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.
338 – What is Judicial Review?
If you spend any significant time discussing court opinions, you’ve encountered the concept of “Judicial Review”. What is judicial review, where does it come from, and is it used today the way it was originally defined? These are the questions every American should have a basic understanding of if they wish to live free. So that is what we are going to look at in this article.
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337 – Is It Prideful to Force Others to Comply With Your Desires?
None of us want to be judged by our race, sex, or how we live our lives. But what right do we have to impose our views on others, even to the point of controlling their private property. That is the question in a complaint against Yeshiva University. Does the City of New York have the legal authority to make a private university recognize a student group? Can the state order a religious school to violate its core beliefs to accommodate the wishes of a student? If we wish to live at liberty, doesn’t that mean we have to allow others to enjoy their own liberty, even if we disagree with it?
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336 – Insuring Religious Freedom
“By hook or by crook”, that seems to be the sentiment of some who promote abortion in this country. When they could not get their way by federal law, they engaged the federal judiciary. When the judiciary abandoned them, they went back to using state law to get their way. And when state law didn’t get them all they wanted, they used regulation to “back door” themselves around the law. Such seems to be the case in California.
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Paul Engel talks Constitution [Shelbyville Times Gazette]
Saturday, Sept. 17, is Constitution Day. It marks the 235th anniversary of the signing of America’s governing document.
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335 – Why Don’t We Celebrate Constitution Day?
Most Americans celebrate the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, but very few celebrate the signing of the Constitution of the United States? Why is that? Sure, we celebrate Independence Day with cookouts and fireworks, but there’s nothing preventing us from celebrating Constitution Day the same way? Could it be that this union of states, like an old married couple, has become complacent and bored? Come with me while I examine this phenomenon in preparation for my own celebration of Constitution Day.
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PRESS RELEASE: The Constitution Study’s Blessings of Liberty Tour to Visit Thermopolis, WY
THERMOPOLIS, WY – September 14, 2022 [Bradyn Harvey] — Paul Engel of The Constitution Study is coming to the Hot Springs County Museum & Cultural Center, Friday September, 30th at 6:00PM to share the blessings of liberty with us. According to the Preamble, the Constitution of the United States was created to help secure those…
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PRESS RELEASE: The Constitution Study’s Blessings of Liberty Tour to Visit Idaho Falls, ID
Idaho Falls, ID – September 14, 2022 [Stand Up For Idaho] — Paul Engel of The Constitution Study is coming to the Snake River Event Center (Shilo Inn), Wednesday September, 28th at 6:30PM to share the blessings of liberty with us. According to the Preamble, the Constitution of the United States was created to help…
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PRESS RELEASE: Bedford County Proclaims Constitution Week for 2022
NOW, THEREFORE, |, Chad Graham, Mayor of the County of Bedford Tennessee, do hereby designate the week beginning September 11th and ending September 17th as CONSTITUTION WEEK; and I invite the people of Bedford County Tennessee to observe that week by reading and studying the Constitution of our country, and prepare ourselves to defend and assert our rights against all those who would infringe on them, whether foreign or domestic.
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