• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Jacob G. Hornberg
Americans oftentimes forget that the Constitution called the federal government into existence and, equally important, limited its powers to those enumerated in the Constitution itself.
President Donald Trump's use of the US military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations -- all 1,500 miles from the US -- has posed grave issues of due process.
During the past six weeks, President Donald Trump has ordered US troops to attack and destroy four speed boats in the Caribbean Sea, 1,500 miles from the United States.
Sept. 17 is Constitution Day, a time for government-mandated veneration of the U.S. Constitution. Educational institutions receiving federal funds must hold a program for students about our frame of government.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable
searches and seizures shall not be violated..."
A very positive sign in response to President Trump's military occupation of Washington, D.C., has been what can be called "grand-jury nullification." Notice that I didn't say "jury nullification." I said "grand-jury nullification," w
"Why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"--Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 84, writing on his opposition to the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison recognized the price for safety can include loss of personal freedom, expansion of presidential power, loss of local control of police and violation of the principle of subsidiarity, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
"It is (my) intention to … demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people..."
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison recognized the price for safety can include loss of personal freedom, expansion of presidential power, loss of local control of police and violation of the principle of subsidiarity, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.