# Constitutional Power Constitutional Power is a routing node for the people, institutions, concepts, and source materials connected to this subject. Its quotation section preserves complete propositions and reciprocal links to their permanent Reminder pages. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "Left-wing violence was not just excused; it was treated as sacrosanct, a protected class unto itself. That era has to end." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Violence Cannot Be Treated as a Protected Class by Marco Rubio|Violence Cannot Be Treated as a Protected Class by Marco Rubio]] > "Left-wing political terrorism seeks as its ultimate end the overthrow of our system and form of government." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Political Terrorism Seeks the Overthrow of Our Form of Government by Stephen Miller|Political Terrorism Seeks the Overthrow of Our Form of Government by Stephen Miller]] > "One of the hallmarks of left-wing violence and terrorism is its completely pretextual and disingenuous appeal to civil liberties in an effort to shield its own violence. This is the tactic that the left always uses to try to protect itself from facing criminal punishment." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Civil Liberties Cannot Be Used to Shield Political Violence by Stephen Miller|Civil Liberties Cannot Be Used to Shield Political Violence by Stephen Miller]] > "We've had repeated, direct, violent attacks on federal law enforcement in order to veto the ballot box with violence. And the leftist justifies this violence to himself by saying that they alone are the arbiters of what is right or wrong—not the law, not history, not civilization, not public opinion, and certainly not God. The leftist assumes for himself judge, jury, executioner." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Violence Must Not Be Allowed to Veto the Ballot Box by Stephen Miller|Violence Must Not Be Allowed to Veto the Ballot Box by Stephen Miller]] > "In the fight against domestic terrorism, we must respect the constitutional rights, freedom of speech, association, and assembly of all Americans. ... Treasury will act based on suspected unlawful conduct by these terror organizations, not because of their beliefs or ideologies." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Act on Unlawful Conduct Not Beliefs or Ideologies by Scott Bessent|Act on Unlawful Conduct Not Beliefs or Ideologies by Scott Bessent]] > "[The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism] was not about policing political viewpoints, abridging the freedom of speech, or preventing peaceful protest. Rather, it is about keeping ordinary Americans safe from horrific violence, bombings, arson, assassinations, and sabotage of infrastructure at a level that puts lives at risk." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Counterterrorism Is Not About Policing Political Viewpoints by Gregory LoGerfo|Counterterrorism Is Not About Policing Political Viewpoints by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Political terrorism is illegal and unacceptable regardless of the ideology behind it, and that was a shared [principle] uniting every delegation in that room last Thursday. Our goal is to keep America safe and secure." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Political Terrorism Is Unacceptable Regardless of Its Ideology by Gregory LoGerfo|Political Terrorism Is Unacceptable Regardless of Its Ideology by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "With respect to political terrorism, any act that is done to intimidate, any act that is done to deter people from participating in the democratic process or in the processes in their country, is something that [the United States] would stand against." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Stand Against Violence That Deters Democratic Participation by Gregory LoGerfo|Stand Against Violence That Deters Democratic Participation by Gregory LoGerfo]] > The United States focuses its counterterrorism response on acts of violence while valuing freedom of expression and freedom of political views. > **Adapted from Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Focus on Violence While Valuing Freedom of Expression by Gregory LoGerfo|Focus on Violence While Valuing Freedom of Expression by Gregory LoGerfo]] > Speaking for the United States, LoGerfo said: "We emphatically support freedom of speech. The people who are conducting these far-left attacks, they're seeking to intimidate people from expressing their freedoms. And that's something they're doing through acts of violence, and that's what we're trying to get at." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Political Violence Seeks to Intimidate People from Expressing Their Freedoms by Gregory LoGerfo|Political Violence Seeks to Intimidate People from Expressing Their Freedoms by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "If someone is acting in any forum committing a crime, terrorist financing, anything that's against U.S. laws, whatever forum they're in, if they're breaking the law, they're breaking the law. ... When people threaten the United States, whatever the mode of communication is—if it's terror financing, if it's conspiring for acts of terrorism or anything that would hurt the United States—we'll take action on that." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/The Law Applies Whatever the Forum or Mode of Communication by Gregory LoGerfo|The Law Applies Whatever the Forum or Mode of Communication by Gregory LoGerfo]] > “Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked out of trade talks with the United States, and a tariff war escalated between the two countries. Carney’s actions had nothing to do with the interests of Canada. He was playing his role as the lead architect of Globalism 2.0, and members of his own government, like Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, made clear that Canada’s tariffs were politically targeted against swing states. She also made clear that she was coordinating with political figures in the United States.” > **— Susan Kokinda**, *The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Canadian Tariffs Were Politically Targeted Against American Swing States by Susan Kokinda|Canadian Tariffs Were Politically Targeted Against American Swing States by Susan Kokinda]] > “Ultimately, Congress must take away the president’s ability to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose tariffs.” > **— Ron Wyden**, *statement quoted in The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Congress Must Take Away the President’s Unilateral Tariff Power by Ron Wyden|Congress Must Take Away the President’s Unilateral Tariff Power by Ron Wyden]] > “[Ron Wyden is] not just after the Canadian tariff rates. He’s after the tool. He wants to take away from the president the power to protect American industry—not just this president, but every president after him.” > **— Susan Kokinda**, *The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Tariff Authority Is a Presidential Tool for Protecting American Industry by Susan Kokinda|Tariff Authority Is a Presidential Tool for Protecting American Industry by Susan Kokinda]]