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In order for Congress to shirk its duty to declare a legal war, Sen. Mike Lee would resurrect the age of piracy
President Trump recently signed an executive order changing marijuana's Controlled Substances Act classification from Schedule I to Schedule III.
The Court says expertise can't override separation of powers. So why does the most powerful independent agency -- the Fed -- get a carveout?
A new Justice Department document was just released with a plan to track and prosecute "domestic terrorists."
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The American contract, a combination of Constitution and myth, is unraveling like the marriage of an unimaginative yet loyal wife who wakes up to find the money gone, eviction imminent, and he loves another.
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."--Abraham Lincoln
Every military servicemember's oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is not an oath to a politician. It is not an oath to a party. And it is not an oath to the police state.
While in the last article, the extremes of two completely different ideas regarding human nature were considered.
...Or Appreciate Our Constitution And Bill Of Rights
"The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home." -- James Madison (1751-1836)
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.
In all of the founding documents, the 13 states are referred to in the plural.
"Brother, I am American. You are twisting my arm."-- Man shouts "I am American" while ICE agents detain him
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As the Left and the neocons advance against us to take away our liberties, many people appeal to the Constitution.
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.
When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger.
As the Left and the neocons advance against us to take away our liberties, many people appeal to the Constitution.
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..."
What we are witnessing is not a government of the people, by the people, and for the people; it is a government over the people.
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.
Remember this every time you hear the democrats crying about losing our "democracy".