A Different Take on the Bill of Rights
I cringe a little when I read Facebook posts relating how our Constitution was designed to limit the federal government. They imply a pre-existing government went astray and needed curtailment…. Read more »
Tag: Ninth Amendment
Article V – Assert our Sovereignty
Use it or lose it. Article V opponents believe America is too corrupt to be trusted with a Convention of the States. They believe We The People fulfilled Ben Franklin’s… 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 »
Progressing the Constitution – The Ninth Amendment Part II
Subtitle: Black-Robe Disease. The only “living Constitution” is one that is followed; a Constitution whose text is ignored is a dead one.1 Standing over and looking down at the remains… Read more »
Progressing the Constitution -The Ninth Amendment Part I
Over the next few squibs I will show why Scotus has no Constitutional business fabricating rights. As opposed to its assumed authority to invent rights, it is instead duty-bound to… Read more »
Toward an Annual Article V State Amendments Convention (II)
Subtitle: Who Shall Determine our Rights? In Part I, I examined how and why an Annual Article V State Amendments Convention should become a regular feature of the American governing… Read more »
Where the Presumption of Liberty?
Should I be charged with a felony, I know that as an American I am presumed innocent. This presumption of innocence means I will remain in possession of my God-given… 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 »