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.
Wishing for better days is not planning…
Wishing is not planning. Just because you want something to work out doesn’t mean it will. Yet it seems that wishful thinking is how most government plans are made. Today, I’m going to look at some recent examples of politicians’ wishful thinking. Maybe seeing how things are being done will encourage us to find better…
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Vilifying guns while encouraging crime
There’s a line from the movie Hunt for Red October, “I’m a politician, which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissing babies, I’m stealing their lollypops.” Today, it seems like when they’re not kissing up to their base, they’re stealing our rights. Take, for example, the ATF’s Demand 2 program, which is…
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Putting our money where their mouths are
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Put your money where your mouth is.” It’s meant to push someone to put some skin in the game. But there’s another way of looking at it as well. How dedicated to an idea can you be if you’re not willing to put something of value on the line? What we put…
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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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