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-19 posts tagged "constitution"
Sara Schlecht | Wednesday, August 19, 2020
I have a confession to make. I spend a ridiculous amount of time thinking about my favorite parts of the Constitution. It’s definitely my most patriotic tendency — and one that I use to distract myself from disillusionment at the current state of American politics. As a student journalist, I absolutely love my First-Amendment rights.
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Friday, November 1, 2019
To refer to the American Founding as “fundamentally an Enlightenment project,” as has been written in this section, is to miss the vast wealth of classical wisdom that our Founders drew upon, and the inspiration it provided for our country’s birth. The belief that the Founding was monolithically inspired by John Locke’s classical liberalism is
BridgeND and Nelisha Silva | Thursday, October 31, 2019
The Eighth Amendment, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment,” has always given constitutional scholars some difficulty regarding who is the proper actor to determine its meaning. The task of interpreting the Constitution traditionally falls to the courts, but for judges to apply their personal analysis of “cruel and unusual” seems arbitrary and more than a
Jordan Ryan | Tuesday, November 14, 2017
As we all know, our national anthem has become a focal point for the social justice debate. The refusal of Colin Kaepernick to stand for the anthem at an August 2016 49ers game sparked a national controversy. President Trump did little to calm what has become a very emotionally filled debate when he called on
Lucy Lynch | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Honoring the Constitution Day holiday, Sanford Levinson, professor of government at the University of Texas presented his lecture “Flaws in the Constitution? What We Should Be Learning About the Constitution Today” in South Dining Hall’s Oak Room Monday afternoon. Sponsored by the Constitutional Studies Program, Tocqueville Program, Jack Miller Center and Notre Dame Research, Levinson’s
Rachel O'Grady | Thursday, September 1, 2016
Following an all-student government retreat before the start of the school year, the Notre Dame student senate formally met Wednesday for the first time this academic year. Student body vice president Becca Blais opened the conversation with the introduction of an amendment to the student union constitution. “[The amendment] essentially suspends some of the more
Jordan Ryan | Monday, February 15, 2016
President Obama recently released his final 2017 budget, which proposed a total spending of approximately $4.1 trillion. Included in the budget was a request for $582.7 billion in defense spending, a budget higher than the combined military budgets of the next seven largest military spending nations. In an era of limited resources, concerns about our
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 10, 2015
How ironic that on the day Fr. Hesburgh and God, Country, Notre Dame are honored in the “What Would You Fight For” television segment during the halftime of the Texas game, the outward manifestation of God, Country, Notre Dame at Notre Dame Stadium should be eliminated from the Notre Dame band’s pre-game performance. I am
Kiera Johnsen | Monday, January 19, 2015
Saint Mary’s College Student Government Association (SGA) revised its constitution in order to create a clearer, more concise document, which was voted on by the Saint Mary’s student body at the end of last week. Results of the vote have not yet been announced. McKenna Schuster, senior and SGA president, said the document will pass if