For the American founders majority rule was the problem. To prevent majority rule from becoming unjust they designed measures into our constitution. Do you agree rule by majority can be an issue? When might it be desirable to thwart majority rule?
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Democracy is Tyranny
Democracy is tyranny. It was true in ancient Greece and it is true today. America was designed to foster a spirit of freedom. The nation, through the Constitution, as written, promotes enterprise among its people. The U.S. Constitution intends to thwart tyranny from majority rule. America is a free-market society.
N.H.’s tax credit scholarships must include religious schools, U.S. Supreme Court confirms
The June 30th U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue demolishes once and for all the false claim that New Hampshire’s Education Tax Credit Program violates the New Hampshire and U.S. Constitutions.
NH State Rep. Sallie Fellows joins Berni-Bro Socialist Volinsky as just another COVID Karen
Jim has his post on L’il Andru Volinsky who has made it clear that he’s one of those contra Live Free or Die folks who is very happy with the Socialist version of “Government over People”. And he makes it clear that under his reign, you VILL vear der mask.
Where is our Constitution hiding out? How about ‘we the people’?
Where did my country go? Where is my beloved freedom? Where is the Constitution hiding out? What happened to the LIVE FREE OR DIE state?
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Our reward for having the engine of the economy shutdown is promises of more money to bail out those impacted by the shutdown. Money from where when there’s little to no productivity to tax? No worries. The experts are on it. Just nod and smile under your mask. Don’t forget to bleat!
A Bleg – I thought this was a great idea at the time
And I still think it is. However, ideas are good only if action is put behind them. So with us now in the middle of this Government Overreach Pandemic, here is the idea: We need to setup a clearinghouse of all these infringements into our Constitutional and Civil Rights. Then, after what should be a … Read more
Quick Thought: IF NH Governor Sununu is a Constitutionalist, why Doesn’t He Talk Like One?
Background: NH Gov. Chris Sununu: “Public Health Trumps Everything“. As many of us have noted: Constitution, even? Something has been bothering me since his 3pm Presser last Friday at which time he announced his “Stay at Home 2.0”. At one point during the Presser, he was asked a question about Out of Staters coming into … Read more
Quick (and late) Thought: Trump was wrong in this
Trump On Ordering States To Reopen For Business: The Authority Of The President Of The United States Is “Total” REPORTER: In regard to some of your tweets earlier today, what provision in the Constitution gives the president the power to open or close state economies? TRUMP: "Numerous — numerous provisions. We can give you a … Read more
Notable Quote – Goerge Will
The Declaration is not just chronologically prior to the Constitution, it is logically prior. As Timothy Sandefur writes, the Declaration “sets the framework for reading” the Constitution, so it is the Constitution’s “conscience”: By the terms with which the Declaration articulates the Constitution’s purpose – the purpose is to “secure” unalienable rights – the Declaration intimates … Read more
So, how far down Despot Lane have State Governors gone – Anecdotes, Part 1
Almost as soon as they started to bubble up I’ve been trying to keep all the links portraying how roughshod various Governors have gotten and overstepping their bounds with ignoring Constitutional Values and precepts and, perhaps, what their reactions have been. Trust me, there are a TON of them so it’s going to take a … Read more
ReOpenNH Concord Rally – Interview with the Group of Four
That would be four current or former NH State House Representatives. To a person, they too are unhappy with how Government is treating its citizens even as the current data is saying that its actions are too far. Yes, it was loud and a couple of these folks are, well, softspoken. The horns going by … Read more
ReOpenNH Concord Rally – MicroInterview with Peter Torosian
While I was Just trying to get an early shot of how many people had assembled. Having gotten up a bit higher than the sidewalk, I started to record what was going on. This gentleman then came up to me (who I did not know) and started talking. Turns out, he was NH State Rep … Read more
ReOpenNH Concord Rally – MicroInterview with Ed Naile
Ed Naile is the Chair of the Coalition of NH Taxpayers (CNHT) and has been around a LONG time helping out watchdogs and whistleblower type citizens and helping them to correct what they believe to be municipal malfeasance. Here he’s got a nice little story to tell: Please subscribe to our Youtube Channel – either … Read more
ReOpenNH Concord Rally – MicroInterview with Mark Warden
The best expression of the sentiment that was on the minds of all of the attendees of last Saturday’s EReOpenNH was this:
It must be comforting, being Governors who can ignore the US Constitution
It bears repeating: The Constitution was meant to restrict GOVERNMENT and not Individuals. Progressives, however, have inverted that:
Dems Next Big Freakout – President Can Adjourn Congress Until “such time as he shall think proper”
If, for whatever reason, the Legislative branch cannot agree to matters that affect constitutionally appointed powers of the Executive, the President can adjourn Congress “to such Time as he shall think proper.”
A Medical Necessity, a National Catastrophe
The economic paralysis we’re suffering today is catastrophic, but it’s just what the doctor ordered.
Looking back, it’s clear the medical profession was caught off guard by the coronavirus. When it first appeared in China, the medical community here was, at most, cautiously concerned.
Italy: A Much Smaller Percentage of Deaths Were Actually Caused by the Coronavirus
This entire crisis is overblown. The political response borders on criminal. In New Hampshire, for example, the entire county of Coos has the same weeks-long lockdown protocol as everywhere else and only two recent cases of Coronavirus. Two, countywide! It’s Criminal.