For years now I have held that the genius of our founding Framers embraced the clear-eyed acceptance of the frailties of human nature and its persistence. They determined, therefore, the necessity to engineer a Constitutional structure that could distribute the pressures of power in such a manner as to counterpose any serious imbalance of load,Continue reading “Structural Integrity”
Category Archives: Ancillary Posts
The Incoming Lame-Duck President
These ten weeks between his election and his inauguration mark the peak, the culmination of Mr. Trump’s actual power. During this time he can hint or insinuate or promise or even announce his appointments of a certain few to positions of higher office. That done, on January 20 (barring any legislative shenanigans on January 6)Continue reading “The Incoming Lame-Duck President”
Originalism
Where is it written, where even intimated by these free-thinkers of the 18th century, the Framers of our Constitution, that the Public Good is advanced by banning books, by censoring content, by denying education? Where, except in the practices and remarks of the owners of human beings who wanted their property to remain in theContinue reading “Originalism”
President Trump and Freedom
Mr. Trump has always promoted the American virtue of Freedom. He almost holds it to be THE great American entitlement. It certainly appeals to his so-called “MAGA” supporters. I phrase it that way because he actually does not limit it to Americans, but encourages others in the world embrace it. Earlier this year, forContinue reading “President Trump and Freedom”
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 Foetus of a King
Ancillary Post No. 1 Benjamin Franklin in the early weeks of the Constitutional Convention, at the age of 81, proposed that the Executive Officer not receive a salary. His speech to the Convention was memorialized by James Madison in his “Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention.” His observations and his manner of presentingContinue reading “The Foetus of a King”
The Long Clasp 