The incoming Republican Congress, in a nod to the Tea Party's electoral success, will require legislators to cite the Constitution with every proposed law. When the GOP-controlled House convenes for the first time Jan. 5, legislators will read the Constitution aloud and then require all bills to cite the constitutional authority to enact any given law, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. ...UPI
Can't figure out whether Republicans are unable to recognize irony or whether they just believe most of us don't recognize it. Whether it's flag pins, the Pledge, or reading the Constitution in Congress on the opening of a new session, they have learned to embrace show over reality. Let's not forget the corporate right funded the handover of America to those who believe the Constitution is "quaint, ...obsolete."
