Congressman: Bush Signed Bill That Didn’t Pass Congress

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2006 Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has asked the White House why the president signed a version of the Budget Reconciliation Act that apparently did not pass the House. Also, check out a lawsuit on the issue, and an earlier news report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tenn. Backs Anti-Abortion Step

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 Right on the heels of South Dakota, the Tennessee Legislature is moving to ban abortion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pat Roberts, Uncovered

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 Think Progress puts together an in-depth cheat sheet on all the ways Roberts has shrunk from his responsibilities as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Simpsons’ Trump First Amendment

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 OK, OK, we know that it's a waste of breath of get exercised over the ignorance educational quirks of the American populace, but get this: Only one in four people can name more than one First Amendment freedom, while half of people in a poll can name at least two "Simpsons" family members. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scalia Dismisses ‘Living Constitution’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 The Supreme Court justice drives home his misguided belief that changes in society's mores shouldn't be reflected in the Constitution. Sure: the Founding Fathers got it all right 200 years ago--including the bit about counting Americans of African descent as three-fifths of a person. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Cure for Executive Excess

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 Can impeachment heal the malady of executive privilege and wiretapping? It has before. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal’s State of the Union

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 The famed novelist, playwright and social activist continues his 30-year-old tradition of delivering his own State of the Union address. | streaming media and transcript at Democracy Now! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Public Schools Mulling Bible Literacy Class

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2006 The high school course on the Bible's influence on society would be an elective storyIt's such an obvious end run around the Constitution's Establishment Clause that we'll hold fire But check this: The course textbook contains a boxed feature that shows how the Bible was used "to justify and even encourage anti-Semitism" Wow! A whole boxed feature? We wonder if there's a footnote about that whole Spanish Inquisition thing . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Strikes Down Md. Ban on Gay Marriages

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 Couples, don't start lining up on the steps of City Hall just yet: The judge immediately stayed her own decision. story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore for President?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 The transcript of the Al Gore speech that's got everyone talking -- as well as links to C-SPAN's downloadable video of the event. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

If Al Gore Speaks Out in the Forest and No One Is There to Hear Him…

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 Buzzflash decries the fact that the former VP's gutsy critique went largely ignored by the traditional media. | editorial Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alito Proves His Conservative Mettle

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Profile of rise through right-wing ranks; "Constitution does not protect a right to abortion." | moreAlso: Check out our extensive paper trail on the nominee. | link Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )