The Civil War Upon Us*
Subtitle: Democrats Learn the Lesson of 1860. The Lincoln and Trump elections flipped the card table of American politics. As in 1860, there was no middle ground in 2016 between… Read more »
A Different Take on Religious Freedom
Limit the free exercise of Judeo-Christianity? On the contrary, the government of the United States should protect and encourage our religious character. The Constitution charters it to do so. All… Read more »
Free Enterprise – America’s Societal Glue
While the Pelosi Left mulls endless impeachment orgies of President Trump, I’ve wondered what holds a fractured American society together. As opposed to monarchies and totalitarian regimes, republican government demands… Read more »
Scotus – Getting it Right. Sometimes.
Subtitle: Gerrymandering and School Busing – No Justiciable Standard Few take more delight in hammering Scotus than your’s truly. Being supposedly apolitical, it is often anything but a neutral expositor… Read more »
Scotus, Abortion, and the Common Defense
In 1918, Scotus settled the issue of WWI conscription v. the 13th Amendment’s ban on involuntary servitude. Borrowing from Vattel, the court majority wrote in the Selective Draft Law Cases:… Read more »
Wanted – A Congress of the United States
Subtitle: Restore Constitutionalism. In another age not that long ago there were Congresses of the United States. These Congresses of representatives of the people and the states knew their first… Read more »
The Sirens’ Song of the 17th Amendment
Subtitle: Conclusions of Jay S. Bybee – Ulysses at the Mast. Bybee’s 1997 work was my first scholarly exposure to the 17th Amendment. At the time, I admit to no… Read more »
Yes – The Constitution was Necessary
Subtitle: The Matter of the Mississippi River. A not inconsequential percentage of Article V opponents, like those in the John Birch Society, identify as Anti-Federalists. They question the 1780s need… Read more »
Another Reason to Keep the Electoral College – Part II
Subtitle: Nationwide Consensus. People react differently to the term “Federalism.” Some connect it to long-gone slavery, state’s rights, Jim Crow and oppression. Others, like myself, regard it an essential element… Read more »
Musing America’s Fate
Like everyone else, I think about America’s future. Are we near the end of a century-old slide into soft tyranny or is worse yet to come? Can we possibly renew… Read more »