Year: 2020

172 – They’re Coming for Your Children

I guess the title of this post has become a trope. It seems every time we’re told we must do something we don’t like we’re told we have to ‘do it for the children’. Every evil, every invasion of a new idea, seems couched with the idea that they are coming for our children. However,…

171 – Pledge to Read the Constitution

For many Americans, reciting the words of the Pledge of Allegiance is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket. Familiar, yet sometimes polarizing, these words describe a country that is fast disappearing into the mist of the past. But is that the only pledge the American people should be making. We’ll ponder that next, on The Constitution Study.

170 – Giving Constitutional Scholars a Bad Name

I know lawyers do not study the Constitution in law school, but when I heard what supposed “Constitutional Scholar” Alan Dershowitz said on Crowdsource The Truth regarding state powers, all I could think is that it gave all true scholars a bad name.

Open Letter to the Governor and People of the State of Tennessee

169 – Executive Orders

Almost every episode I ask you to go to the website and ask a question. Well today I will answer a question about Executive Orders, next on The Constitution Study.

Knowing Your Rights

168 – An Example of the Problems with Ballot By Mail

Calls for vote by mail are nothing new in America. But with the rash of “stay at home orders”, not only are more people calling for more remote voting options, but more states are starting to implement them. I was asked to comment on what is going on in North Dakota and thought it might be a good example to help everyone in the nation to evaluate this move before it is forced down our throats.

167 – Pondering Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law

I was asked to do a study of 18 USC 242. It has taken a while, but let’s take a look at “Deprivation of rights under color of law”, next on The Constitution Study.