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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

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

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