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What Are The Basic Concepts of US Government?

Think NOT that you must have a law degree to understand the Constitution of the United States; or that the lawyers, law professors and black robed judges are the ones who understand it best. They are the ones…

What Are The Enumerated Powers Of The Federal Courts?

1. “Judicial Power” refers to a court’s power to hear and decide cases. Art. III §2, U.S. Constitution, lists the cases which federal courts are permitted to hear. They may hear only cases: a) Arising under the Constitution,…

The Balance of Powers Act – People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge

Our own Ignorance is destroying us. Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography: “In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined…

Does the “General Welfare Clause” Of The U.S. Constitution Authorize Congress To Force Us To Buy Health Insurance?

CNSNews.com posted an article in October of 2009, “Hoyer Says Constitution’s ‘General Welfare’ Clause Empowers Congress to Order Americans to Buy Health Insurance”.  In the article, Steny Hoyer (Democrat House Majority Leader) said Congress has “broad authority” to…

Term Limits: Treating The Symptom – Not The Disease

1. We already have term limits for U.S. Representatives & Senators – just vote them out of office.  But we keep re-electing the same people!  So, the people in the term limits movement seek to impose term limits…

What Should States Do When the Federal Government Usurps Power? Advice From James Madison, Father Of The US Constitution

1. What can a State – or several States – do to resist encroachments & usurpations by the federal government? 2.  Federalist No. 46  (7th para) discusses how individual States or several States carry out resistance to the…

National Popular Vote: Goodbye, Sweet America

Our Constitution is under constant attack.1   One of the most pernicious attacks is being waged by those who seek to override the constitutional provisions under which The States, as political entities, elect the President; and to replace it…