Archive for Constitution
The General Welfare Clause
The General Welfare Clause of the Constitution has been the source of much debate over the years as it relates to the legal authority of the Federal Government. Broad interpretation of the clause has been used for decades to justify Constitutional authority for Federal spending, regulation, departments and programs. This interpretation, however, is in absolute [...]
28 Reasons Why The Senate Is A Failure
We all know that our economy, and millions of Americans, are suffering. One simple fact that all of us, Democrats and Republicans alike, can agree on is that we need to take whatever action necessary to get our economy growing again. The question is not where we want to go, but how to get there. [...]
Book Review: What Would The Founders Say?
I ran across this book completely by accident. I had never heard of it before (nor had I ever heard of the author, Larry Schweikart), but I found it interesting due to my inherent draw to anything about The Constitution. Larry Schweikart is a history professor at the University of Dayton who has written many [...]
Book Review: The Original Argument
Okay, I admit it. You have to rise to a certain level of dorkiness to get excited about a book about The Federalist Papers. Yes, I have arrived. I have always had more than a passing interest in The Constitution and American History. In fact, I’ve spent untold hours researching and reading about The Founders, [...]
The 14th Amendment and The Debt Ceiling
For a number of weeks, the media has been reporting that there are some people that advocate President Obama bypassing Congress and ignoring the Debt Ceiling under the guise of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. More recently, former President Clinton threw out his two cents and said that if it were him, he would [...]
When In The Course Of Human Events…
July 4, 1776. This date is known all over the United States, and the rest of the world, as the day that American Colonists stood up and declared to the world that they would no longer be subjugated by an oppressive king. This, however, was only one in a long series of events that led [...]
Judicial Activism: Race Considerations Are Constitutional?
A Federal Appeals Court just overturned a voter-approved measure that bans the consideration of race for admission to Michigan public colleges and universities. The 2-1 decision ruled that the measure violates the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause (section 1). Perhaps the Court should read this again: Amendment 14 – Citizenship Rights. Ratified 7/9/1868. 1. All [...]
