Restore the Federal Constitution
A common remedy among conservatives for the ills of our nation is to just enforce the constitution we have. Elect enough Tea Party conservatives and freedom will be restored. If… Read more »
Tag: 17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment – A Mistake That Keeps on Giving
Article V Blog – April 8th 2016. Our previously free republic continues to reel from a one hundred and three year old mistake: the 17th Amendment. Pardon me if I… Read more »
Pity the Poor Senator
Article V Blog – April 7th 2016. Consider the awful lot of today’s typically abused senator. He or she is pulled this way and that by dozens of interests. Every… 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 »
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 »
Undivided Power Begets Undivided Tyranny. Always.
The solution to America’s political discord resides within the American tradition. The answer is right in front of our noses. First, if one thinks as the dimwitted commentariat, that the… Read more »
Federalism, the Key to Free Government
How can republican liberty be secured in a society of selfish and avaricious people? Our Declaration of Independence specified two criteria for free government. It must be derived from the… Read more »
In Praise of the Soviet Constitution
It’s a pity the Russians didn’t enforce the constitution they had. The Soviet Constitution shared more than a few similarities with the US constitution. The rights to home security, property,… Read more »
If Your State is a Mess
As opposed to what the Left believes, the purpose of government is not to impose social justice. That was forgotten in Scotus’ 1964 Reynolds v. Sims ruling. Citing a non-existent… Read more »