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Three Flags

June 14, 2023 Today is Flag Day.  Happy Birthday Mr. Trump!  That cohabitation of facts, newly noted, gave me some insight into the warm feelings that sometimes come over the former President and inspire his artistic sensibilities.             Three months ago he created a unique work of video performance-art with national significance and impact.  HisContinue reading “Three Flags”

Texas, Abortions, and the Courts

Ancillary Post No. 3             As a non-lawyer I fail to understand this explanation of the reputed tactical brilliance behind the new, blatantly unconstitutional, Texas anti-abortion law.  We seem to be told that the law does not put the State in the role of agent whom an aggrieved party could sue for relief.  The reasonsContinue reading “Texas, Abortions, and the Courts”

Senator Warnock’s Maiden Speech

Ancillary Post No. 2 Minority rule means minority power. Minority power is the power of faction to dissolve the sacred cords of the democratic republic of the United States of America. Democracy results from resting the authority of government on powers granted by the people to the government. The fundamental maxim of democratic authority isContinue reading “Senator Warnock’s Maiden Speech”

The Long Clasp (Post 10)

Part IIThe Threat **THE PEOPLE §§§ Race and The People The principles invoked by Jefferson are moral principles: All men are created equal, endowed with. . .; Do unto others as. . .; Love your neighbor as. . ..  “We the People of the United States of America” is a political construct.  The phrase disincludesContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 10)”

The Long Clasp (Post 9)

Part IIThe Threat **THE PEOPLE §§ Slavery and The People Madison was a slave-holder.  So was Washington.  So was Jefferson.  Madison is credited as the chief author of the Constitution.  That document does not contain the words slave or slavery anywhere, until the 13th Amendment abolished it after the Civil War.  That the author ofContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 9)”

Democratic Republicanism vs. Republican Demockery

The authors of the US Constitution gave detailed account of the purposes and the bases of the governmental structure which they had proposed for adoption by the People of the United States.  They did this in a series of 85 essays, later collected as “The Federalist Papers.”  Characteristic of their account are these remarks ofContinue reading “Democratic Republicanism vs. Republican Demockery”

The Long Clasp (Post 8)

Part IIThe Threat **THE PEOPLE The arrangement addressed by the proposed Constitution and dissected by Hamilton amounted to a government of the States, by the States, and for the States.  Thirteen sovereign States established it by agreement amongst themselves.  Their legislatures appointed the delegates to the Congress.  The business of the government included little elseContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 8)”

The Long Clasp (Post 7)

Part IIThe Threat *UNION §§ The Defect In considering the necessity to throw over utterly the Articles of Confederation as inade­quate to sustain the Union, Hamilton, in particular, analyzed nine major defects of that document.         The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation is the principle of LEGISLA­TION for STATESContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 7)”

The Long Clasp (Post 6)

Part IIThe Threat *UNION § Politics How shall we understand “power”?  Without waxing prolix and philosophical, I offer the following thoughts by limiting its use to the everyday world of human beings.  “Power” refers to the wherewithal to direct and control desired outcomes.  The strength of that power may emanate from the character, the will,Continue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 6)”