“In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws.” StatesLawUnitedUnited StatesConstitutionBoundsAbsenceImmigrationLocalsLimitationEnforcementViolationSupremacyClausesImmigration Laws Author:Russell Pearce
“The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the equal protection of the laws - I could count at least 30 such violations. Yet the president, sworn to uphold the Constitution, and all the agencies of the United States government at his disposal, were nowhere to be seen.” FirstsStatesGovernmentLawPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRightsEqualSpeechConstitutionProtectionAgencyAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechAgain And AgainViolationFirst AmendmentAssemblyState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEqual ProtectionAlbanyFreedom Of AssemblyFourteenth Amendment Author:Howard Zinn
“I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear violation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which says there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude within the United States.” ThinkingShouldStatesUnitedMarriageUnited StatesClearConstitutionSlaveryGentlemanAmendmentsViolationServitudeInvoluntaryReverendsThirteenth Amendment Book:Elizabeth Cady Stanton: As Revealed in Her Letters & Diary (Abridged) Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: As Revealed in Her Letters & Diary (Abridged)
“The disgraceful and shameful construction of walls, the increasing enforcement of security systems and increasing violation of human rights and labor rights will not protect the economy of the United States.” HumansStatesUnitedUnited StatesEconomyRightsSecurityWallProtectLaborHuman RightsConstructionEnforcementViolationShamefulDisgracefulSecurity SystemsViolation Of Human Rights Author:Vicente Fox
“The United States has given frequent and enthusiastic support to the overthrow of democracy in favor of "investor friendly" regimes. The World Bank, IMF, and private banks have consistently lavished huge sums on terror regimes, following their displacement of democratic governments, and a number of quantitative studies have shown a systematic positive relationship between U.S. and IMF / World Bank aid to countries and their violations of human rights.” WorldHumansCountryStatesGovernmentGivenUnitedNumbersUnited StatesSupportDemocracyStudyRightsHugeDemocraticHuman RightsTerrorFollowingAidsFavorsFriendlyInvestorsRegimesConsistentlyEnthusiasticViolationSystematicDisplacementDemocratic GovernmentImfWorld BankViolation Of Human RightsPositive Relationship Author:Edward S. Herman
“Unfortunately, the United States and a few other governments have used the war on terrorism as a way of violating human rights. I am referring to the case of the Guantánamo Bay prisoners. This violation of the rights of prisoners has been so unbelievable that the United Nations has reminded the United States repeatedly that the treatment of prisoners should take place according to the preestablished conventions of the United Nations.” WayShouldHumansHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentUsedNationsUnitedCasesUnited StatesRightsHuman RightsTerrorismTreatmentPrisonerConventionsUnbelievableUnited NationsViolationWar On TerrorReferringWar On Terrorism Author:Shirin Ebadi