Happy Constitution Day to King Trump

Today is Constitution Day. The president will probably not be celebrating it.

President Trump.
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Happy Constitution Day! Or, if you're President Trump, Happy Thing You Haven't Read Day!

During the Obama presidency, conservatives fancied themselves "constitutionalists." In 2011, members of Congress read the Constitution in its entirety on the floor of the House of Representatives, something that Congress had never done before. Rep. Michele Bachman (R-Minn.) said this proved that Republicans were "serious about respecting the Constitution."

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Windsor Mann

Windsor Mann is the editor of The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism.