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Term Limits Are Not the Answer

By: Laurence M. Vance Franklin D. Roosevelt has the distinction of being the only man to be elected to the office of the presidency four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and ...

Progressives & Modern Feminists Don’t Want You To Know these Heroic Women

March 9, 2019 American Revolution / Founders 0

By KrisAnne Hall, JD Many who would rewrite history, would have us to believe the women during the revolution were oppressed subservient wives of overbearing, misogynistic husbands who dictated policy ...

We Need More of This!

March 9, 2019 Constitution / Enumerated Powers / Nullification / Overreach / Power of the People 0

By: Mike Maharrey Wyoming just stuck a huge middle finger up at the federal government. More and more, we’re seeing states simply ignore the feds. As just one example, we ...

The Lie of “Separation of Church and State” & the U.S. Supreme Court’s Usurpations of Power.

March 8, 2019 Amendments / Constitution / Federal Courts / Original Intent / Usurpation 0

By Publius Huldah 1. How did it happen that our country became a land where Christian children are forbidden to use the word, “God”, in the public schools; public school ...

We’ve Had This Debate on the Electoral College Before

March 8, 2019 Constitution / Electoral College / Federalism 0

By: Mike Maharrey The Electoral College has become a hotly contested issue in American politics. There’s a strong and vocal movement to do away with it and replace it with ...

The “General Welfare” Clause

March 7, 2019 Amendments / Bureaucracy / Constitution / Debt / Deficit / Enumerated Powers / Federal Courts / Government / History / Nullification / Original Intent / SCOTUS 0

by JOHN W. BUGLER We Americans find ourselves faced with the disquieting specter of a national debt measured in trillions of dollars: a sum truly inconceivable. Many economists and politicians ...

Gouverneur Morris’s Rewriting of the Constitution

March 7, 2019 Constitution / Founders / History 0

by Mike Rappaport Recently, the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism held its annual Works-in-Progress Conference. One of the papers was written by Dean William Treanor of Georgetown Law ...

Today in History: The Missouri Compromise Signed into Law

March 7, 2019 Constitution / Enumerated Powers / History / Slavery 0

By: Dave Benner Today in 1820, a set of bills that came to be known as the “Missouri Compromise” were signed into law by President James Monroe. Initially seen as ...

How Thomas Jefferson Handled the National Debt

March 7, 2019 Constitution / Debt / Deficit / Spending / Taxation 0

By: Mike Maharrey The way Pres. Thomas Jefferson handled the national debt should be a blueprint for all modern presidents. When Donald Trump took office in January 2017, he inherited ...

R. Paul & Presidential Power – R. Stone Battles Federal Courts

March 6, 2019 Constitution / Deep State / Federal Courts / Government / Overreach 0

Today we will analyze Rand Paul announcement that he is going to oppose Trump's Declaration of Emergency. PLUSRoger Stone's gag order is further proof that our federal courts are out of ...