Ed Quillen, a quirky writer from a small town in Colorado does great columns in the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/quillen/ci_2845756
His latest poses perfect questions for a SCOTUS Nominee that will not ever be asked
"Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution says, "Congress shall have power ... To declare War." Does the U.S. president have the authority to order the invasion of a foreign country in the absence of a congressional declaration of war, and if so, under what circumstances?"
"In the absence of an Equal Rights Amendment to the federal constitution, are there any rights and privileges not accorded to American women?"
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Section 8 also states that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time." Does this apply to federal bodies like the National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office?
Amendment 1 of the federal Constitution says in part that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging freedom of speech." Can you reconcile this with the provision of the Patriot Act that forbids people from telling anyone that they were served with an administrative subpoena by a federal investigator?
Article I, Section 10, states that "No state shall ... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." Does this mean that all state taxes have to be paid in specie? Does it mean that if you did not receive any gold or silver coins last year, then you had no income, and therefore owe no income taxes? Can you offer us even a clue as to what this means?
Are your religious beliefs and practices any of the public's business, since Article 6 states that "no religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States"?
Does the federal constitution have any preference as to whether counties in Colorado elect their commissioners by allowing the entire county to vote on seats allocated by geographic district, or by limiting the vote to a commissioner district's registered electors?
Amendment 2 says that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Does "the People" refer to individuals, or local militias?
Please state your opinion of this 1894 statement by Anatole France: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."