Reading it is “Total Nonsense” and “Propaganda" And the Founders said: Let there be a constitution. And the Founders looked at the articles and clauses and saw that it was good. For more than 200 years, Americans have revered the Constitution as the law of the land, but the GOP and Tea Party heralding of the document in recent months &#

Liberals Reacting To Reading The Constitution In House Pretty Much Exactly As You Expected They Would
DATUM: Washington Post headlines article, Notable passages of Constitution left out of reading in the House What the article actually describes: The "notable passages" left out of the reading are the parts of the Constitution which are no longer part of the Constitution -- that is, the parts which have been replaced/written out by subsequent amendments, and are therefore not in fact "part of the Constitution," except in a purely historical way. In the same way that two legs may be said to be pa...

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The Constitution Is Not 'Propaganda'
More than 90 percent of Americans say that the Constitution is very important to them and two-thirds say that a “detailed knowledge” of our charter is “absolutely necessary.” Federal and state officials, whether elected or appointed, must take an oath to support and defend the Constitution. It is, in its own words, the “supreme law of the land.” Liberty requires limits on government, and those limits come primarily from the Constitution. Chief Justice John Mar...

When your Congressman makes fun of reading the Constitution
Republicans are opening the 112th Congress with a reading of the Constitution tomorrow.  This seems offensive somehow to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who told The Washington Post the reading was "nonsense," and "propoganda."   What comes to mind is a Christian pastor mocking people for reading The Bible.  (Hint: the pastor doesn't really disdain the Bible, just the people reading it). Most of us would think that a Member of Congress sworn to uphold the Constitution would welcome an...

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Self-Absorded to the Very End: Pelosi Speaks Longer Than Incoming Speaker Boehner
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• Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) tells Alan why the “ritualistic reading” of the Constitution on the House floor is “total nonsense” and “Propaganda.” • Arizona state Rep. John Kavanagh defends his efforts to eliminate automatic Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants. • Already?!? Alan exposes the first broken promise of the new Congress. You must be logged in to post a comment....

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Reading the Constitution: Education or futility?
Republicans and Democrats took turns politely in a historic recitation of the Constitution from the House floor Thursday, but the decorum hardly meant they were in agreement. In a nod to the tea partiers who put the Republicans in power, GOP lawmakers took time out from their campaign to change the way government works to read the document upon which the government was founded. Democrats went along but pointedly questioned the Republicans’ insistence on omitting sections that show how the ...

Jerrold Nadler Gets Both the Constitution and Torah Wrong in The Same Interview
Progressives have been lining up against Speaker Boehner’s plan to open tomorrow’s House session with a reading of the United States Constitution. Their objections come even though the Democrats have been invited to participate in the ceremony.  Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-Va.) office told the Washington Post that he would issue a letter advising Democrats they are welcome to take part. But that is not good enough for the  progressive Congressman from New York Jerrold Nadler, h...

House Reading of Constitution Is Not Without Issues
Setting the tone for the 112th Congress — in which every House Bill must cite the constitutional source of its authority — members of House began to read the Constitution aloud from the floor of their chamber Thursday morning. Like the Constitutional Convention itself, things did not begin auspiciously. Before the reading began, Jay Inslee, a Democrat from Washington, asked Republicans to illuminate exactly what part of the Constitution would be read, what parts would be deleted and who wou...

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The House's Reading of the Constitution Gets Off to an Awkward Start
As hard as it is to believe, the Constitution has never been read aloud on the floor of the House — until today. At the behest of Virginia Republican Bob Goodlatte, members of both parties began taking turns reading portions of the document at around 11 a.m. this morning, as proof, Goodlatte's office says, of the House's "commitment to hold true to the fundamental principles upon which this country was founded." Of course, over time our increasingly enlightened society has come to disagree ...

Constitution reading goes bipartisan
The new Congress kicked off with a reading of the constitution on the floor of the House today, a first in the chamber’s history. Republicans proposed the reading, but it turned into a rare moment of true Bipartisanship on the floor. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) went first, followed by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). House Republicans made the reading a requirement as part of the new Congress’ rules. Initially, there were questi...

Constitution Reading Provokes Political Tussling
Thursday, January 06, 2011 By Jim Abrams, Associated Press House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., holds a copy of a proposal to Repeal the Health Care Bill, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Washington (AP) - Lawmakers took turns reading the Constitution on the House floor Thursday, a nod to tea partiers who put Republicans in power. Even the nation's founding tex...

Constitution reading provokes political tussling
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers took turns reading the Constitution on the House floor Thursday, a nod to tea partiers who put Republicans in power. Even the nation's founding text got caught in political tussling: Democrats questioned omitting amended sections that reflect how the document has changed over time, such as one that classified slaves as three-fifths of a person. Republicans, celebrating their second day as the majority power, saw the event as an affirmation of their campaign promise...

Shouts about Obama interrupt Constitution reading
WASHINGTON—House Republicans' reading of the Constitution was interrupted Thursday by a woman who shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility to be president. Just as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., was reading "no person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States" is eligible for the presidency, a woman in the visitor's gallery yelled out that it did not apply to President Barack Obama. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Ida...

Constitution Reading Provokes Political Tussling
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats took turns politely in a historic recitation of the Constitution from the House floor Thursday, but the decorum hardly meant they were in agreement. In a nod to the tea partiers who put the Republicans in power, GOP lawmakers took time out from their campaign to change the way government works to read the document upon which the government was founded. Democrats went along but pointedly questioned the Republicans' insistence on omitting sections tha...

Shouts about Obama interrupt Constitution reading
(01-06) 10:22 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans' reading of the Constitution was interrupted Thursday by a woman who shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility to be president. Just as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., was reading "no person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States" is eligible for the presidency, a woman in the visitor's gallery yelled out that it did not apply to President Barack Obama. Rep...

Shouts about Obama interrupt Constitution reading
House Republicans' reading of the Constitution was interrupted Thursday by a woman who shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility to be president. Just as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., was reading "no person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States" is eligible for the presidency, a woman in the visitor's gallery yelled out that it did not apply to President Barack Obama. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, who was presid...