Year: 2024
Election madness
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world, and we are deep in the middle of it. We have Trump’s ballot access and the aftermath of Super Tuesday, and that’s just the first week of March. The border crisis is raging, along with the battle between Texas and the federal government regarding enforcing the border. And…
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What can we learn from the border crisis
The story is told of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Some have claimed that Joe Biden is fiddling while the southern border burns, but that would not be fair. After all, it’s not as if Joe Biden has done nothing about the border. He’s been pouring gasoline on that fire since the day he was…
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412 – Sovereign Immunity
When can you sue the government? What started out as an erroneous credit report filing has turned into the heart of the question brought before the Supreme Court in the case Department Of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service V. Kirtz (USDA v. Kirtz). However, what the court found, and how it got there, points to a serious flaw in the constitutional education of lawyers and judges throughout this nation.
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Political segregation
For most of us, the word “segregation” leaves a bad taste in our mouths. We remember stories of segregated schools, drinking fountains, and restaurants. While legal racial segregation waned decades ago, there is a new segregation taking its place: political segregation. Political segregation is the act of separating people from a lawful action merely due to their…
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Steal from me once; shame on you. Steal from me twice…
How many times do you have to burn your hand on a stove before you learn to avoid it? How many times do you need to stub your toe in the night before you remember to turn on the lights? How many times do you need to have your vote stolen before you stand up…
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The Constitution, merely ink on parchment… unless…
keep hearing people talk as if the Constitution will somehow save us. John Francis Mercer, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Maryland, said: It is a great mistake to suppose that the paper we are to propose will govern the United States. It is the men whom it will bring into the Government and interest…
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US Political Creed: If at first you don’t succeed, just go around the law
’m sure we’ve all heard the saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” It’s meant to encourage endurance and perseverance. What happens when people persevere by breaking the law? It’s the classic “Ends justifying the means.” What I’m doing is wrong but for a good reason. But if you’ve got a pen and a…
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The Supreme Court says Not So Fast! Will we ever be done with January 6th
Will we ever be done with January 6th? Just when you think you’ve heard the last, something new pops up. Remember when the Colorado Supreme Court decided that Donald Trump was disqualified from the primary ballot? The Supreme Court of the United States has weighed in on that, and their decision should impact the other…
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