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Born in the USA?

By ⋅ January 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Yesterday the U.S. House did something that it has never done in all of its years of existence.  For an hour and a half, Representatives read the entire U.S. Constitution. One would think it would have been uneventful—but that’s hoping for too much.

Congress Really Doesn’t Care If It’s Constitutional

By ⋅ November 29, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

When a person is brought into an office in the Federal Government– from the President down to the Senators and Congressmen– they are administered an oath of office that includes upholding and defending the Constitution.  And it seems that’s the last time that they actually think about it. After that oath, everything becomes all about [...]

Defending the 10th Amendment

By ⋅ October 29, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

I bet you didn’t know it needed defending? The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This is a statement made by the Federal Government about the [...]

War

By ⋅ July 22, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It was never meant to be entered into lightly, but only when the country was in agreement.  The Founders knew that it would take time to vote to go to War, and therefore War would be entered into only if there was a large consensus.  While it’s true that no Founder envisioned attack by air, [...]

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