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In this episode, we’ll take a look at the enumerated powers the president is given by the Constitution and why it is important for the people to hold their feet to the chains of the Constitution, especially when we see a flurry of unlawful executive orders and actions committed by …
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It’s time again for the politicians on both sides of the aisle to banter about who is spending more than whom, and who will force a government shutdown.  However, the real issue at hand is will there actually be any talk from anyone in Congress or President Trump about the …
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What those who ignorantly support the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) overlook is that our Constitution is one of enumerated powers only. That means that everything which we authorized the federal government to do is actually listed in the Constitution. Look at Art. I, Sec. 8, clauses 3-16: It lists – …
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1. With the U.S. Constitution, We The People created the federal government. It is our “creature”, and has no powers other than those We delegated to it in Our Constitution. Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), says re “constitution”: “…In free states, the constitution is paramount to the …
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On election night, November 2, 2010, Rep. John Boehner said in his victory speech: …While our new majority will serve as your voice in the people’s House, we must remember it is the president who sets the agenda for our government. … [emphasis added] Next morning, Ezra Klein commented in …
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1. “Judicial Power” refers to a court’s power to hear and decide cases. Art. III §2, U.S. Constitution, lists the cases which federal courts are permitted to hear. They may hear only cases: a) Arising under the Constitution, or the Laws of the United States, or Treaties made under the …
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We will never solve our political and fiscal problems if we continue in our present state of ignorance of the fundamental distinction between the federal Constitution and the State Constitutions. With our federal Constitution, we created a national government to which we delegated only a handful of enumerated powers. If …
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1. With the U.S. Constitution, We The People created the federal government. It is our “creature”, and has no powers other than those We delegated to it in Our Constitution. Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), says re “constitution”: “…In free states, the constitution is paramount to the …
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“The Centers of Disease Control is assuming power that they do not have, but also what our elected representatives do not have.” Talking about assuming the powers that have never been given to them, the CDC is acting now as if it is a government unto itself. I have just …
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Our own Ignorance is destroying us. Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography: “In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other …
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