A Brief History of the 17th Amendment At the beginning of the United States of America, our form of government was a confederation of 13 states united by the Articles of Confederation (1777). Our founders elected a confederacy to prevent being under the heel of an all-powerful central government. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, …
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Reviewing the County website, the County Commissioners page will show sixteen functions indicating a needed reordering of County priorities. If the list were presently numbered, Law Enforcement (the biggest) and the Judiciary (second biggest) functions fall to the bottom, twelfth and fourteenth, respectively.
The Depression will be labeled a Black Swan event even though it’s developing right in front of our eyes. When it happens, it will be seen in retrospect as having been inevitable.
In recent years, law enforcement officers and federal employees have grudgingly obeyed unlawful orders, saying, “I have to do it. It’s my job.” Government employees must understand this crucial principle: your first duty is to secure the rights of the persons affected by the possible enforcement of an unlawful order or law. This principle is found in the first two sentences of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.
The President’s behaviors reflect those of Napoleon, the head pig character in Animal Farm. Napoleon’s latest executive order is not in pursuance of the Constitution.
When a newly elected person is sworn into office, there is no transfer of power from the previous holder of the office. There is an authorization by the people, the voters, to exercise limited powers on their behalf.
Joe Biden pledged to outlaw so-called assault weapons at the beginning of his term in office.
Question: What empowers the federal government to regulate firearms?
Dallas County voters are 100% FED UP with corrupt politicians and lawlessness. What’s the cure? Vote Republican all the way down the ballot. The Republican candidate you do not know is far better than the Democrat candidate you do not want.
Why did Biden unlawfully open our southern border? Why does he allow even persons with known terrorist connections to be walking among us? Why is Biden racing to destroy our energy systems, and the suburbs, and push us toward riding public transportation? Why does he want to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate?
You need to know the answer.
The three branches of our form of republican government were separated to create a balance of powers. James Madison discovered this model for our government from Isaiah 33:22.
John N. White