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.
227 – Bill of Rights Day
On December 15th, 1791, the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified and became part of the U.S. Constituiton. However, there is more to the story than just the names and dates.
Why is our Bill of Rights included as amendments to the Constituiton rather than part of the original document? How was it created? Why was it created? And what is the state of the Bill of Rights today, in the 21st century? Let’s celebrate the 229th anniversary of these amendments by finding the answers to those questions.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be. — Thomas Jefferson Freedom and liberty in America are under attack. Your right to live at liberty; to be secure in your papers, homes, and effects; even your right to go about your business with some government agent harassing you is being…
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226 – Ministries of “Truth”?
In George Orwell’s 1984, the government had a ministry who’s purpose was to keep the people uninformed, misinformed, confused, deceived, and directed where they wanted. this ministry was called the “Ministry of Truth”. In 2020 we have our own “Ministries of Truth”. But they are not run by government, they are run by private citizens.
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225 – Can Liberty Survive in a Pandemic?
Having lived most of my life in New York State, and with friends and family that still live there, I followed the case of ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK v. ANDREW M. CUOMO, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK with great interest. With the recent Supreme Court opinion, many were claiming victory for religious liberty. However, as is often the case, the facts don’t exactly match the rhetoric.
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224 – We the People
Rights and liberty are under greater threat than any other time I have seen. What can We the People do to defend them? We’ll discuss some options here.
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223 – The Mode of Electing the President
While discussing the mode of electing the President of the United States in Federalist Papers #68, Alexander Hamilton said:
I venture somewhat further, and hesitate not to affirm, that if the manner of it be not perfect, it is at least excellent.
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers #68
Yet a reasonable observation of the recent Presidential election shows that what we did is certainly not perfect, and could be described as far from excellent. So let’s look at how we have drifted from such an excellent process.