Category — Constitution

Many ask, "What's all the fuss about the Founders?" While some are being ornery, because they think they know, for others it is a genuine question. In this post Jim and Jon shed some light on the the question.   Read the rest of this entry »

H/T to Steve over at MCT for this post on the reading of the Constitution in Congress.   Read the rest of this entry »

Private property rights and liberty are intertwined. The Founders knew this and sought to protect both.   Read the rest of this entry »

This Friday's puzzle is from articles 4 - 6 of the US Constitution. Enjoy!   Read the rest of this entry »

Pauline Maier's new book, Ratification is a fantastic account of the events after the Constitutional Convention. She is perhaps the first scholar to delve into the history of what it took to get the new government installed and what near thing it was. Along the way she transforms dusty documents into living, breathing human beings, giving the reader a real flavor of even some of the lesser known luminaries who deserve the appellation - Founding Father.   Read the rest of this entry »

This Friday's crossword is derived from Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.   Read the rest of this entry »

A quick summary of the 9th Annual Bill of Rights celebration at the Wrigley Mansion with Gary Johnson as a keynote speaker.   Read the rest of this entry »

"An unwritten constitution is not a constitution at all.” Thomas Paine Our Founders wouldn’t have spent so much time on the wording if they intended the Constitution be open to interpretation by whoever happened to be in office or on the court. They wanted it written down because words have meaning and they chose their words carefully.   Read the rest of this entry »

All of the words in this week's WWTFT puzzle are taken out of the US Constitution, specifically from Article 1.   Read the rest of this entry »

Whose government is it anyway? The first words of the Constitution refer to "We the People" as the source of government and the Founders went to great lengths to limit the power that government could exercise in our name. But somewhere between then and now something went terribly wrong.   Read the rest of this entry »