A Different Take on Federalism Part II
Subtitle – Scotus Guts the 14th Amendment. Independence is one thing, but when applied to government, unchecked independence is another term for tyranny. While the mode of appointment to the… Read more »
Tag: 17th Amendment
A Different Take on Federalism Part I
Subtitle: The Insidious 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment did to federalism what the 13th Amendment did to slavery. Both are long-gone vestiges of our framing era. Tenth Amendment? States’ rights?… Read more »
The John Birch Society v. We the People Part II
Subtitle: The Article VI Placebo There are some bright guys at The John Birch Society (JBS). Since I share their exasperation with Washington DC I wish they devoted more of… 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 »
Public Virtue & Article V Opponents
The Golden Age of Virtue, which Article V opponents attach to our early republics, never existed. This isn’t to say the literature and political writings by gentry and revolutionary leaders… Read more »
Progressing the Constitution – The Ninth Amendment Part III
Subtitle: Scotus – Robert Yates v. Alexander Hamilton. What happened to the Scotus? In this squib, we’ll find the Framers blameless for today’s runaway federal courts. Background. Under the British… Read more »
After President Trump
If President Donald J. Trump (PDJT) keeps up with the winning, he’ll be the toughest presidential act to follow since George Washington. Like General Washington, PDJT didn’t come up through… Read more »
Restore the Framers’ Deliberative Senate
To the extent that the world’s once most deliberative institution performs its duty at all, the US Senate is reactive rather than deliberative. It reacts to crises of the moment… Read more »
The Great Gamble – Our Beloved Constitution
Subtitle: On Factions III. In 1787, the future of free government was dim. The spectacle of insurrection in Massachusetts, the state with the unquestionably best constitution, did not bode well… Read more »
A Senate of the States – The 17th Amendment Part III
Subtitle: Progressives Blow Up the Framers’ Constitution. Despite the lessons of history, Progressives promote ever more democracy, which, unless tempered and limited, is like turning one’s household over to the… Read more »