Federal Agencies & Standing Armies
Alexander Hamilton, a man tagged in modern times with authoritarian inclinations, left no doubt what the sovereign people were to do in the face of ongoing oppression. The great vehicle… Read more »
The National Popular Vote: Vicious Democracy
Democracy stinks. History is littered with short-live democracies that cratered between the bloodlettings of factions going at each other’s throats. Our Framers were well aware of their shortcomings from the… Read more »
Stop the Suffering
There are two broad factions that stand in opposition to the people’s use of their sovereign capacity in Article V to stop and reverse the accelerating despotism of the executive… Read more »
An Appeal to Union
When various objections to the draft Constitution arose in the fall of 1787, James Madison asked his fellow citizens to shun despair. The future was bright if Americans did not… Read more »
Dealing With Constitutional Change
If we pause for a moment and consider the grand, historic sweep of governing forms in England and America, the conclusion must be that action is needed now to save… Read more »
Donald Trump’s Quest For Fame
In common speech we tend to use the words glory, honor, famous and fame as interchangeable terms. They share the common ingredient of praise, and of an independent audience that… Read more »
A Convention of States. Now.
The American republic is on its knees. No methodical and orderly process like that in Article V can keep up with the pace of unconstitutional executive branch and scotus derived… Read more »
The Framers’ President II
As outlined in posts here and here, the electoral system of Article II was designed to produce presidents of the caliber of George Washington and not that of Barack Obama and… Read more »
On the Inevitable Changes to Republican Forms
If there is one aspect of the crisis that Convention of States supporters and opponents can agree on, is that our governing institutions have been corrupted from their constitutional purposes… Read more »
Article V: Let Experience be Our Guide
Article V opponents often echo, from The John Birch Society and Eagle Forum talking points, an admonition to “Just enforce the Constitution we have.” On the other hand, our Framers,… Read more »