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.
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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We are paying the price for our lack of vision
Do you remember the scene in Return of the Jedi when the emperor attacks Luke with lightning bolts and says, “You will pay the price for your lack of vision”? Well, I could say the same thing about the American people today. First, we kept deciding to let someone else do the work. Often, we decide to let…
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408 – Primaries, What Are They Good For?
I propose that all board elections for non-profit corporations should be run by the state at taxpayer expense. After all, we already have taxpayer funded elections for private organizations. We call them “Primaries”.
While this year’s presidential primary is pretty much a fait accompli, there are still hundreds, if not thousands of primary elections that will be held over the next few months. In some cases the race is so partisan that the primary effectively decides the race and the general election is moot.
What is the purpose of these taxpayer funded private elections? Why to limit your choices on election day of course. So why do we keep paying for someone else to take away our choices?
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