Saturday, June 14, 2025

Happy Fathers Day....or is it?

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On any given day, I grade myself on a sliding scale from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" to Dan Fogelberg's ...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

14th Amendment debate Smackdown 1866 style.

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Been trying to understand the original 14th Amendment Citizenship debate from a primary source ( Congressional Globe ).  Came across this ex...
Monday, June 9, 2025

What is "Treason"? No, it's not at all "I know it when I see it"...

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Treason is a word that has been used too loosely lately.   Here is what the Constitution says about it: "Treason against the United St...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

14th Amendment, Section 1: "Birthright Citizenship". Duelling Senators

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 I have read a lot about the controversy around "Birthright Citizenship".  Folks for and against it use quotes from the 1866 debat...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

"Ipse Dixit": My new favorite Latin term that gets to the point in two words...

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I came across this Latin term while reading a Supreme Court case (I lost track of which one it was). I think it captures most conversations ...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

"Privilges and Immunities": What are they good for?

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In the coming days, we all will get a lesson on the meaning of the 14th Amendment, Section 1.  This will be entirely because of the Trump Ad...
Thursday, March 6, 2025

""Chesterton Fence: Don’t Destroy What You Don’t Understand!"".

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This seems appropriate given the "when you are a hammer, everything is a nail" mindset of The Dept of Govt Efficiency (DOGE). Rega...
Monday, February 24, 2025

US Economy by State vs the EU by Country: Fair Comparison?

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The US economy is 33% larger than the EU economy.  The population of the US is approx 345 million. The EU's population is approximately ...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

"Birthright Citizenship"---7 words vs 6 words. Why this change in construction?

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 Below are two clauses that contain words within a phrase that will be beaten to death in the coming months as the nation mulls the meaning ...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

"Herein Granted": Two words in the US Constitution make all the difference in the Power of the Executive

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Gotta admit I never really paid attention to the significance of the two words " herein granted " in Article 1 (Legislative Branch...
Friday, July 5, 2024

"Trump vs US" Supreme Court Case on Executive Immunity. Maybe a helpful visual?

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Helps me to put a picture of what I see as the result of the Executive Immunity case recently decided by the Supreme Court (case decision H...
Monday, January 22, 2024

ACT Reading Test Stratgies. My nominal suggestions.

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I do a little ACT tutoring.  I have watched just about every YouTube video on every ACT subject tested.  Everyone has their own take on how ...
Friday, January 19, 2024

"The History of the Chevron Doctrine"--things you may not have known...

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Two cases regarding the so-called "Chevron Doctrine",  Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and  Relentless, Inc. v. Department o...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

14th Amendment Section 3: Does anyone know what it really means?

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 I divided up Section 3 by each subject referred to and used clause #5, "who, having previously taken an oath", as the mid-point w...
Sunday, November 5, 2023

What is a "Fact" in the context of the Declaration of Independence? Jefferson is a clever dude...

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 I was just re-reading the article I have previously posted ( The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence ). In this article, ...
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