Constitution

A Dictatorship Disguised as Democracy

by John W. Whitehead November 18, 2024

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”—James Madison Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all ...

Overthrowing the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead September 27, 2024

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln It is both apt and ironic that the anniversary of 9/11, which paved the way for the government to overthrow the Constitution, occurs the week before the anniversary of the ...

The Emergency State’s Plot to Override the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead June 13, 2023

“Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.”—Justice Neil Gorsuch We have become a nation in a permanent state of emergency. Power-hungry and lawless, the government has weaponized one national crisis after another in order to expand its powers and justify all manner of ...

Conspirators for the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead June 8, 2023

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”— George Orwell Let’s be clear about one thing: seditious conspiracy isn’t a real crime to anyone but the U.S. government. To be convicted of seditious conspiracy, the charge levied against Stewart Rhodes who was sentenced to 18 ...

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated

by John W. Whitehead December 9, 2022

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.”—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale If there is one point on which there should be no political parsing, no legal jockeying, and no disagreement, it is this: for anyone to advocate terminating or suspending the Constitution is tantamount to a declaration of war against the founding ...

And Then There Were Three

by Laurence M. Vance June 6, 2022

The Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R.7691), which provides $40.1 billion for “appropriations for defense equipment, migration and refugee assistance, regulatory and technical support regarding nuclear power issues, emergency food assistance, economic assistance, and seizures of property related to the invasion,” that is, for U.S. defense contractors, recently passed the Senate by a vote of ...

Overturning Roe v. Wade Is a Win for Federalism – and the Constitution

by Scott McPherson May 11, 2022

The Cato Institute has released its latest edition of “Freedom in The 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom,” and it reveals that a spectrum of liberty, from libertarian(ish) to statist, is found across the fruited plains of this country. The freest states are New Hampshire, Florida, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Nevada. At the ...

Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Not End Abortion in America

by Laurence M. Vance May 4, 2022

Just as the Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade did not legalize abortion in America, so the overturning of Roe v. Wade will not end abortion in America. In Roe v. Wade (1973), the Court held that a woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The states ...

No-Knock Raids Rip a Hole in the Fourth Amendment

by John W. Whitehead April 20, 2022

“We’re all potential victims.”—Peter Christ, retired police officer It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by a loud noise. Someone or an army of someones has crashed through your front door. The intruders are in your home. Your heart begins racing. Your stomach is tied in knots. The adrenaline is pumping ...

A Republic, Not a Democracy

by Scott McPherson December 17, 2021

Late-night political hack and former comedian Stephen Colbert doesn't usually warrant any notice, but he stumbled onto an important truth recently. Lamenting the possibility that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade, he whined that if only 27 percent of Americans (according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll) support such a move, and the court doesn't vote the ...

Constitution Day 2021: It’s Time to Make America Free Again

by John W. Whitehead September 15, 2021

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale The Constitution of the United States represents the classic solution to ...

Impeach the Deep State for Its Conspiracy to Kill the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead February 15, 2021

All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger ...