Category — Constitution

The country as we know it is in jeopardy. All week we've looked at the system of government bequeathed to us by the founders and how it was supposed to work. Unfortunately, we cannot close our celebration of Constitution Day with an upbeat analysis of where things stand.   Read the rest of this entry »

Jennifer von Tobel submitted our featured Constitution Day post! Please let her know what you think.   Read the rest of this entry »

In honor of Constitution Day, some thoughts on the indelible written word.   Read the rest of this entry »

Concentrated political power frightened the Founders. They believed that only by limiting government could liberty survive the natural tendency of man to dictate the habits of other men. The balanced separation of power with checks was designed to prevent tyranny. The first outsized words of the Constitution read We the People. It’s our document. It was always meant to be ours, not the government’s. It is each and every American’s obligation to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Founders emphasized that the system they constructed requires a virtuous people. Constitution Day, September 17,th, seems a good time to take stock of whether, in the third century of our founding, “the vigilant and manly spirit” which nourishes freedom still prevails.   Read the rest of this entry »

In the first of our Constitution Day (week) posts, Jim looks at the speed bumps specified by the nation's charter document to restrain government.   Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrate America's Constitution. Express your thoughts, get published on WWTFT, and get free book! We're celebrating Constitution Day all week, next week. We hope you'll join us!   Read the rest of this entry »

Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths is as advertized, as thought-provoking as it is a beguiling. Readers, however, are forewarned that while they will be greatly rewarded by what they learn, they also may be dismayed to find that those whose task it is to find the way to justice are sometimes in need of a moral compass.   Read the rest of this entry »

In 1934 with the Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell ruling, the Supreme Court arbitrarily overrode the Constitution and gave the states permission to violate private contracts. In setting this precedent, the FDR courts and those that followed now had license to ignore the wording and intent of the Constitution.   Read the rest of this entry »

The only way to repair our Constitution is with justices that have a deep-seated loyalty to the founding principles. The founders may have underestimated the capacity for judicial activism by a highly politicized court.   Read the rest of this entry »