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Guess Who Wants to Count Illegal Immigrants in the Census? by Jake MacAulay Recently one of our long-standing Institute on the Constitution students and supporters had a family member unload on her in a Facebook rant about President Trump's executive order preventing illegal immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census.  Here is just part of the rant:   …Your lawless President Trump again issued an executive order that directly contradicts the Constitution of the United

Face Mask Tyranny is Here by Jake MacAulay This past weekend theblaze.com reported, “A woman has gone  viral  after reportedly pepper-spraying a couple having a picnic in a San Diego, California, dog park — allegedly because they weren't wearing face masks while eating their lunch.”   The masked woman called the couple “idiots” and stuck up her middle finger at the two dining before deploying pepper spray at them and their food. She apparently felt force was necessary to kee

Government Fraud Against the American Church by Jake MacAulay This past weekend I had the privilege of joining a group of amazing Patriots in Virginia. As I entered the church, I found myself in a time jump back to when things were normal. There was not a single mask to be found in the entirety of the church. People worshipped their Creator unencumbered by coercive burdens laid upon them by the state.   While it was refreshing to experience biblical Christianity for the weeke

When the Bully Says Shopping Without a Mask is a Crime by Jake MacAulay This weekend I went shopping for a tank top for my son at a local retailer. I walked in the store like a normal human with shoes, shirt, and pants. While I headed to the men’s department, an employee proclaiming my inconsiderate oversight accosted me. I didn’t wear a mask, a mandate given by the governor of my state. I responded with, “I have a condition,” and continued walking.   My son followed me and s

Black Lives do Matter; Read the Constitution’s Three-Fifths Clause by Jake MacAulay We are barraged again by war in our midst, a war over something as diabolical and nonsensical as skin color. This war has been with us since the creation of man in God’s own image, and its root is an innate hatred towards God, best reflected in the discriminatory destruction of our fellow man due to any quality, as seen in the case of Cain and Abel. This hatred is a sickness we bring upon ours

The War on Black Lives in America by Jake MacAulay   Despite being a culture of death, Americans have uncompromisingly (or so we think) done away with slavery and racial discrimination in a pursuit of liberty for all men and women.   Noah Webster clarifies that the “liberty of one depends not so much on the removal of all restraint from him, as on the due restraint upon the liberty of others.”    This restraint on the liberty of others is exemplified in chattel slavery.  Webs

What Makes July 4th Truly Significant? by Jake MacAulay As we enter the 245th year of the independence of these United States, it seems more than appropriate that we pause and consider what “independence” means, from whence it originates, and, perhaps most importantly, how it can be preserved for future generations.   At the heart of the Declaration of Independence is a legal and logical argument, which can be summarized like this:   The King of England had persisted in conti

A Message to the Fathers of America by Jake MacAulay Fathers of America, have you noticed how much attention has been given to shameful current events? Brutal force and murder by corrupt police officers, racism, and riots have been a firestorm throughout America.    These events, of course, are not isolated to just our modern times. However, here are just a few things that isolate modern uprisings from those of as recent as the 50s and 60s.   With so few fathers today, less

Property and Liberty are Burning by Jake MacAulay While we are watching massive demonstrations of unrest across our country, city governments are disassembling police forces. At the same time, state governments are assembling armies of tracers, informants, and bureaucratic busybodies intent on coming to your home to force you to test or to quarantine or to vaccinate.   Unlike the riotous Marxist armies of Antifa destroying physical property, these armies will be empowered to

Unrestrained Power Leads to Murder by Jake MacAulay Founding father, abolitionist, and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Jay reflected:   It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honor of the States as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people.  To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.   During the unconstituti

The Shadow Cast on Memorial Day 2020 by Jake MacAulay During the time of our Founders it was clear who was threatening the life, liberty, and property of Americans.   For example:   When King George’s assaults on American liberties increased, American Richard Stockton sided with the Americans and was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence as a representative for New Jersey.   Stockton was then kidnapped from his home

The New Normal is Not Necessary & NOT Normal by Jake MacAulay It was the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, who exhorted his country:   “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.”   Referred to as the Father of America, our first President George Washington reflected:   “The very idea of the po

Teacher's Bible Cookies Unconstitutional? NO! by Jake MacAulay I regret to inform you that insanity is once again being visited on American youth in government schools.   A California teacher is being called into question for allegedly handing out “Bible cookies” as rewards and promoting an after-school Bible club he helps to facilitate.   John Alameda, a teacher at New Vision High School in Stockton, California, is being accused of “unlawful proselytization,” according to a

THANKFUL BIRTHDAY by Jake MacAulay Today is my birthday.  Which got me to thinking about, well… my birth. It just so happens that I was born a white male.  I didn’t have any choice in the matter.  I also didn’t have any say in the place or the time of my birth.  Come to think of it, I didn’t get to choose my hair color or my facial features, either.  If I could’ve chosen my looks I certainly could have been a little more careful.  But I didn’t get to choose these things.  And

The Proper Response of Law Enforcement to Unconstitutional Executive Orders by Jake MacAulay There are many who are saying that this current COVID-19 crisis makes it necessary to suspend the exercise of God-given, constitutionally protected rights; this includes the freedom to practice religion, freedom of assembly and association, and the freedom to move about without molestation.   However, no governor in any state has the authority to suspend the Constitution.  And no pret

The Virus Agenda is The Bigger Enemy by Jake MacAulay Following the ever-changing stats of COVID-19 are as confusing as finding the truth about the health of North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un.   While the state of Pennsylvania was forced to remove hundreds of deaths from its official coronavirus death count after glaring errors in the state's counting methodology were discovered, many across America are growing more skeptical of information regarding the virus agenda.   I hav

There Is A Virus and There Is A Virus Agenda by Jake MacAulay Despite what you hear from “constitution experts” on the TV, no president or governor or health department official has the authority to suspend the Constitution by ordering people not to congregate, or by closing businesses, or by falsely imprisoning people in their homes.   The TV legal experts usually speak of “balancing” individual rights against government interests with words like “compelling state interest”

Do Governors Have Authority to Shut Down State Economies and Commerce? by Jake MacAulay  Today, President Trump posted on social media: “…some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors’ decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect. It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons…”    To clarify, nowhere in the Constitution is the Pres

The Acknowledgement of God’s Authority Over America is Constitutional   by Jake MacAulay  There was a time in our not too distant past when the acknowledgment of God and His authority over all things including our civil government was a value shared by Americans almost universally.  This is undeniably reflected in the following observation by founding father Samuel Adams:   The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty.... The rights of the Colonists as Christians may b

To Honor Women is American by Jake MacAulay This past weekend the world celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) and every one of you reading this article knows that without the determination and vigor of the woman who carried and gave birth to you, your life would be an unwritten story.   Concerning IWD, President Trump commented, “Across the United States and around the world, women are making important contributions to global prosperity, security, government, and innovat