Ours is a nation of law, and though we fall far short of equal protection under the law, as established by the 14th amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1868, the…
Category: Constitution
Never forget the strength of the fourth pillar
On July 1, 2024, Chief Justice John Roberts led the MAGA faction of the U.S. Supreme Court into the worst judicial decision in Supreme Court history at the behest of the first…
Far right is wrong
There is considerable argument these days as to what this grand experiment in the governance of our nation, these United States of America, is. Is it a democracy? A republic? A Democratic…
What a difference a few years make
What a difference a few hundred years makes. When on December 15, 1791, the words “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the…
Remembering the children who died that our rights be uninfringed
A man, no matter his color, creed, race or religion, who thinks of himself so highly that he can lose sight of the fact that we all love our children equally is…
No redoubt will long stand for those who would not share the blessings of liberty
This country’s founders were consummate writers, who, with great deliberation and care, drafted for us a constitution establishing the basic form and principals of our government using very much that same language…