Posts related primarily to the Judicial Branch of our Federal Government.
I have written in other places that in August of 1619 when the first black Africans were brought to our North America shores, slavery and racism arrived at that exact same time. We need to remind ourselves that 1619 was 157 years before the United States of America was born. Now, this clearly means that …
It is interesting and, I think, informative to compare “white privilege” in our United States to “systemic racism” in our United States. Both of these elements in our National character are widely known and widely misunderstood, but they are mostly misunderstood by white folks. That’s right; the very people who enjoy the benefits of “white …
Yesterday, January 6th, 2021, Our President showed us just how far he would go to overthrow our Federal Government and remain in power. Yesterday was the culmination of his lies that all led us to the events we witnessed. He stoked the flames of radical insurrection in his legions of supporters and invited them to …
When I think about our system of laws, I think of a pyramid. All of our laws are linked one to another up and down that pyramid with the United States Constitution at the apex and the local regulations at the base. Generally speaking, one law cannot cause change to occur higher up the pyramid, …
To hear the pundits talk, it sounds like the Supreme Court will soon be deciding whether the United States of America will survive into the future or be cast aside onto a dust heap of relic governments that have failed to survive the pressures of some exigency or another. To hear them tell it, the …
I’m confused about this assertion that nobody is above the law in the United States. We have seen some obvious instances of behavior that call this lofty goal into question with our President, but there are complications that make the conversation more complex than we might like. Allow me to try and explain my confusion. …
