James Madison and our Bill of Rights
James Madison wasn’t a fan of Bills of Rights. He wasn’t alone. His notes toward the end of the Federal Convention of 1787 are sketchy, but one thing is clear;… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2016
The Danger of Identical Applications Part II
Alexander Hamilton wasn’t much of a state’s rights supporter. Because of his Revolutionary War experiences he favored a strong and centralized government in which the states had little participation. Yet… Read more »
The Danger of Identical Applications Part I
One of the problems with the Articles of Confederation that helped prod thirteen independent republics toward a stronger union was the unanimous consent requirement to amend them. Article XIII: Every… Read more »
Article V
Tomorrow I will examine a potentially dangerous development in the nascent Article V movement. It involves the application clause emboldened below. Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both… Read more »
Federalism – The Foundation of Free Government
The modern movement to rationally deal with accelerating tyranny picked up steam in 2013 upon publication of Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments. Between the thunder of his radio show, and eleven… Read more »
Good Government for a Good People
Conservatives must get beyond their heartfelt belief that electing fellow conservatives is sufficient to restore republican free government. Electing only Godly, virtuous people to office is of course the ideal…. Read more »
Bernie’s One Man One Vote
Last Tuesday, a Breitbart News column carried a few choice comments from the winner of the Vermont democratic primary, Bernie Sanders. He touted the centuries old tradition of New England-style… Read more »
In the Twilight of Free Government
Free Government is that happy condition wherein government respects and protects the unalienable, Natural Rights of the nation, and makes no law without its consent. In the twilight of free government:… Read more »
Islam and the 1st Amendment
Are the tenets and practices of islam protected by the religion and free speech clauses of the 1st Amendment? No. First, no right is unlimited to the point of denying… Read more »
About the Legal and the Just
Modern Leftists have used and abused the term “justice” in too many ways to count. Whether it’s social justice or environmental justice or any one of a plethora of other… Read more »