Month: May 2026
Constitutional literacy test for Congress?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – A listener’s question prompts a look at whether Congress can require constitutional literacy tests for its members. The Constitution sets congressional qualifications, but voters can still demand civic understanding from candidates and themselves before empowering officials who misuse authority or ignore constitutional limits in government…
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Will the real fascists please stand up
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I’m reminded of the line from the movie, The Princess Bride. “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Because when I look up “fascism” in the dictionary, I find two things. First, there’s some fascism in both major political parties. Second, one party appears to be steeped in it…
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These States Have Glocks In Their Crosshairs
Four states have banned the ubiquitous handgun
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Justice or politics? America’s crime problem
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The FBI made a big announcement about nationwide violent crime going down. While that is generally good news, think about it for a second. While crime may have gone down across the nation, what about those areas where violent crime still runs rampant? Should they celebrate the fact that other parts of the country have less violent crime while…
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Nashville Mayor Funds Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit TIRRC with $735,000 in City Budget After ‘Years’ of ‘Successful Collaboration’
Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell included more than $700,000 in his annual budget for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), a nonprofit supporting illegal aliens living in Tennessee.
TIRRC partnered with the city last year to provide relief for those impacted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was asked by the Biden administration to support the release of aliens into Tennessee’s interior, and whose affiliated political action committee endorsed O’Connell during his successful 2023 race for mayor.
Illegal curbside voting in Alabama…
Because of that legislation, Alabama law now specifically prohibits the use of voting machines outside enclosed polling places and restricting the removal of ballots or voting equipment except as otherwise authorized by law,” Secretary of State Wes Allen said in a written statement to 1819 News.
One video appears to show a poll worker carrying a ballot out the front door of the polling place and handing it to an individual waiting in the passenger side of a vehicle.
Draft US-Iran Peace Deal Includes $300,000,000,000 Investment Fund, Report Alleges
‘Demanded reparations’
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Tennessee Challenges Colorado Push to Shape National Energy Policy
Tennessee submitted an amicus brief opposing Colorado local governments that are attempting to use Colorado state law to control nationwide energy policy.
The Volunteer State filed the brief this week in the Supreme Court case Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County.