Saturday, November 1, 2025

Wondering what the "Tariff Case" (Learning Resources vs Trump) is all about? Can sum it up in one word...

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"regulate". Yup, that's about it.  What is the meaning of "regulate" in the context of the IEEP, Article 1 taxing au...

Say Hello to my fellow 65 year olds. You are going to see a lot of us for the next 30 years...

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While the graphic below is physically hard to read (it seems they could have made the differences a little more stark), the lesson it teache...

I won the lottery! Well, not THAT one. but The Supreme Court seat lottery.

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I was just notified that I "won" a guaranteed seat (through the Supreme Court pilot program to allocate public seats) to observe ...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Birthright Citizenship: Reaching back into legal history. Blackstone edition...

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This recent scholarship on the issue of Birthright Citizenship is worth a read if you are interested in the topic.  It errs (with historical...
Sunday, August 3, 2025

Even the Supreme Court wrestles with "Lie vs Lay"

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Supreme Court issues revisions of opinions when there are mistakes in spelling, grammar, or other relatively minor errors in construction....
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Sunday, July 13, 2025

The Declaration of Independence: More on the significance of "necessity" in the document

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The Declaration of Independence is one of my favorite documents.  In the course of learning about it, I have discovered that individual wor...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Bookmark: "Levels of Scrutiny" that laws can be subject to

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Below is from FINDLAW.   Edits/Highlighthing are mine What Are The Levels of Scrutiny? When the constitutionality of a law is challenged, bo...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

14th Amendment and Birthright Citizenship. Source of Original Debate in the Senate (May 30, 1866)

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 If you are interested in the primary source of the debate/discussion on birthright citizenship , below is that source. Starts in the center...
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...
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