Author: Paul Engel
Like many of you, I am a product of the public schools. Like many of you I thought the Constitution was for lawyers and judges. One day I read the Constitution, and was surprised to find I didn't need a law degree to understand it. Then I read the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers and even the Anti-Federalist Papers. As I learned more and more about our founding fathers and documents I saw how little we know about how our country was designed to work and how many people just didn't care. I started The Constitution Study to help those who also want read and study our Constitution.
Has the Republic already fallen?
If the elections are not decided by the American people, we are no longer a republic. Tucker Carlson recently interviewed Mike Benz, who claims that the government has been pressuring social media companies to assist in committing fraud in the presidential elections. He even claims to have people on tape. If what Mr. Benz says…
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Silence in the face of evil
What do you do when you see something evil? Maybe it’s someone being assaulted in the street, someone being bullied by police, or someone’s car being stolen; what do you do? I’ve heard Dietrich Bonhoeffer say, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.” What does that say about those who video an assault…
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Who do you trust, and why?
Trust is a funny thing. Trust should be earned, but it is often granted for the most ridiculous reasons because the person from the right political party gives a good speech or checks the right boxes in some perverse game of diversity bingo. Even worse is when we trust people not because we have a…
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Blindly following Executive Orders and Supreme Court decisions
’ve had several conversations lately about the need to obey unconstitutional acts. Claims that the public needs to obey executive orders and that decisions from the Supreme Court are the supreme law have become common on my social media and other channels. This raises an interesting question: do the American people have a legal responsibility…
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Sovereignty
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary online defines sovereign as “possessed of supreme power.” Now consider how often you’ve heard someone describe a Sovereign Citizen or a Sovereign State. Can a citizen be possessed of supreme power? Can the United States? Part of the problem is the English language. The word “sovereign” can mean slightly different things in different contexts. The…
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Quality vs. quantity, which holds priority in your life?
What are your priorities in your life? How do you determine what those priorities are? How important is it to recognize both the priorities of others and yourself? Priorities determine not only how you decide what to work on first but how you go about doing so. For example, is your priority your political party…
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Robert Hur, the SCOTUS ballot case, and constitutions be damned – When laws don’t matter!
The problem with laws is that they’re just words. When it’s ink on parchment or bits in a computer, laws are just words. There is no law that’s going to jump up and place a criminal in handcuffs. No law that’s going to convict those who have done evil. Only people who enforce those laws…
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Investigating the obscure
We live in an age of information. In the sea of news and opinions, there are small and often missed events that change our lives forever. These obscure events should be recognized. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Donald Trump against the state of Colorado, a group submitted an amicus brief that has…
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