Constitutional Minute #14 The fundamental act of our Founding, (the Declaration of Independence), recognizes the Creator God as the Source of Rights. It acknowledges that the purpose of civil government is simply to “secure” the Rights God gave us.
If the Supreme Court decides a case, is it to be considered the “Law of the Land”? We hear this all the time. Nope! Read on.
Guest Columnist After many weeks of people praying and dancing and begging for rain, we finally got about three or four days, and about five inches of rain in some areas. With much needed life-sustaining rain comes the dark side of the this weather pattern.
Doesn’t the ‘necessary & proper’ clause’ (“elastic clause” or “sweeping clause” ) allow Congress to make any laws which the people in Congress think are ‘necessary & proper’?” NO, IT DOES NOT! Here it is – Article 1, Sec. 8, last clause: “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” (Emphasis mine) Alexander Hamilton says the clause • merely gives to Congress a power to pass all laws necessary & proper to execute its declared powers (Federalist No.
Guest Columnist Some Ivy League academics recently laid out ways in which they think the Biden administration can intervene, under existing law, to cut prescription drug costs. All Team Biden has to do is ignore the plain meaning, text, and legislative history of the law at issue, as well as numerous court rulings running explicitly counter to the view the professors espouse.
By Roy Beck Guest Columnist The U.S. government recently joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, a group of more than 90 countries seeking to protect at least 30% of the planet from development by 2030.
By Bob Hilliard Guest Columnist mtrevino@cherryroad.com Can the Interstate Commerce Clause be used by the federal government to regulate a product or service because it crosses State line? Let us see if we can walk through this question in short order. Article I, Sec.8, clause 3, U.S.
By submitted mtrevino@cherryroad.com Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jonathan Garcia and Sgt.
Since FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), most law schools don’t teach the Constitution. Instead, they teach decisions of the FDRdominated Supreme Court which purport to explain why Congress has the power to regulate anything it pleases.
jfischer@cherryroad.com Can you believe it is just about the end of summer? If your kids are anything like mine, the battle cries of, “We are bored!” and “What are we doing today?” have started to fill the time between waking up and finishing my first cup of coffee. I always like to hold out on some tricks up my sleeve for August.