Government, Virtue & Education Part II
The Framing generation was realistic about human nature. American constitutional law wasn’t to command the common good, but rather to promote it, which is to lead men gradually toward private… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Government, Virtue & Education
We institute government, the Declaration says, to secure our unalienable rights; among them is the pursuit of happiness. Elaborating upon this straightforward idea, the Preamble to the Constitution informs us… Read more »
High Crimes & Stolen Sovereignty
In England, an assault on the person of the sovereign King was a high crime: treason. In our republic, as in monarchies, high crimes also consist of assaults on the… Read more »
Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments
Levin’s book burst on the conservative scene in the summer of 2013. Rush and Hannity gave it two big thumbs up as it climbed the NYT bestseller list. He offered… Read more »
The 17th Amendment and Consent of the Governed
From Charles de Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws, “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils, but by removing the corruption… Read more »
Natural Law and the Rise of Trump
Check out Pope John Paul’s (1920-2005) observation of modern representative government: “Regarding democracies, certain demands which arise within society are sometimes not examined in accordance with criteria of justice and… Read more »
States, The Natural Second Party
Such is the GOP elite’s fear of Trump that some would rather deal with the loathsome and high criminal Hillary Clinton as president. This alone is proof enough of the… Read more »
Natural Law – Not Just a Catholic Thing
I’m reading a book about the Natural Law philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 50 Questions on the Natural Law, Charles E. Rice (Ignatius Press 1999) of Notre Dame Law… Read more »
Tyranny Isn’t Government
It is madness to think a government founded on free principles can long exist through tyrannical means. Yet through their actions, that is what a majority of Americans apparently believe…. Read more »
The Elusive Ninth Amendment
As opposed to the rest of our Bill of Rights, the Ninth Amendment is unfortunately regarded as something of a head-scratcher. Ninth Amendment The enumeration in the Constitution of certain… Read more »