The Study Corner
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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333 – The Role of the Federal Judiciary
In Federalist Papers #78, Alexander Hamilton said that the the federal judiciary would be the branch of government least dangerous to our rights. But is that how the courts are working in the 21st century? What makes the courts today so injurious to our rights? We get a clue from current Associate Justice Elena Kagan in a speech she gave at a judicial conference in Montana this July. By comparing her statements to the Constitution and the writings of those who helped frame it, we should not only be able to answer what makes the court dangerous to our rights, but how to protect our rights from them.
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332 – Understanding Dual Sovereignty Doctrine
Most of us are aware of Double Jeopardy, the right to not be tried for the same crime twice. But the courts have adopted a “dual sovereign” doctrine to get around this pesky little problem. Two Supreme Court cases out of Oklahoma show the problems with the court making up the rules as they go along, and how this concept of dual sovereignty violate both your rights and the Constitution of the United States.
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331 – Can Congress Create Term Limits for the Supreme Court?
After years of trying to pack the Supreme Court, there’s a new attempt to take control of the third branch of government. Rather than placing extra justices on the court, (all of which would be appointed by the current President), they want to set term limits for, and a complicated method of appointing justices. But is any of this constitutional? How will Congress and the courts react to this of power? Will the American people meekly sit back and watch while the Constitution is once again set aside by Congress for political ends? What would happen to America if this legislation is allowed to see the light of day?
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330 – Maine’s Tuition Assistance
When parents saw what their children were being taught during the COVID-19 school shutdowns, school choice has been a topic of interest lately. If government schools were going to substitute political theory for reading, writing, and arithmetic, parents wanted another choice. Most people cannot afford private schools, and others cannot dedicate the time to home schooling. Since the people pay for these government schools through their taxes, shouldn’t they be able to use that money for better options?
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August Free Book Giveaway
This August, I’m giving away a signed copy of my book The Constitution Study to one lucky person. Signup for one of my mailing list and you’ll be entered for the drawing.
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328 – Turning a Lemon into Lemonade
A high-school coach was denied his freedom of religion and speech based on a more than 50 year old lemon of a court opinion. In the case Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court claimed that your right to freely speak and exercise your religion must yield to the government’s “interest” in avoiding violating the establishment clause. But the “Lemon Test” puts the government’s interest above your rights protected by the Constitution. In this years case Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the court took this Lemon and turned it into lemonade.
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PRESS RELEASE: Tennessee Governor to Commemorate Constitution Week
NASHVILLE, TN (The Constitution Study) – On the 22nd of July, 2022, Governor Lee of the State of Tennessee proclaimed the week of September 17-23, 2022 as Constitution Week.
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