What is the rule of law? What does it mean? I found this on an on-line legal dictionary, and I post it here as I tend to agree with all three definitions/explanations: Rule according to law; rule under law; or rule according to a higher law. The rule of law is an ambiguous term that…
AMENDMENT XXVII Originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. Notes on The 27th Amendment The date of September 25, 1789, is correct. The amendment was initially ratified by 6 states…
Declaration of Independence: IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The Constitution of the United States: “done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present, 17th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America…” The Bill of…
This morning I took the World’s Smallest Political Quiz. I scored a 90%. I think I have found my solution. Oh, here is the quiz. http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/quiz.php# How did you do?
I have another blog page where I try to explain the concept of Natural Rights, Natural Law and the Social Contract – as our founders understood them. You can find it here, at The Road to Concord. If you are interested, you can learn why I believe what I have been posting about the law…
Obama has announced that the U.S. has once again surrendered to the very foes we as a Nation have been fighting since the attacks of September 11, 2001. While our foe has been at war with us much longer than that, this Nation was jarred into the realization that evil is out there and they…
I wonder, does “inappropriate” mean ILLEGAL? Or is it only illegal if there is a law that says the government CANNOT do it? New IRS Chief: ‘Inappropriate’ Targeting Was Broader and Lasted Longer Than Previously Thought Now, before you answer that, THINK ABOUT IT! If it is not illegal because there is no law saying…
There are two primary ways to look at the law: either as a tool by which a free and self-governing people protect and preserve their Natural Rights, or as the source of whatever rights a government affords those over whom it rules. The first conception is espoused in the words of our Declaration of Independence:…
Yep. The NSA has my phone number because I have called Sylvie in England several times..and Spain…and the Netherlands. Strange – I can’t seem to get through – but thanks to the CIA satellites, I have these pictures: Things are too heavy around here with all this shade tree lawyerin’ (except for Texas95, who is…
Via CNN Money: Roughly three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no emergency savings, according to a survey released by Bankrate.com Monday. Fewer than one in four Americans have enough money in their savings account to cover at least six months of expenses, enough to help cushion the blow of a job loss,…
Via Rasmussen: Just 28% Now Think Feds Likely to Secure Border if Reform Plan Passes Regardless of what a comprehensive immigration reform plan promises, voters are less confident than ever that the federal government really would secure the border to prevent future illegal immigration. Still, voters continue to support the concept of comprehensive reform. Sixty…
Stacy McCain writes: As soon as Edward Snowden came forward as the “face” of the NSA leaks, the question immediately suggested itself: “Hero or Traitor?” Revelations about the NSA surveillance program had made worldwide headlines. Coming on the heels of other scandals, it seemed to fit into an emerging neo-Nixonian picture of the Obama administration. As I…
We have transgressed into thorny territory where I am concerned, methinks. My assertion that obedience to duly passed laws has been interpreted as an admonition for blind subservience to the Leviathan and that we should just become mindless slaves to “the Law”, ala Metropolis or 1984. I think I have clearly stated my belief that…
M. Stanton Evans said this in a presentation for a group of Washington interns at the Heritage Foundation in 2007: The other thing is … don’t get too bogged down in party politics that [are] very superficial and lead you to directions that I think are really not the right direction. Of course, some of…
The Rio Norte Line 
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