‘Our Democracy’ = Their Oligarchy
“Our Democracy” is not any kind of democracy at all.
Understanding the Constitution: Income taxes, other taxes & the 16th Amendment
Congress could impose income taxes before the 16th amendment.
Yes, Virginia, Google News is biased
[This] shows in a concrete way how the prigs at Google censor what you read.
Justice Neil Gorsuch: religious freedom’s new champion
When his fellow justices defend religious liberty only tepidly, Gorsuch’s concurring opinions stake out stronger positions. When his colleagues do not defend religious liberty at all, he dissents.
Federal court dismisses anti-TABOR lawsuit
The court should have dismissed this lawsuit immediately . . . .[But] we at Colorado’s Independence Institute took it very seriously. We anticipated that unscrupulous liberal jurists might seize on it as a way to destroy TABOR.
Federal Judges Slap Down the Biden Administration—Hard
Several judges commented on the dishonesty of the administration’s legal defenses.
Understanding the Constitution: The 17th amendment and direct election of Senators
“After World War I ended in 1918 every senator had been directly elected. But instead of following the liberal pattern of diverting wartime spending into domestic programs, Congress reduced the size of the government.”
How COVID lockdowns destroy small businesses and aggravate inequality
The “progressive’s” lockdowns . . . increased the gap between rich and poor, and benefited their friends while punishing their opponents.
The Values in the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration’s values surface in every part of the document.
Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part I
This two-part essay is a primer on the longest amendment ever adopted—the 14th.
Congress’s new unconstitutional ‘tax mandate’ and its runaway spending power
When you assign fault for our unsustainable national debt, don’t limit the blame to spendthrift politicians. Blame also the Supreme Court justices who enabled them.
Our Quadrennial National Convention: The Electoral College
The baseless argument that a “national convention can do anything” never has had any force with the national convention known as the Electoral College.
