Two people were arrested after protesting at the National Archives by dumping red powder on themselves and the glass encasement protecting the U.S. Constitution. “Around 2:30 p.m., two men poured red powder on themselves and the encased Constitution in the Archives’ rotunda. D.C. police responded to the scene where they arrested them for destruction of federal property,” ABC News reported. “We all deserve clean air, water, food and a livable climate,” one man said in a video of the incident posted to social media. A video also seemed to show...

Yesterday afternoon, two culprits vandalized the display at the Rotunda of the National Archives housing the U.S. Constitution, by dumping a red powder all over themselves and the exhibit. (The compact was unharmed, as the display case is basically a transparent vault.) Here are the details, according to a report by Fox News: One of the individuals says they are ‘determined to foment a rebellion.’ The other, wearing cargo shorts, sandals, and a backward hat, says, ‘This country’s founded on the conditions that all men are created equally, and endowed...

The National Archives and Records Administration is investigating the incident. Washington’s National Archives Rotunda was forced to close to the public on Feb. 14 after two individuals threw red powder on the casing that protects the U.S. Constitution. The incident took place at about 2:30 p.m. and two men were immediately detained by security personnel, according to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). One of the men picks up a handful of the red powder and rubs it in between his hands, while the other man tells fellow visitors,...

In recent years, climate activists have taken to pouring stuff (like paint or soup) on famous works of art to draw attention to their message. Of course, these artworks are behind thick glass, so these acts do not actually destroy the item. But symbolically, they get attention. As we learn in First Amendment doctrine, one way to garner attention is to destroy things that other people find valuable–such as burning draft cards and American flags. (As much as I respect Justice Scalia's vote in Texas v. Johnson, I'm still not...

Oh, this is going to be a short one. I despise them with the fury of a thousand suns. I also despise worthless security guards who are supposed to "protect" our nation's treasures and keep them "secure." Yet when some millennial cretins approach our priceless heritage - and I could care less how "secure" the case it's in supposedly is - and fully telegraph what outrage they're about to commit, nobody moves. Then these juvenile delinquents commit it. Guards kind of shift around. And the climate cult thespians are allowed...

The Constitution became the latest historic item to be targeted by climate protesters on Wednesday after two protesters dumped red powder on the document’s case. The National Archives said the protesters were immediately detained after the incident, which occurred around 2:30 p.m., and they are recommending the culprits be prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law.” “The National Archives Rotunda is the sanctuary for our nation’s founding documents,” Colleen Shogan, archivist of the United States, said in a statement. “The [documents] are here for all Americans to view and...

Self-proclaimed climate activists poured red powder on the protective enclosure housing the U.S. Constitution on Wednesday afternoon at the National Archives building. The Constitution was not damaged during the attack, which occurred around 2:30 p.m., according to a National Archives post on X. A video of the incident posted on X showed the two men covered in a red powder standing with their arms raised in front of the glass enclosure that protects the Constitution. "We are determined to foment a rebellion," one man says. "... We all deserve clean...