Last month, Alaska GOP U.S. Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Joe Miller said that unemployment benefits are unconstitutional. “The unemployment compensation benefits have gotten — first of all, it’s not constitutionally authorized,” he said, adding, “I think that’s the first thing that’s gotta be looked at.” This morning on Face the Nation he declared Social Security and Medicare unconstitutional as well.
These days the GOP thinks half of the constitution is unconstitutional. In recent months they have demonstrated open hostility to the fourth amendment, the fifth amendment, the eighth amendment, the 14th amendment, the 16th amendment, the 17th amendment, Article VI, the Civil Rights Act, the establishment clause, posse comitatus and due process. The Democrats should take this as another opportunity to point out just how anti-constitution the Republican party has become.
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