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VOTING FOR THE AMERICAN VIEW by Michael Peroutka   If you are a student of THE AMERICAN VIEW of law and government -- if you have given effort to understanding the principles and precepts that undergird our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution -- then you are aware that our federal and state governments have in many cases abandoned these principles.  You are probably properly concerned and perhaps anxious to do whatever you can to restore the Republic.   It’s natu

ENFORCING THE CONSTITUTION BY RESISTING THE TYRANT by Michael  Peroutka The Constitution is not a self-enforcing document.  The words of the document will not leap off the page and validate themselves.  If the Constitution is to be kept alive, someone must do the enforcing. “But Michael,” you say, “isn’t that what government officials are supposed to do?” No. Government officials are only a part of the constitutional equation, and they are much the smaller part. The greater p

Teacher’s Bible Cookies Unconstitutional? NO! by Michael Peroutka   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,” accordi

LAWLESS GUN CONTROL MEASURES ARE NOT LAW AND SHOULD NOT BE OBEYED by Michael Peroutka   Displaying its contempt for the right of the people of Maryland to defend their lives and their liberties, the general assembly of Maryland has enacted what our Founders, in the Declaration of Independence, referred to as “pretended legislation”.   This “pretended legislation” which is intended to take effect on October 1, 2013, infringes on the right to keep and bear arms in many obvious

MICHAEL NEW IS A HERO by Michael Peroutka A reporter got into some hot water recently apparently for reporting his opinion about the word “hero”.  Chris Hayes of MSNBC said he was uncomfortable with referring to war dead as heroes, since the word is rhetorically proximate with justifications for more war. Despite the fact that he clearly labeled this as his opinion, he has been vilified by many on the right as disrespectful, out of touch, and unpatriotic. From a legal and con

RESPONSE TO LEGAL OPINION  FINAL by Michael Peroutka The piece below relates to some recent efforts on behalf of residents of Spokane Washington. I am publishing this in the hope that it may prove helpful for other counties as well.  This information was delivered to the Commissioners of Spokane County on Friday, May 8,2020   MEMORANDUM IN RESPONSE TO LEGAL OPINION PROVIDED by the CHIEF CIVIL DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY for SPOKANE COUNTY TO COMMISSIONERS OF SPOKANE COUNTY, W

INTERESTING TIMES by Michael Peroutka We live in interesting times. Just a month ago, our attention was on March Madness. Now we are pre-occupied with Covid-19 and “Social distancing”. This has happened very quickly and the reaction of many government officials is to jettison the rule of law. Regrettably, under the banner of emergency, many Governors are decimating the rights and liberties which they are sworn to defend. What is missing from the public discourse is any refere

MESSAGE TO CALIFORNIA SHERIFFS, POLICE and OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS by Michael Peroutka (Almost all of us know someone who is in law enforcement -- whether it’s someone in our family, neighborhood, church, etc. The message below can used as written or be tailored and sent or given to law enforcement folks you know.  Feel free to make it your own message.)   This message is intended for SHERIFFS, POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. Our State Constitutio

THE TWILIGHT ZONE by Michael Peroutka   The recent debate between the president and state governors could have been moderated by Rod Serling because it’s right out of the “Twilight Zone”   In a recent tweet, the president said that he has sole authority to “reopen the economy.”   This brought a strong reaction from several governors who claimed that the Constitution gives them the authority to “reopen the economy”.   Sorry, but there exists no Constitutional authority to “ c

Not so Good News CSPOA by Michael Peroutka Hello, my name is Michael Anthony Peroutka.  I’m an attorney in the State of Maryland, a former County Councilman, and a co-founder of the Institute in the Constitution.  Today I have the privilege of speaking to you on behalf of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Police Officers Association of which I am a member.  And my brief remarks are intended for SHERIFFS, POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.   In the Constitution

THE QUESTION BEFORE US by Michael Peroutka More and more we are hearing from doctors and other health professionals questioning whether the dangers of coronavirus have been overstated and that the reaction to it has been overblown. Even beyond the controversial reports concerning the downsizing of virus lethality by Dr. Neil Ferguson, the Imperial College London scientist whose research influenced early public policy, other medical voices are casting doubt on the necessity of

WHY ARE WE FOLLOWING FAUCI? by Michael Peroutka For several weeks, Dr. Anthony Fauci has appeared on national television delivering predictions of COVID-19 cases and deaths, and issuing guidance to both state officials and to citizens. Based on Fauci’s grim pandemic predictions, Governors across the country have implemented lockdowns that violate the God-given rights they were sworn to defend, But almost everything Fauci has said has been wrong. On March 11, Fauci said that t

Suggested Letter to Your State Agenciesby Michael Peroutka The following is a rough draft of a letter that could be directed to State regulatory agencies if there were concern that they might come into the county to violate the rights of some of constituents:   Dear ___________ State Agency: I believe in working with all federal, state, and local agencies to achieve peace and prosperity for the people we all work for. Indeed, the people pay all of our salaries and as such, ea

By Attorney Michael Peroutka  In a recent post a friend of mine was chastising herself. She said she should have seen this coming...  The phrase “new normal”, injected so early and so often by medical experts and media and politicians, was a signal of underlying, ulterior motives and should have alerted her to potential villainy. With a growing skepticism, she now asks, “How did they all know back in January that the “old normal” was extinct?  And how did Anthony Fauci know b

LOCKDOWN LAWLESSNESS by Michael Peroutka   On Monday, May 1st, Judge Andrew Napolitano was interviewed by Stuart Varney on the Fox Business Channel.  Asked to comment about a restaurant owner who declared his intention to open his restaurant despite an executive order forbidding it, the judge said this: “The lockdown in Maine, just like the lockdowns everywhere else, is without legal authority…; the overwhelming majority of Americans may cooperate with it, but it is not the l

Written by Michael Anthony Peroutka (Almost all of us know someone who is in law enforcement -- whether it’s someone in our family, neighborhood, church, etc. The message below can used as written or be tailored and sent or given to law enforcement folks you know.  Feel free to remove the first two paragraphs and make it your own message.) Hello, my name is Michael Anthony Peroutka.  I’m an attorney in the State of Maryland, a former Anne Arundel County Councilman, and a co-f

NOT A SOCIALIST COUNTRY? by Michael Peroutka It seems like only yesterday that President Trump firmly declared, “America will never be a socialist country”. Well, as they say: “That was yesterday…and yesterday’s gone.” In an abrupt departure from his earlier rhetoric, the president has signed on to the most massive socialist scheme in history including a multi-trillion dollar plan to make direct payments to families and individuals along with bailouts for both small and large

By Attorney Michael Peroutka *You have permission to use word-by-word and simply enter your state, or tailor it to make it your own message. (Almost all of us know someone who is in law enforcement -- whether it’s someone in our family, neighborhood, church, etc. The message below can used as written or be tailored and sent or given to law enforcement folks you know.  Feel free to make it your own message.) This message is intended for SHERIFFS, POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW

THE LAW OF THE LAND vs. UNCONSITUTIONAL ACTS by Michael Peroutka BOARD OF CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS May 22, 2013 Testimony of Michael A. Peroutka, Esq. Institute on the Constitution 8028 Ritchie Hwy., Suite 211 Pasadena, Maryland  21122 410 768 2280 X 223   “When you refuse to enforce an unconstitutional act, you are not breaking the law, you are upholding it.”   THE LAW OF THE LAND vs. UNCONSITUTIONAL ACTS Is there a difference between a “law” and an “unconstitutional act

On Behalf of Real Books by Michael Peroutka   The contents of a recent article by Tom DeWeese of The American Policy Center deserves our attention.   It’s about book burning – not in the 1930’s, not in Nazi Germany, but in the present day, in America, by school administrators who believe that books are antiquated and – (pardon the intentional pun) books are so “old school”.   The future of learning, they argue, is achieved by opening up the internet superhighway in the classr