Those who would sacrifice unalienable rights antecedent to the Constitution to purchase a little temporary security will end up with neither
Constitutional Judiciary or Not? As I recall, the old Constitution of the United States instituted an independent judiciary, even though its judges at the federal level are appointed by the President. As an adjective, “independent”…
Might We See An Unexpected President in 2021? For some time we have seen what seem to be cognitive slips by !President-elect Joe Biden. One recurring oopsy has been referring to Kamala Harris as “President-elect.”…
Americans and anti-Americans “America” is an idea. Its core premises are written in the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. The rationale and justification for both are delineated in the Federalist…
America is an Idea America, as a country, is the only one built on the idea of the God-given sovereignty of the individual, with those rights codified in its founding documents: the Declaration of Independence,…
SCOTUS Denies Standing in Texas lawsuit? To quote a suborned septuagenarian, “Come on, man!” Constitution? What’s that? Oh, I remember. It’s that parchment thingy stored in a fancy glass case with some kind of gas.…
Lawmakers, Law-breakers, and Violence Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the calls from lawmakers and gun safety advocates to address gun violence through common sense gun laws. The…
Comply With Unlawful Orders at Your Own Peril It may well be that the major moral of the post-World War II trials in Nuremberg, Germany is that one complies with unlawful orders at his or…
How to Turn a Constitutional Republic into an Oligarchic “Democracy” Editor’s Note (5/27/2021): 2 out of 34944 is an estimate of the number of hours expended in voting (2) out of the number of hours…
An End Run Around the NRA Apparently, Gabby Gifford and Mark Kelly, through the Giffords Foundation, recently created a gun owners association called “Gun Owners for Safety.” While many in the 2A community disparage the…
Pelosi and Biden Tout Stricter Gun Control Amid Civil Breakdown I find it laughably ironic that the Democratic leadership push for stricter gun control in an era where the thin blue line between civil order…