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Confirm Amy Coney Barrett … Do It Now

October 4, 2020
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We need to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. It needs to be done now. On September 26 the President made a nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). His nominee is Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Judge Barrett would be a justice with commitment to upholding our laws and Constitution. She opposes legislating personal … Read more

The New Litmus Test for Liberty: Individual Rights Persist in Spite of a State of Emergency

September 30, 2020 Op-Ed

Individual rights are to Popular Sovereignty, as State’s rights are to Federalism; integral and unalienable! Our Federal form of government, a dual sovereignty style of governance, balances States’ rights and National authority in an institutional model that reflects the primordial political relationship between the minority (i.e. individual rights) and the majority (i.e. popular sovereignty).

Upset with how your town’s schools are being opened (or not)?

September 17, 2020 Ann Marie Banfield

FYI for those who are interested. ***** Thank you for your e-mail that was forwarded to me for review and response. The Department appreciates your reaching out to us to express your sincere concerns regarding your school district’s determination and actions regarding school reopening. While the Department understands and appreciates your goal of reaching out … Read more

Defunding the Police – An Insane Solution to a Fabricated Problem

July 4, 2020July 3, 2020 Peter Lemiska

It’s really hard to understand how we got to where we are today. The video of George Floyd’s death was deeply disturbing, but there has to be something else at work to bring about the widespread rioting, the wanton destruction of our national monuments, the vitriol directed at law enforcement officers, and the insane demands … Read more

Quick Thought – it means that the US has returned to the Rule of Kings

July 3, 2020 Skip

This caught my eye: The Supreme Court held today that President Obama’s DACA program is clearly illegal. That should have been the end of the inquiry. If a president can’t undo the illegal acts of his predecessor, that can lead only to ever-expanding executive power.https://t.co/yCpa4mUdRe — Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) June 18, 2020 Let me repeat … Read more

A Bleg – I thought this was a great idea at the time

May 8, 2020 Skip

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

Under the new ordinance, illegal ‘immigrants’ driving without a license in Cambridge will not be getting arrested.

February 22, 2020 Ian Underwood

City councilors in Cambridge Massachusetts have a new, “Welcoming Community Ordinance.” It was passed last week. They say it formalizes existing policy. Under the new ordinance, illegal ‘immigrants’ driving without a license in Cambridge will not be getting arrested.

Federal Judge Refuses to Block New Hampshire’s New Voter Residency Law

November 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Democrats created dual-status status rights in NH or voting purposes but only for out-of-staters. If you are in NH on election day but live in another state, feel free to vote there or here. Actual residents can’t do that but a law to end the practice is called vote-suppression.

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Sanctuary – Nation – Law – Society

November 27, 2019

Sanctuary is a violation of our nation, law and society. Why is this true? Nations all have clearly delineated borders. The borders of a country must have the respect of citizens and neighbors. Wars are fought over disrespect for the territory of a nation. These things we know because history so informs us.

Would the landscape for judicial confirmations look different if judges kept out of politics?

September 24, 2019

The confirmation process for Supreme Court justices has deteriorated. It has become about politics, not the law, nor the constitution. And we have reached a new low.

Husbandry of the people, by the people, for the people

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 Ian Underwood

I once heard Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) say that he had learned from experience that if you enter into a contract with someone thinking that you’ll be able to use that contract to make him do something he doesn’t want to do, you’re setting yourself up for failure.

Muslim Assimilation… Part 3 of 4

August 8, 2019

Can a Muslim be the true friend of a non-believer? Humanity is a foreign concept in the Quran. There really is no humanity in the Quran. There are only the Muslims and the Kafirs. Muslims are believers and Kafirs are non-believers. What does the Quran say about Kafirs? Well, it says in 12 different verses … Read more

When Does Prosecution Become Persecution?

July 28, 2019

Fox News reports Rep Nadler of NY claims the only reason Trump was not indicted was he was a sitting president. Nadler references a specific exchange between Mueller and Rep. Ted Lieu of California as his support. “He told us in a remarkable exchange with Mr. Lieu that but for the Department of Justice policy … Read more

In our Own Time and Place – Almost Anyone can be Arrested for Something

June 2, 2019May 31, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Seeing as a well-defended first amendment is essential to what we do here, these remarks by Justice Gorsuch in NIEVES ET AL. v. BARTLETT seemed a timely reminder of the potential for tyranny that exists (without most of us realizing) around every corner of America. Even in little old New Hampshire.

Reflection and Choice Vs. Accident and Force

March 27, 2019

What is the question? One of the most famous passages in the Federalist Papers is found on page one of the first essay, Federalist number 1. It is written by Alexander Hamilton and it goes, “It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, … Read more

To Where Does NH’s Policy Of Accepting Voter Fraud Lead?

September 26, 2018June 22, 2018

New Hampshire’s policy of violating the State Constitution by letting non-residents vote here has just expanded to – non-citizens can sit as jurors in Federal cases. This is just what Judge Barbadaro concluded in this recent case, The United States of America v. Alfredo Gonzalez – Case No. 16-cr-162-12-PB Opinion No. 2018 DNH 086

New Hampshire Judges Must Have Skipped the 5th Grade

July 15, 2024August 30, 2016 Steve MacDonald

There is an outstanding editorial by Ian Underwood in the Manchester Union Leader. Here’s a taste. The state constitution says only four things about schooling. First, that: “it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, (…) to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public schools.” Second, that … Read more

AG Tells Town To Violate the Law to Stop School Choice

July 15, 2024September 28, 2015 Steve MacDonald

The tiny town of Croydon, NH is under attack from a State Attorney General’s office that is not just ignoring the law as written (to prevent School Choice), they are asking the Town selectman to break the law to aid them in their venture.

I,________, do solemnly swear, that I will bear faith and true allegiance to the ‘Guidelines?’

September 26, 2018February 23, 2013 Steve MacDonald

Law outside the lines or guidelines Has ignorance reared its ugly head again in the New Hampshire Legislature Yeah, yeah, more times per day than we could count with all those people there. Actually, I’m referring to Debra DeSimone, Rockingham 14 who seems to have a questionable view of her relationship to the constitution. According to Ms. De Simone, the constitution is really just a guideline and we have House Rep George Lambert (Hills – 44) to thank for sharing that news with us.

From Facebook.

“House quote of the day “the constitution is a guideline” not a requirement. – and yes she said “I swore to uphold the guideline” if it is just a guideline, how will it’s protections actually defend you…”

And an inch is just a guideline when building a house. So what if you are off a few inches or bits of inches here and there. A foot here, a yard there. (as long as it doesn’t fall down while you’re standing next to it, right?)

Notable Quotes: Russell Kirk – John Randolph

September 26, 2018September 10, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Law will change, indeed, with the times; but arbitrary intervention in the process, rude revision upon abstract concepts a la French taste, is a short and nasty way to social caducity. When a people begin to think that they can improve society infinitely by incessant alteration of positive law, nothing remains settled; every right, every … Read more