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Reminder: The Constitution doesn’t actually mention tariffs and the Supreme Court ruled in 1928 that the power can be delegated to the President

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Rather than looking at the Constitution, the history, the law, and the facts, many automatically assume President Trump will not prevail at the Supreme Court or anything else, but what else is new? Last week, Supreme Court pundits and watchers were convinced the Justices were set to overturn President Trump’s global tariff policy because several… Continue reading Reminder: The Constitution doesn’t actually mention tariffs and the Supreme Court ruled in 1928 that the power can be delegated to the President

The new Democrat nullification movement

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Rather than accept that the federal government supersedes the states when operating within the sphere of its enumerative powers, the claim then and now was that states could pick and choose which laws they would follow and enforce. In the lead up to the Civil War, slaveholding states embraced the idea that they could nullify… Continue reading The new Democrat nullification movement

The root cause of our political discontent

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Democracy requires debate, but debate assumes that both sides have a legitimate position even if they strenuously disagree.  Fascists, however, are fundamentally illegitimate, not to be reasoned with, but defeated or destroyed, hence there is no more room for debate in many Democrat circles. Both before and after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, many reasons… Continue reading The root cause of our political discontent

Not all courts or court orders are equal

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None other than Harvard Law Review called for major reform to the exploding practice of nationwide injunctions less than a year ago, but now that Donald Trump has returned to office, everything has changed and district judges can apparently order the Chief Executive around like a fry cook... Last week, the mainstream media wasted an… Continue reading Not all courts or court orders are equal

The Drunken Sailor Theory of Congressional Appropriations

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We have two alternatives.  The first is to assume the President has some power and discretion when it comes to disbursing government funds.  The second is to adopt the new theory that the President must spend every dollar or be in violation of the law and the Constitution itself.  As of January 20, 2025, coincidentally… Continue reading The Drunken Sailor Theory of Congressional Appropriations

Assassination attempts are inevitable, piss poor security is to blame rather than rhetoric

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Former President Donald Trump is not the first leader to be targeted, nor will he be the last.  As long as there have been politicians, or leaders of any kind, there have been those who seek to kill them for reasons of every kind. As we begin to internalize and rationalize the heinous events of… Continue reading Assassination attempts are inevitable, piss poor security is to blame rather than rhetoric

Donald Trump, Teddy Roosevelt, a President on trial, and the American obsession with sick bastards

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Roosevelt has little in common with Trump on the surface, save for being born wealthy in New York City and having significant careers outside of politics, but both men inspired over the top passion and both spent a lot of time in court after their Presidencies.  On New Year’s Day 2016, I joined my wife… Continue reading Donald Trump, Teddy Roosevelt, a President on trial, and the American obsession with sick bastards

Ranking presidential “greatness” and the intellectual bankruptcy of the academic establishment

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Academics would have us believe that Joe Biden – who was recently deemed mentally incompetent by his own Justice Department – has made a better president than the likes of Ronald Reagan, Ulysses S. Grant, and James Monroe, not to mention Andrew freaking Jackson?  Late last year, the “2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey” was… Continue reading Ranking presidential “greatness” and the intellectual bankruptcy of the academic establishment

Nikki Haley needs a history lesson and a lesson for all politicians from Donald Trump

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The former Governor and now Presidential candidate moved swiftly from refusing to clearly state that slavery was the primary cause of the Civil War to inexplicably claiming America was “never” a racist country. She likely knows better, but her advisors probably don’t. Former Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has about the same… Continue reading Nikki Haley needs a history lesson and a lesson for all politicians from Donald Trump

Grover Cleveland: Three lessons from a forgotten President accused of raping a woman as recently as 2011

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President Grover Cleveland is one of three Presidents to run in three consecutive races, alongside Andrew Jackson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  He is the only one to serve two, non-consecutive terms.  Known for his immovable principles, he rose to power by bucking his party and fell from grace for the same.  Today, he has been… Continue reading Grover Cleveland: Three lessons from a forgotten President accused of raping a woman as recently as 2011