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SUPREME COURT IS THE WIZARD OF OZ by Michael Peroutka Recently, arguments were made before the Supreme Court both for and against the Constitutionality of what is known as “ObamaCare” You probably heard a lot of the screeching and shouting surrounding this topic in the news coverage. But I would like you to think about something that you probably didn’t hear about, and maybe haven’t thought about concerning this issue – and other issues – that come before the Supreme Court. N

THE WORD OF GOD IS LEGAL  by Michael Peroutka In the American View of law and government, when God created the world, He created our rights at the very same time.  It was somewhat later, after the flood that he instituted civil government (what we now call the State) for the purpose of defending those rights that He had previously given. Later still, as part of His redemptive plan for a fallen and sinful mankind, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and fully God Himself, instituted

STAY TUNED FOR A TRAGIC PERFORMANCE BY ROMNEY AND RYAN by Michael Peroutka  A new cast member has just entered the national election scene—supposedly from stage right.  His name is Paul Ryan.  Republican hopeful Mitt Romney has selected this dashing young talent to dazzle the audience. A glance at the playbill reveals that Ryan’s experience includes some major roles in the welfare state fantasy.  He has played prominent supporting roles in: 1) Mr. Bush’s Part-D Prescription

THE CASE AGAINST CASE LAW by Michael Peroutka Most Americans assume that rulings and decisions handed down in cases that come before American courts are based on, and consistent with, the “rule of law”. But, regrettably, this is not true. In American Courtrooms today, court rulings are not based on real law.  Rather, they are based on an imitation system which is commonly called “case law” or “the case law method”. This phony “case law” method of understanding what law is an

by Michael Peroutka Do you ever just yearn for the good old days.  When I was a kid things were way more simple. For example, you didn’t need to remember two mascot names for the teams in St. Louis, or New York.  They were the Cardinals and the Giants.  The New York baseball Giants moved to San Francisco when I was just six years old, but I remember asking my dad how they could do that.  It just seemed so wrong to me. The St. Louis football Cardinals pulled up stakes after th

STUMBLING OVER THE TRUTH by Michael Peroutka   Winston Churchill is credited with saying that “men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing ever happened”.   This got me to thinking about the whole idea of truth.    What is the essence of truth?  What is “the truth”?  Where does the truth come from and how do you know it when it is told to you? For example, many scientists that receive government funding say that glo

THE WORD OF GOD IS LEGAL by Michael Peroutka In the American View of law and government, when God created the world, He created our rights at the very same time.  It was somewhat later, after the flood that he instituted civil government (what we sometimes call the State) for the purpose of defending those rights that He had previously given. Later still, as part of His redemptive plan for a fallen and sinful mankind, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and fully God Himself, insti

WHAT MAKES A “LAW” VALID? by Michael Peroutka Americans are generally lost when it comes to understanding what constitutes law – and what doesn’t. Generally, in order for some action of the legislature, or the executive, or the courts to be valid and enforceable, it needs to favorably pass two tests. First, it must not violate what our founders called “The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”  Briefly stated, it must be moral. Secondly, it must not violate the Constitution o

MURDER IN PAKISTAN by Michael  Peroutka  On Sunday evening, May 1, 2011, Barak Obama approached the television cameras in the East Room of the White House and proudly announced that he was a murderer.  He asked for and was granted special network time to announce his crime of conspiracy in the premeditated killing of a non US citizen in Pakistan. I use the term murder because the victim had not been officially charged with any crime by the United States government.  In fact,

FINAL ESSAY  LIVING AND LEARNING LIBERTY by Michael Peroutka   For the last few years it has been my great pleasure to bring you these commentaries on The American View of law and government.  Today’s commentary will be the final one I will be bringing to you…at least for now. But I’m not retiring or stopping or even slowing down in any way.  At the Institute on the Constitution, I plan to continue producing brief commentaries in video form which you can access through our

RIGHT V. RIGHT by Michael Peroutka Does it seem to you like no matter what candidate you vote for and no matter who gets elected, nothing ever changes for the good? In fact, doesn’t it seem like no matter if we elect Republicans or Democrats, or liberals or conservatives, or right wingers or left wingers, socialism becomes more entrenched – the welfare state continues to grow exponentially – liberty further diminishes – property rights disappear – the economy weakens – the v

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT? by Michael Peroutka I think it is fair to say that we are reeling from the effects of out-of-control, bloated government. But, what would a government that is “under control” look like? Asked another way, “What is the proper, legal purpose of government?” As I listen to most of the Republican candidates promote what they call “limited, conservative” government, their view continues to include welfare and warfare and phony, fiat money.  To