A friendly Reminder

Does Congress have the legitimate power to enact any legislation they think is necessary? Can Congress legitimately pass a law that requires car manufacturers to search your person without probable cause? What happened to holding the guilty responsible for their actions rather than the innocent? Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution is the Necessary and Proper Clause. To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing

Does anyone in government have the legal authority to regulate a constitutionally protected right? Can Congress pass a law that violates the Constitution as long as the Supreme Court says it’s OK? How can We the People restore our rights in the face a tyrannical government that is violating its primary purpose, to protect your rights. The Declaration of Independence lists some of our inalienable rights. It also says “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted amo

Can there be such a thing as liberty without differing opinions and actions? Can government regulate your freedom of speech, press, property, and association? How far can government go to enforce politically approved norms? There are certain ideas that we find detestable, concepts we find repulsive, and even some actions we cannot abide. Do we have the right to tell other people that they must live by what we find acceptable? How many dystopian novels are based in the idea th

Is engaging in commerce probable cause that a crime is being committed simply because it involves a firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition? What about other writs of assistance that Congress has illegally authorized through legislation? How can you live at liberty if government claims the right to watch anything they think might be used criminally in the future? Benjamin Franklin said: They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither libe

Summary We’ve had term limits for the Presidency for over 70 years, but none for Congress. Do you know why? What are the effects of term limits? Are there other ways to get the desired outcome of term limits, without the negative side effects? U.S. Representative Tim Burchett has introduced a bill to limit the number of terms members of Congress can serve. I’ve talked before about term limits, but this seems to be a good opportunity to look at the details both of the legislat

Recent oral arguments at the Supreme Court have brought to the public’s attention not only the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, but Roe v. Wade and the “right” to abortion itself. The heart of this case is much more than abortion. The willingness of the Supreme Court to abandon previous opinions that they recognize are wrong and the supremacy of precedent above the law and the Constitution is also on trial. Some on the court are concerned with what will happen to their reputa

There are some who claim that the United States became a private corporation in 1871. What about The District of Columbia Act of 1871? Did that turn America from a constitutional republic into a corporation? Does the Constitution allow Congress to incorporation the United States of America? One concept that I often see or hear people express is that the United States is now a private corporation. Those who make these claims often cite The District of Columbia Act of 1871 as

by Paul Engel When can government actors make decisions for your children? Do government actors have the legal authority to take your children if they do not approve your parental decisions? What does a 50 year old federal court case have to do with today’s governmental overreach? With the recent “approval” of the Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds, many are wondering when the “recommendation” to vaccinate will become a mandate. Do governments have the legal authority to inter

by Paul Engel Does federal law always supersede state law? Is OSHA’s vaccine mandate the supreme law of the land? What can the state and the people do to reinstate the rule of law? By now, you’ve probably heard of Jen Psaki’s response to a question about Texas standing up to Biden’s threatened vaccine mandate. She stated that federal law trumps state law. I guess it’s true that the best lie should contain a bit of truth, but today let’s answer the question of whether federal

by Paul Engel Is taxing a right protected by the Constitution an infringement on that right? If you petition a court for a redress of a specific grievance, should the court ignore your complaint and issue findings on something completely different? Can a decision that finds a firearm and ammunition tax unconstitutional ignore the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution? I usually cover cases involving the Constitution of the United States. Today, however, I am look

by Paul Engel What is the purpose of qualified immunity? Do government actors deserve special treatment under the law? What happens when courts place their opinions above the supreme law of the land? Governments protecting their own with a mock trial is nothing new. When our Founding Fathers published the Declaration of Independence, they listed 27 specific grievances against the king, including: For protecting [the military], by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders

By Paul Engel Gaslighting is the process of repeating a lie long enough and forcefully enough for people to believe it is the truth. We’ve been told that Congress set the size of the House of Representatives at 435 members. But is that legal? What would the House of Representatives look like if we actually followed the Constitution? When you hear a lie so often you think it’s the truth, we say you’ve been “gaslighted”. That is just as true for government as any other part of

by Paul Engel Most Americans believe they have a right to privacy. Many Americans also want governments to protect them from “bad actors”. So what happens when our right to privacy collides with our desire for government to protect us? A recent Supreme Court case out of California involves the question of how far government can go to protect us. Specifically, is it necessary for governments to collect data about citizens in order to find criminals? As William Pitt (the Younge

It appears that the confusion and mental disorder called transgenderism is contagious. Recent court cases have been placing the arbitrary opinions of a few of the facts and law of the land. What happens when people are given special rights, simply because they are confused about who they are? A recent case out of the Court of Appeals of the State of California brings up some interesting questions. First, does someone have the legal right to tell you how to refer to them? Seco

Have the recent actions of the government of the State of Florida been protecting liberty, or installing their own form of tyranny? Can governments be allowed to protect some rights by infringing on others? Can the American people put aside their political partisanship long enough to see their rights are in jeopardy? Many people have pointed to Florida as an example of a state protecting the rights and liberty of its citizens. They point to the state’s responses to COVID and

Ronald Reagan warned us that unless we fight for liberty, we would one day have to explain it to our children. Today, we have to explain to the younger generations what is was like when freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, even to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures were cherished in America. So will the American people fight for their liberty, or will we sit by and watch it be destroyed? . . . freedom is never more than one generation away

What makes September 17th a day the American people should celebrate every year? Is the Constitution of the United States relevant anymore? Today, we should not only remember the Constitution, it’s purpose as well. On September 17, 1787, the members of the Continental Congress signed the Constitution for the United States of America and sent it to the states for ratification. If I were to review the “State of the Constitution” in 2021, I would have to say it is not good, not

Texas SB8 is not the violation of a “constitutionally protected right established by Roe v. Wade” that you’ve been told. Texas SB8 is a unique law, apparently crafted specifically tailored to comply with the Roe v. Wade opinion. The Supreme Court did not “overturn Roe”, they simply refused to issue an injunction against the law because, by their own precedent, they couldn’t. The recent Texas law SB8 has been described as an attack on the right to abortion. The case challengin

Are you familiar with the Due Process Clauses of the Constitution? Do you know what terms like liberty, property, and Due Process mean? Why are Due Process protections so important to your personal liberty. I’ve been talking a lot recently about the Due Process Clauses in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Why? Because they seem to be lost in the noise created by the current legal climate. I thought it would be a good time to dive deeper into these two clauses, both so we c

Contrary to much of the reporting, the Supreme Court did not find this moratorium unconstitutional, only not authorized by the law. While the courts have almost universally agreed that the CDC does not have the legal authority to issue a nationwide evictions moratorium, they have also tended stay or leave a stay in place rather than stop it. Each and every court has missed one very crucial and constitutional point, this moratorium is a violation of the Fifth Amendment. There