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.
12/6/2023 America Unhinged: Dr. John Diamond ft. Paul Engel
https://www.brighteon.com/f2884888-b757-4ce1-8835-5eb3647114e4
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398 – Will America be Destroyed From the Inside?
In 1837, Daniel Webster wrote:
“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe… Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.”
I’ve been thinking about that statement lately. I came across a video that I had forgotten about. It’s part of an interview with Soviet defector Yuri Bezmanov. Mr Bezmanov was a former KGB agent who defected to Canada in 1970. Then, in 1984, he gave an interview to G Edward Griffin where he exposed a long-term Soviet plan to defeat America not by force of arms, but through psychological warfare.
You may be asking, what does a late 20th century defector have to do with a 19th century lawyer and statesman, and how could it possibly be relevant to our situation in the 2020s? Come to find out, both of these men were quite prescient in their warnings to the American people.
yuri bezmanov, bezmanov, daniel webster, webster, freedom, foe, foreign, foreign influence, warfare, psychological warfare, decline, fall, russia, soviet union,
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397 – Truth Under Attack
There have always been attacks on what is true. From the serpent in the Garden of Eden asking “Did God really say…” to today’s attempts to quash “disinformation”, truth has been under attack. While many of these attacks have been about what the truth is, over the past couple of generations, the idea of truth itself has been under attack. Why is that so? In the Gospel of John, Jesus said:
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32 (NKJV)
Could the answer be that simple? Could the attacks on the very idea of truth simply be attacks on our freedom? If that is true, then what can we do to defend not only our freedom, but the very idea of freedom itself?
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396 – Hard Cases Make Bad Precedent
There is an adage in the legal profession, “Hard cases make bad law.” Well, since cases in this country to not truly make law only precedent, you might be tempted to dismiss this saying. However, since our courts are so devoted to their precedent, we should be very careful when hard cases come to the Supreme Court. For example, one case heard by the court has a very unsavory respondent. The question is, will Mr. Zackey Rahimi’s shady past be used to infringe on the right of the rest of Americans?
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Is the U.S. Department of Education Legal?
With all of the money spent by the federal government to influence state and local education systems, one question never seems to be asked. Is the Department of Education even legal?
395 – Social Media and Government Communications
Social media has become so much of everyday lives that we often don’t think about its use. This has led to what appears to be a large percentage of Americans developing what can at best be described as “interesting ideas” about the relationship between government and the various social media platforms. Some recent cases heard before the Supreme Court bring the question of the relationship between government actors and social media companies into question. Probably the best well known would be Missouri v. Biden, where the states of Missouri and Louisiana have brought suit claiming that members of the Biden Administration violated the First Amendment by attempting to influence what content would be deleted or deemphasized on various platforms. However, two other cases involving local officials focus on under what circumstances government actors can block access to their social media accounts. While most of the country seems to be focused on Missouri, these two cases bring up some questions the American people should really think about.
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PRESS RELEASE:Release of The Constitution Study Patriots Program
Nashville, TN – November 6, 2023 [The Constitution Study] – The Constitution Study is proud to announce the release of The Constitution Study Patriots program. The Patriots program is not meant to replace or supplant existing groups or movements, but to help those groups be more constitutionally minded and therefore more effective. Before someone can…
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