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.”
Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part II
As flexible as the Equal Protection Clause is, the Supreme Court has managed to exceed its scope.
The Values in the Constitution
The framers believed that for an American government to protect liberty, its constitution must include provisions that incorporated five distinct values.
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.
The case for Colorado’s Amendment 78
A core tenet of Anglo-American government: Public revenues and expenditures must be under the control of the legislature.
Immigration: How Biden Is violating the Constitution
The current situation at the southern border . . . is an “invasion” as the Constitution uses the term. Biden’s failure to stop it is a violation of the Guarantee Clause.
Understanding the Constitution: the English foundation
When educators underplay the English background in service to the “diversity” agenda, they leave their students clueless as to the meaning and significance of the Constitution, and susceptible to “woke” propaganda.
Understanding the Constitution: Constitutional amendments work
The lamp of experience sheds light unmistakably bright and clear: Constitutional amendments work.
Chief Justice John Marshall: The feds have no power over your health care!
Our greatest chief justice was clear: Health regulations are for the states alone.
