The Study Corner
What is Freedom of the Press?
In order to understand “Freedom of the Press”, we must define what the press is.
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USMCA and the “Surprise” inside
I remember as a child opening a box of cereal looking for the surprise toy inside. I also remember being disappointed to find a cheap piece of plastic that I ignored about five minutes after opening it. While that surprise was disappointing, it wasn’t until I had opened a few more boxes before I realized…
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Conversations on the Culture
Could part of the problem with a lack of understanding of our Constitution have to do with how teaching it was approached? Could it be that a focus on names and dates was less effective than the stories and reasons behind the document? Could a practical application of Constitutional ideas engage people better than a…
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S. 3775 – Establish an Office of Drug Manufacturing
If you remember the old program “Hee Haw”, you probably remember the line “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.”
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State of the Union Fight
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you know about the fight between Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump, which is only the latest in what I expect to be a long list of public spats. This argument is over the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address and the speaker’s…
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H.J.Res.7 – Constitutional Amendment to Abolish the Electoral College
As I review H.J.Res.7 – Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college, I want to thank Rep Steve Cohen from Tennessee’s 9th district. If the people who hired him to represent them want to abolish the electoral college, the only proper way to do it is through…
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Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
One of the things we often complain about here at The Constitution Study is Congress’ penchant for abdicating its lawmaking responsibility in favor of executive rules and regulations, and the abuses of the administrative state. In this article we’ll review one of the few cases I’ve found where the supreme Court looked at the law…
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The Battle of Athens, TN
Athens, TN is the county seat of McMinn county. Located in eastern Tennessee about halfway between Chattanooga and Knoxville, in 1946 it was the center of a civil uprising that is not only worth learning about, but learning from as well.
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