"The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought." - Samuel Adams

Constitution 101: Federal Highway Funding Unconstitutional

With a single headline, I just relegated myself to the political fringe. Federal highway funding is unconstitutional. Most people immediately dismissed this statement as out of hand. Extreme. Kookie. This illustrates just how far Americans have strayed from our constitutional roots. Notice what I did not say. I didn’t suggest the federal government shouldn’t fund..

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Constitution 101: First Amendment Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... The establishment clause of the First Amendment probably counts as the provision in the Bill of Rights most twisted from its original purpose. The establishment clause was intended as a further limitation on federal power, prohibiting the establishment of..

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Constitution 101: Natural Born Citizen

Article II Sec. 1 of the Constitution lays out requirements for the presidency, including a stipulation that “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.” We find little debate about the reason..

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