The Study Corner

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.

222 – A Repeat of the Battle Athens, TN?

Edmund Burke said “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” As I read the reports of, if not actual fraud, questionable vote counting practices, I am eerily reminded of a part of our past I’m sure most Americans would not like to repeat.

220 – Federal Courts Interfering with State Elections

With all the accusations, law suits, and recriminations around this year’s election, most people seem to have missed one very important problem. Before the voting even started, the federal judiciary interfered with elections in several states. I’ll not only explain the problem and show examples, but I will tell you what the American people can do about it.

218 – Instituting Systemic Racism in America

More and more I am convinced we are living in the world George Orwell predicted in his book 1984. In California, a state with a constitutional amendment prohibiting systematic racism, they recently considered a proposition to “fight…systematic racism” by removing the amendment prohibiting systemic racism and allowing systematic racism. And if that doesn’t make your head spin, then you may have already succumb to this newspeak future that we are creating.

216 – Election Day 2020

The long awaited day is finally, almost, here. However I doubt the Presidential decision will be made on that day. But is that the only thing we should be focused on as we end the 2020 election season?

214 – The Long Lasting Effects of Obergefell

When I read the statement made by Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Alito, in the case of Davis v. Ermold, I saw evidence that a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” appears to have perished from the Earth.

212 – 25th Amendment Legislation

I was asked last Friday (October 9th) to comment on the 25th Amendment and analyze legislation the Speaker of the House had recently announced. After a little bit of research, I found that while the media on all sides were claiming one thing, the legislation itself was mostly fine. Another example of the importance of checking for yourself before coming to a conclusion. So we’ll look at the 25th Amendment and the proposed legislation for ourselves.

210 – Michigan Emergency Powers Suit

In what I expect to be a long line of suits filed against government executives and agencies that have instituted so many draconian, unconstitutional, illegal, and damaging orders, I found an interesting case out of the State of Michigan.