Best constitutions books according to redditors
We found 47 Reddit comments discussing the best constitutions books. We ranked the 19 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 47 Reddit comments discussing the best constitutions books. We ranked the 19 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
He wrote a 'book' as well, this is a scary man....
Why I'm Making It Legal for Your 18 Year Old Daughter to Get In Bed with a Complete Stranger for Only 500 Bucks: A Short Essay from a Pro Se Litigant who is Challenging the Utah Brothel Bans https://www.amazon.com/dp/1520441509/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_Uz2lzb95W508N
He's written and published an essay!
OMG I know this dude.. Look up his "book" on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Making-Legal-Daughter-Complete-Stranger/dp/1520441509/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Feast your eyes on this: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Legal-Daughter-Complete-Stranger/dp/1520441509
And then you can google-fu from there if you're not dead of laughter.
Here you go! http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-U-S-Constitution/dp/1592576273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377187253&sr=8-1&keywords=dummy%27s+guide+to+constitution
Perfect for all the redditors!
This guy is insane. He'll probably wait for them outside an event an stab them or something.
He has a book too
he wrote a book. its on amazon. this fucking guy has a book for sale in the real world...
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Legal-Daughter-Complete-Stranger/dp/1520441509
his title game is fire though
You can also buy a book by him, if for some reason you want to dive into his mind (Mildly NSFW cover on it).
Yes, it does exist, however fragmented it is. You could start looking at Magna Carta, then the Bill of Rights (and the Claim of Right), the Acts of Settlement, the Parliament Acts, the Human Rights Act, the House of Lords Act, the Life Peerages Act, the Representation of the People Acts, the Constitutional Renewal Act and then take a look at the various conventions that exist which are just as much a part of our uncodified, though still existent, constitution.
For a good overview of the constitution without the digging through centuries old legislation and accounts of conventions, you can look at The British Polity (5th edition is most recent) by Professor Phillip Norton or (it's a bit old now, but still good for the most part) The Hidden Wiring by Professor Peter Hennessy. I recommend finding them through a library if you do though, they can be quite expensive.
Damn i'm stupid. Regardless, this is the book he put out in 2015.
If I was going to provide someone with a list of books that best expressed my current thinking on the Political Economy these would be my top ones:
There are, of course many more books that could go on this list. But the above list is a good sampling of my personal philosophy of political economy. It is not meant as a list of books to change your mind but simply as a list of books that are descriptive of my current belief that we should be orientated towards high (sustainable) economic growth & more decentralization.
Some honorable mentions:
As a self proclaimed "Libertarian Crunchy Con" I have to add The Quest for Community & Crunchy Cons
The book The Fourth Economy fundamentally changed my professional direction in life.
Anti-Fragile was another book full of mind blowing ideas and shifted my approach to many things.
The End of Jobs is a great combination of The Fourth Economy & Anti-Fragile (among other concepts) into a more real-world useful set of ideas.
Markets Not Capitalism is a powerful reminder that it is not Capitalism per se that is important but the transformational power of markets that need be unleashed.
You will note that I left out pure economic books, this was on purpose. There are tons of good intro to econ type books and any non-trained economist should read a bunch from a bunch of different perspectives. With that said I am currently working my way through the book Choice and if it stays as good as it has started that will probably get added to my core list.
So many more I could I list like The Left, The Right, & The State or The Problem of Political Authority and on it goes...
I am still looking for a "manifesto" of sorts for the broad movement towards decentralization (I have a few possibilities on my 'to read list') so if you know of any that might fit that description let me know.
It may have been Glenn Beck, but one of those idiots was saying schools aren't teaching cursive so kids can't read the constitution. Which is just kinda strange, because if they looked at their pocket constitution, it's probably in print. Plus, the entire text is available online in a million places... in print.
Schools are often not teaching cursive now because a curriculum can only include so much, and cursive writing is pretty much dead these days. You know what else isn't generally taught? How to use a slide rule. Tyranny!
I've no idea where he came up with the idea that schools just have kids flip through pages now without having to read any of the material. Maybe that's how it's done at Beck University?
This creep wrote a book too:
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Legal-Daughter-Complete-Stranger/dp/1520441509
Define "news", because his name and face have been out there for a while, in addition to some choice writing.
> DC v Heller was politically and wrongly decided by a biased conservative court
According to the loser of the court decision, Justice John Paul Stevens, you forgot to say. The guy was pretty upset not just about Heller, but also a string of cases that he was on the losing side of and even went so far as to say that the Constitution should be amended so his view would become the law of the land.
He was a bitter old man. Thankfully he was just one of nine Justices.
> and overturned long standing jurisprudence.
The Supreme Court does not bow to the wishes or failures of lower courts' jurisprudence. Lower courts must bow to the Supreme Court's.
> Only modern day conservatives with their complete abdication of truth and reality and using Breitbart and Fox News style mental gymnastics that only they understand make the obviously false argument that the 2nd Amend was intended to protect an individuals right.
Don't forget Barak Obama, the right wing conservative that he is.
> Had that been the intention of the 2nd Amend, it would have said, "individual rights," not , "A well regulated Militia..."
Had it said that it was a right of the mitilia, it would not have said "the right of the people..."
> Furthermore elsewhere in the Constitution its clear the 2nd Amend supports the militia, not individual rights.
Citation required.
Holy shit, he wrote a book
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Legal-Daughter-Complete-Stranger/dp/1520441509
If you are interested in more the function of politics rather than its subject matter of policy, then here is a decent list of foundational texts to get you started:
On theory:
The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
Democracy in America
On Campaigning:
What it takes
Game Change
Campaigns and Elections- American Style
On Legislating/Governing:
Congress- The Electoral Connection
Party Politics in America
Political Polarization of American Politics
Interest Group Politics
Obviously this is quite a bit to read- but renting or using library resources will soften the blow to your wallet.
If I have misread your question, and you are interested in policy rather than politics, more recommendations can be provided depending on both your political persuasion and your specific interests.
PS: Assumed you meant American politics. If not- can provide other texts.
More info...
Interestingly enough, the reason why this early government failed is due to a weak federal government and we even had an insurrection. The new federal government called for this stronger federal government that we have today.
The founders were split on this and we had Federalists and Anti-federalists. You can find their writings on Amazon and the books as called Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers. If you look at parts of the Democratic and Republican party policies, they all stem from this basic argument: how powerful should our government be?
There are probably dozens of versions of the US Constitution in book form. For example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452898472/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_2Riwyb8V2BH35
Well, I think the current system of largely executive administration is probably the (distant) second best we have. If you're looking for a small bore constitutional amendment though Terry Moe argues for an amendment to give the President the power to force Congress to give presidential-written legislation a straight up or down vote. You can also hear/read an interview with him on the subject here.
This would in certain respects mirror the Westminster practice whereby the crown (on advice of the cabinet) must preapprove any money bills to be taken up by Parliament, meaning budgets go on a straight up or down vote. See, e.g., section 54 of Canada's Constitution Act, 1867.
It wasn't in an article per say but you can read all about it in his book Captive State
I'm just going to spam some stuff in here and let you guys sort it out, sorry. It's from another post on another thread, so it's easier to cut and paste. Some of this may already be in there, but I'm sure there's a bunch that isn't:
I'm a big fan of John Paul Stevens' Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change The Constitution.
I also recommend Carl Bogus: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment.
This op-ed written by David Hemenway back in 2015: There's scientific consensus on guns -- and the NRA won't like it. Much like climate change, the vast majority of researchers studying gun violence agree that gun control works, but news media insists on presenting the progun side as if it has equal scientific weight. It does not. In fact, Hemenway's book Private Guns, Public Health is another you should pick up.
Next is a blogger calling himself the Propaganda Professor. Their blog has many great posts backed up by links to hard science:
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2013/09/30/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-1/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2013/12/09/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-2/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2014/11/23/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-3/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2015/04/25/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-4/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2014/01/20/home-invasion-defensive-gun-use-or-creative-headline/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2018/01/19/second-amendment-follies-part-1-an-inconvenient-clause/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2018/02/19/second-amendment-follies-part-2-a-well-regulated-militia/
And my personal favorites:
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2012/02/18/estimating-defensive-gun-uses-reasonably/
https://propagandaprofessor.net/2013/01/06/more-on-defensive-gun-use/
(The guntrolls really hate those, it cuts the legs out from under their #1 argument.)
Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Assault - Peer reviewed study showing that people with a gun are 4.5x more likely to be shot than those not
The Myth Behind Defensive Gun Ownership
Gun Threats and Self-Defense Gun Use - from the Harvard School of Public Health
Strong Regulations on Gun Sales Prevent High-Risk Individuals from Accessing Firearms and Can Reduce Violent Crime - 2015 study from Johns Hopkins University showing that gun control works.
Firearm Violence, 1993-2011 - US Dept. of Justice report showing that firearm homicides are down since 1993 (coincidentally the year the Brady Bill was passed); 60% of criminals get their firearms from legal sources like friends, family members, and gun stores; most victims of firearms violence knew their assailant
Victimization During Household Burglary - another DoJ report, this time showing that only 1 in 4 household burglaries result in violent crime, and most of those are performed by a person known to the victim. It also shows that locking doors and windows, putting lights on timers, and other methods are far more effective at deterring and preventing crimes than firearms.
Weapon Involvement in Home Invasion Crimes - Now, I'm not going to lie to you, Kellerman is controversial. I wouldn't go throwing him around as a trump card, pardon the expression. But his research is interesting and provides some insight, even if it isn't exactly the strongest.
Tracing the Guns: The Impact of Illegal Guns on Violence in Chicago - report from Office of the Mayor of Chicago showing that over 60% of guns used in crimes in Chicago come from out of state, proving that Chicago's gun laws would work, if they were not subverted by weak laws in Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, etc. as well as gun stores located outside city limits in Illinois.
Statistics on the Dangers of Gun Use for Self-Defense
A breakdown of the $229 billion gun violence tab that American taxpayers are paying every year - Yeah, you read that right. $229 BILLION. Think of the tax cuts they could give their cronies if they just outlawed guns...
Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime, Stanford research shows and here
One of my personal favorites, from the National Bureau of Economic Research:
More Gus, More Crime - they hate this one, because they can't find anything against it that isn't "John Lott."
Speaking of, Armed With Reason is another great resource.
Finally, I'm going to leave you with this piece from the "failing" NY Times: How to Reduce Shootings. That ought to keep you out of trouble for some time, and maybe even give you some hard ammo to fight back with.
EDIT: also, why isn't the academic resource page in the sidebar? That should be stickied or something.
Nobody on this forum will agree because to them the SC is a holy cow. When I raised these points in comments, I was downvoted. I am perplexed as to how it is possible for people to be simultaneously anti-establishment and yet so willing to not question an institution.
Here are some of the criticisms, I know of.
*They are not accountable to anyone and will attack everyone. Even the bloody SC acknowledges the havoc the Judicial activism plays albeit it was talking about the HCs.
> However, recently in a surprising censure of itself in recent times, the Supreme Court, has observed that judicial activism has disturbed the delicate balance of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
Despite all this, the SC has a demi-god status especially among r/India. India cannot progress unless the interventionist nature of the SC is checked. The Judicial accountability bill and the Judicial appointments bill will reign them in.
Listen to the former SC Judge Katju talking about the corruption..
Arun Shourie (/r/India favorite for the last couple of days for his frankness) wrote a bloody book on this subject.
http://www.economonitor.com/analysts/2012/02/03/india%E2%80%99s-supreme-court-nails-the-guilty-but-steps-into-policy-making/
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/5TurGkenXil5gE71MTjxzJ/Indias-activist-Supreme-Court-oversteps-its-role.html
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=c4-zSiJlS_YC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=india+supreme+court+policy+making&source=bl&ots=xnQJMhT5eF&sig=ykPxvOdwyHyX_VqUiiDkhs5zQeo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4HaGVPeROMehugTDpoDYBg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=india%20supreme%20court%20policy%20making&f=false
http://www.indialawjournal.com/volume1/issue_1/judicial_hallow_activism.html
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Formatting and restructing sentences.
I stumbled on this link on another thread in this subreddit and from there found his Facebook - it's public so you can see most of his rants.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has a proposal in his imaginatively titled Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution:
> Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any state legislative body, shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory. The state shall have the burden of justifying any departures from this requirement by reference to neutral criteria such as natural, political, or historic boundaries or demographic changes. The interest in enhancing or preserving the political power of the party in control of the state government is not such a neutral criterion.
I have a RIGHT to own a gun, I don't need a permit.
Here is my Gun Permit -
https://www.amazon.com/Know-Your-Bill-Rights-Book-ebook/dp/B0076Q53EO
Though I'm not against Safety Training. In many states to get your first hunting license, you do have to complete a Gun Safety Course.
A conservative/reactionary reading list:
Jean Bodin - Six Books of the Commonwealth (1576)
Robert Filmer - Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings (1680)
Edmund Burke - Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Joseph de Maistre - Considerations on France (1797) and Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions and other Human Institutions (1809)
Thomas Carlyle - The French Revolution: A History (1837) and On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History (1841)
Friedrich Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil (1886) and Genealogy of Morals (1887)
Oswald Spengler - Decline of the West (1918)
Ernst Jünger - Storm of Steel (1920)
Jose Ortega y Gassett - Revolt of the Masses (1929)
Julius Evola - Revolt Against the Modern World (1934) and Men Among the Ruins (1953)
Bertrand de Jouvenal - On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth (1949)
Leo Strauss - Natural Right and History (1953)
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn - The Menace of the Herd (1943) and Liberty or Equality (1952)
a shitty textbook made in the Clinton years. Covers up until WW1 reasonably well then falls apart. America: Pathways to Present.
I generally make my own stuff for all my non US History classes and only use this occasionally in US History.
I use this for gov: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-U-S-Constitution/dp/1592576273 and think it does a great job for what I want of the class.
I wouldn't say the expenses scandal was particularly bad - it was mostly pathetic petty theft in the grand scheme of things. The real cronyism and corruption is the links between government and business - whether that's through behind the scenes lobbying or the rather more open use of advisers (or even ministers) who have come straight out of companies with massive vested interests in the policies that they are advising on.
George Monbiot's book Captive State talks about how pervasive this was under Labour, and it's far from improving under the current crowd.
Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain by George Monbiot [2001]
> The Dome, the lottery, the Scottish Parliament, the Manchester tram scam, the destruction of the railways and London Underground: these are all scandals we know about and which make us think the lunatics are running the asylum. We feel bewildered disempowered, ripped off and plain scared for the future of our country and the world.
> None of these episodes is covered in this book. Yet through its coverage of the Skye Bridge, the Coventry hospitals, the “regeneration” of Southampton, genetic engineering in agriculture and medicine, the takeover of our universities - and much, much more it explains everything about the decline in quality of life, accelerating gap between rich and poor, and the total destruction of anything remotely resembling “democracy” which is going on all around us while we sit there swigging Special Brew and watching reality tv.
> If Monbiot never wrote another thing he would have entirely justified his existence with this book which is quite simply THE most important book on politics in Britain this century. In reading it you realise that you are not mad after all and neither are “they”!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Captive-State-Corporate-Takeover-Britain/dp/0330369431
>Thats a thing? Why havent i heard of them before? Like during ap history when we were going through the federalist papers...
Yep. And once you read them you'll realize why you haven't heard of them.
The Complete Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
Required reading for the 218, if you know what I mean.
>You had me at "STK"
Happy reading. I'll leave you with a good AF one-liner:
>...the gilded pill, is often found to contain the most deadly poison.
Brutus 3
Protip: you can read most of them for free there.
To be fair this is Based Russell, he is physically disabled and quite possibly developmentally stunted. Under no circumstances should you try to make contact with this man despite the fact that his name is public record and it is very very easy to find his contact info.
He has attempted to sue Taylor Swift, among others, into associating with him so that he can achieve his dream to have a career in entertainment as well as have prostitution legalized in the state of Utah.
Again I urge you not to contact him, not only because he's funny in his own right and contacting him will just get him to nuke his accounts again, but also because he's a very litigious man and if you fuck with him too much he might do the same to you.
looking for We The People, Benjamin Ginsberg ISBN: 978-0-393-64432-6
amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/We-People-Twelfth-Andrea-Campbell/dp/0393679586
Yes.
https://www.amazon.com/Relic-Constitution-Undermines-Government-Presidency/dp/0465042694
Give president inherent fast track authority
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BUT lets examine it. 'Fake Jews' as in Bible's Synagogue of Satan' - people who say they are Jews but are really are not - ie the present days' zionists - the leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is certainly a zionist. But the rabbit hole goes deeper... Some of the discovarable links: Shabtai Tzvi/Zevi (a self proclaimed Messiah who split up the Jewish community + involved in the 1666 Great Fire of London)-->
Donmeh satanic cult ( https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/10/25/the-doenmeh-the-middle-easts-most-whispered-secret-part-i.html ) -->
Jacob Frank (18th centry South East Poland, then this satanic cult was kicked out by the people - missing kids, 'holy' orgies with a large number of partners etc, he went to Germany - the Frankistas ie goodless 'jews' are certainly part of the current deep state / SES ).
The other broad stream of satanist occultists came through Jesuits --> Himmler's SS (modeled on Jesuits, Himmler explained) / push to purify the human race to produce the Übermensch (blond/blue eyes supermans / Human 2.0 androids who - in their theory would be unbeatable able to run everyone else as slaves) - these are the Nazis who through operation Paperclip were transplanted to USA circa 1945 (and to Antarctica, Peron's Argentina etc - Martin Bormann was interviewed under his real name in mid 1970's in Argentina -
see Paul Manning's book: 'Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile' https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martin-Bormann-Exile-Paul-Manning/dp/1495488144 ).
So the stolen loot from WW2 Europe went to South America, Bormann's 750 shell corporations / also to Switzerland - setting up the Nazis Bank of International Settlements (BIS) / then in the 80's laundered through the US stock exchange (hence the 80's derivatives bubble).
Really the satanic occultist Nazis have survived well, traded humans eg women and kids for superior technology (sold out humanity).
By 1947 they were ready.
US Admiral Byrd's military expedition to antarctica to flush the Nazis out ended in a swift military defeat of Byrd.
In 1953 the Nazis extorted Eisenhower and signed a deal (the Nazis had a superior technology but needed the industrial might of USA to build it all out).
The Nazis then proceeded to infiltrate the Military Industrial Complex - Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boening, Northrop Grumman, Hughes, TRW, NACA/NASA etc. Check out testimony of a whistleblower
William Tompkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chn7i42aDh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb18kkVlRh4
This lead to a large scale build out of several Secret Space Programs
(SSPs): The Dark Fleet (Nacht Waffen) operating mainly outside the solar system doing the Nazi conquest to other civilisations, the Interplanetary Corporate Conglometate (ICC) a corporate slave sweat-shop in various facilities within the solar system + a handful of others.
Check out testimonies of:
Randy Cramer
https://www.exopolitics.org/mars-whistleblower-reveals-more-of-his-covert-military-service/
Corey Goode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iRu02IFr9M
Penny Bradley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8eiy6e6o4
Elena Kapulnik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OeJSPpxqmw
Tony Rodrigues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4299-vfPs
Such Secret Space Programs as well as construction and running of the Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMBS) and their connecting transport networks is where approx a quarter of US GDP (trillions of dollars annually disappears to) - according to
Catherine Austin Fitts
https://home.solari.com/the-missing-money-19-trillion-in-undocumentable-adjustments-and-counting-with-dr-mark-skidmore/
A large part of the initial CIA was composed of the General Gehlen's Organisation (in essence Nazis with their intelligence networks in Europe intact now working as CIA) - The Dulles brothers had a big deal to do with that decision [Alan Dulles was later the head of CIA, hated JFK with a passion, was a prime mover in JFK's assassination (then headed the Warren Commission to oversee the cover up). The Nazi faction was sufficiently entrenched in the US by 1963 to be confident of a successful JFK hit cover up.
The continuation of 3rd Reich ie the 4th Reich was well supported by the DVD (Dachau based Nazi intelligence network) that used to call the shots esp in European countrie's politics till now:
Running the DVD asset Ted Heath (UK Prime Minister) who is now widely recognised as a peadophile (supplied with kids by Jimmy Saville)
who in return had to perform a political service - sign UK into the European project, EU now proposes a common european army - in essence a Angela Merkel/Deutche Bank run 4th Reich on the quiet.
Those who oppose it - witness killing a plane load of Polish Government officials in Smolensk 2010, then trying to blame it on Putin.
Check out Christopher Story (RIP) and his work eg:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/European-Union-Collective-Christopher-Story/dp/1899798013
https://christopherstory.org/
But another reliable earner to the satanists were the money from drugs worldwide - eg 'Poppy' Bush hauling coke by the tons in military C130 transport aircraft (and smaller ones as well) eg to Mena airport where Governor Bill Clinton covered everything up and took a nice cut of course then distributing around USA eg using the Cripps and Bloods etc.
Check out Gary Webb (RIP) and his book: Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
'https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Alliance-Contras-Cocaine-Explosion/dp/1609806212/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4XRH5PPT3SV141C71YTV'
Fortunately the Nazi's had their asses kicked in space and cannot lay down the Law any more: witness Brexit being allowed to happen (thus breaking up their 'European Project' aka 4th Reich by another name.
Also if the Nazis were still in charge - Trump 'the outsider' would NOT be allowed to be in power.
So let's say it is somewhat more involved than just the 'fake jews'...
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I'm not sure where you got your info from (Baghot is a loong time ago) but mine principally came from a book called [The Hidden Wiring]{http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Wiring-Unearthing-British-Constitution/dp/0575400587). If you have another source, I would be interested.
As for India, there was never a sovereign of all India before Victoria so no historical claim. They went towards a presidential system but still Pakistan felt it needed to secede as the Muslims felt their interests were vulnerable.
You reference one article from politico? Haha, are you joking? Why don't you read up. You might try here, or here to start.