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.
161 – Ponder Asking for Your Rights
I heard a podcaster talking about the difference between regulating rights and infringing on rights. Well the sad truth is, the power to regulate is the power to infringe. We’ll ponder this next, on The Constitution Study.
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160 – Stay at Home or Not Stay At Home? That is the Question.
What makes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Arkansas different than the rest of the states in the union? The answer is whether or not to issue “Stay at home” orders.
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159 – Pondering Usurpations
Recent events have shown the lengths politicians, both state and federal, will go to usurp your rights. We’ll ponder that next, on The Constitution Study.
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158 – Showing the Feds Who’s Boss
In the latest examples of state nullification, the legislatures of several states are considering bills to keep the federal government within its enumerated powers.
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157 – Pondering Self Government
Watching this country’s reaction to the COVID-19 virus, especially those of the American people got me thinking, got me thinking about our experiment in self government. So I thought I’d ponder that next, on The Constitution Study.
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156 – H.R.5717 – Conspiracy to Commit Theft and Fraud
We cherish freedom of speech in this country. We even protect the ability of those in Congress to speak freely, even exempting them from arrest or questioning about what they say in either the House or Senate. But what Rep. Henry Johnson Jr. (D-GA-4) and his 18 cosponsors have proposed in H.R. 5717 is not only a violation of the law, but a violation of the very purpose of the federal government as stated in the U.S. Constitution.
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155 – Why it is Harder for Lawyers to Study the Constitution?
Although there are plenty of lawyer jokes, this isn’t one of them. I was talking to someone about law schools and the Constitution and this thought came to mind. So we’ll ponder why it is harder for lawyers to study the Constitution next, on The Constitution Study.
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154 – Freedom of Speech Dies on Campus
John Jay said we should read and study the U.S. Constitution so we will recognize when our rights are violated and be prepared to defend and assert them. Today I review yet another case where a lack of knowledge not only of the people, but of the lawyers and judges, are leading to another infringement of our rights and another example that we have no clue how to defend and assert them.
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