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The Tragedy of Harvey and The Need for Constitutional Prayer by Jake MacAulay Hurricane Harvey first made landfall as a Category 4 storm near Rockport, Texas, on the evening of August 25, 2017.  The storm has since devastated communities in both Texas and Louisiana, claiming many lives, inflicting countless injuries, destroying or damaging tens of thousands of homes, and causing billions of dollars in damage.   Authorities raised the death toll from the storm to 50 as the lat

Does the First Amendment Really Protect Hate Speech?  by Jake MacAulay In this day and age, many believe that "hate speech" must be controlled or censored by someone or some group.  Unfortunately, due to the ignorance of so many  in our country, terms like “control” and “regulate” ipso facto refer to government control and government regulation.   Perhaps you are a constitutionally-minded individual who believes, like founding father Benjamin Franklin, that “freedom of speech

The Constitutional Pardon of Joe Arpaio by Jake MacAulay Article 2, Section 2, of the United States Constitution defines one of a handful of powers the President has: “He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.”   The reason for the exclusion in cases of impeachment is because during the time of our founders, the English king had frustrated Parliament’s impeachment power by pardoning impeached off

In America Hate is Taught but The Bible is Not by Jake MacAulay I am sure by now you all are aware of the recent devastating event in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a 20 year-old, sin-possessed man named James Alex Fields, Jr. plowed his car through a crowd of demonstrators practicing their First Amendment right of assembly.   Following this godless event, President Donald Trump made the statement, “Racism is evil… Those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thug

Military Transgender Funding is Unconstitutional by Jake MacAulay   The Declaration of Independence gives us the fundamental philosophy of government in America.  As we say at Institute on the Constitution, the Declaration is the “why” document of American government juxtaposed with the Constitution, which is the “how” of American government.    The undeniable basic presupposition of the Declaration of Independence - which transcends all cultures and people groups unequivocal

MLK Jr., Margaret Sanger the Cure for Violence by David Whitney The sad human condition was on full display in Charlottesville last Saturday. It appears many who came to the rally and counter protest were prepared to engage in violent behavior. What we are told is that it is all about statues commemorating a tragic era of our history. “All across the southern United States, sometimes in the dead of night, statues are falling. In the days since the violent clashes in Charlotte

The So-Called “Productive” Illegal Alien Will Break Up to 28 Laws by Jake MacAulay The blaze.com recently reported:   An illegal immigrant who had been previously deported 20 times was arrested recently after having allegedly sexually assaulted two women and stolen a car.   The man had been previously arrested by a “sanctuary county” in Oregon in 2016 and released by police, who refused to notify immigration officials that they had him in custody.   You see, in December 2016

What Is the Purpose of Government? by Jake MacAulay There is a God. Our rights come from Him. The purpose of civil government is to protect and secure God given rights. This is the American View of Law and Government.  It is also the Christian View.  It is set forth very concisely and precisely in our Declaration of Independence.  Under this Christian, American view, civil government is charged with two principle functions. First, civil government is responsible for protectin

FDA Protects Americans from Amish Salve by Jake MacAulay     On June 30, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky, Sam Girod, an Amish farmer, was sentenced to 72 months in prison. Girod’s crime? According to the federal agents going after him, he made a salve without the FDA’s permission. That’s it! A salve so innocuous that you could make it in your own kitchen. This “felonious” salve consists of rosemary, beeswax, olive oil, peppermint, eucalyptus, and chickweed. He’s now in prison ab

Bernie Sanders Opens the Dialogue of Christianity’s Role in Government? by Jake MacAulay Many people around the world have seen the recent anti-Christian rant of Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Senate hearing for Russell Vought, nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.   Calling Vought “Islamophobic,” Sanders took a quote from an article Vought wrote about the distinctions between Christianity and Islam out of context to accuse the nominee of bigotry.

Tyrant Sheriff Forces Prayer on His County by Jake MacAulay My recent travels across America brought me to Ashe County, North Carolina. This sleepy little county tucked in the Appalachian Mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway was the site of an Institute on the Constitution United States Constitution course graduation.    I have developed a tradition of visiting the Patriots of Ashe County, led by Mary Desautles and Carol Phillips, every year for these graduations.  This yea

Have a Happy Independence Week Celebrating Secession by Jake MacAulay   This week we celebrate the 241st birthday of our Constitutional Republic. Former Congressman Allen B. West comes to my aid when he suggested that Americans should NOT celebrate the “Fourth of July” since this is just a day on a calendar. Rather, Americans SHOULD celebrate their “Independence Day” and their blessed heritage of “liberty under law” that resulted from the courageous actions of our founding fa

Christianity is, Again, the Uniting Factor to Political Tragedy by Jake MacAulay   Alexandria, Virginia, became the site of a recent horrific shooting, where an avowed socialist man who hated the foundational governing philosophy of America opened fire at a Republican congressional baseball practice, seriously injuring Representative Steve Scalise of Lousiana, and wounding a total of 4 individuals.   The gunman had a “kill list” in his possession, reportedly having three memb

Climate Change is Not About Paris or the Environment by Jake MacAulay Just two days before the tragic and atrocious terrorist attacks in London by Islamic extremists, London Mayor Sadiq Khan was not impressed by the decision of President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the unconstitutional Paris Agreement on climate change. In a tweet announcing his steadfast commitment to the agreement, Khan declared, “Climate change remains one the biggest risks to humanity.

What Do Gun Owners Do When the Supreme Court Won’t Acknowledge Their Right to Self-Defense? by Jake MacAulay Fox News recently reported, “After postponing the order multiple times, the nation’s highest court rejected a review of Peroutka v. California. In the case, gun rights activists argued that a ‘good cause’ requirement on concealed carry permits is too restrictive.”   At issue in this case is concealed carry and whether a county can define “good cause” to carry a weapon

The America Healthcare Dialectic Cannot Stop Here. by Jake MacAulay There are many mixed feelings across America about the bill designed to “repeal and replace” Obamacare that the House of Representatives passed last week.   The current concern from both sides of the isle is what will the Senate respond with?   Republican Sen. Susan Collins told ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday:   "The Senate is starting from scratch. We're going to draft our own bill.”

Wake Up America, You are the Last Asylum for Liberty on Earth by Jake MacAulay Judge Andrew Napolitano recently made the following accurate claims on Fox Business Channel:   “The lockdown in Maine, just like the lockdowns everywhere else, is without legal authority.”   “It may be wise. It may be scientific — it may be the right thing to do … I cooperate with it — you cooperate with it — the overwhelming majority of Americans may cooperate with it, but it is not the law. Gover

Keeping Memorial Day Memorable by Jake MacAulay   What if I asked you, "Do you feel patriotic paying taxes to fund the central government's nationalization of the banks, the insurance industry, the automobile industry, the health care industry, and now local police forces or the use of the American military for unconstitutional and immoral, wasteful wars for empire?"   I am assuming that if you are a Patriot--a genuine American of good will-- you would answer, "No."   What

An Illegal Alien at Your Local Movie Theater by Jake MacAulay  I believe we can all agree that immigrants who are here illegally and commit crimes should absolutely be turned into federal law enforcement agencies.   However, what about immigrants who arrive here illegally that are so-called productive citizens…well…except they aren’t citizens? What do we do with them?   In the American View of Law and Government, the purpose of government is to secure the God-given rights of

Why Do Kids Repel God? by Jake MacAulay Just last week at the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C., I had the opportunity to speak to a small group of students who were on a field trip to the nation’s capital.  What I experienced stunned and disheartened me momentarily. These charming, smart, and ambitious students repelled any connection between their rights and the existence and the authority of God and His Word.  Even when I quoted the Declaration of Independence: “We