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.

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Paul Engel

241 – State Extortion

I see it all the time in the media. Examples of states intimidating and extorting their own citizens in an effort to consolidate their power. So today, I want to look at some of the recent examples of this and give you some tools to protect yourself and your neighbors.

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240 – A View of the Future of America

Recent events provide a view of what we can expect in America’s near future. Sadly it seems that future is quite dystopian. It appears one of the most relevant questions for today is, are we living in Orwell’s 1984 or Huxley’s Brave New World?

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239 – New York Internment Camps?

Having lived most of my life in the Empire State and still having friends and family there, I found Assembly Bill 416 (A.416) to be more than just disturbing, I found it both frightening and disgusting. Why? Because it reminded me of some of the most despotic and egregious violations of human rights in history. It seems Santayana was correct, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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238 – Does the President have the right to the cabinet he wants?

Now that we’ve inaugurated a new administration, the calls will soon be heard along the lines of “The President DESERVES to have the cabinet he wants.” The question we should all be asking is, is that true?

Paul Engel

237 – Is Freedom Of Speech Dead in America?

Sure, the First Amendment to the Constituiton of the United States says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. The the Constitutions of our states may protect freedom of speech as well. But has the concept of free speech become lost in the very psyche of the American people? Recent events show that, while Freedom of Speech may not be dead, it certainly is mortally wounded.