Posts related primarily to the Legislative Branch of our Federal Government.
Just over a year ago, I offered a blog post regarding the insurrection of January 6th, 2021. I titled my thoughts, It’s Treason Stupid!and I made a case that the behaviors of our former President, several Senators and Representatives and various media persons were best described as Treason. Now, we have witnessed an invasion of …
Good government would involve our elected Representatives and Senators working to keep the government operating and bad government would find their efforts falling short of that goal. Big government would involve arguments about excessive regulations or spending while small government would be described as not doing enough to keep the country growing and prosperous. We …
There is lots of wrangling these days over the senate’s filibuster provisions. If we listen to the talking heads, we are led to believe that this legislative procedure is all but written in stone. I think we would be well advised to do some research. The filibuster is not one of the senate’s rules of …
We’re hearing a lot about new state laws that will have the effect of suppressing the vote of some minority voters around the country. If we believe all we hear some of the state legislatures are passing these laws under the guise of tightening up the state’s election security provisions. Now, we should all be …
We don’t bump into Elbridge Gerry’s name every day, but we do bump into his legacy and his legacy is all tangled up in much of the designs of our Federal Government. Elbridge Thomas Gerry was born in Marblehead, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America on July 17, 1744. Both of his parents were descendants …
We’re starting to learn just how close Donald Trump and his loyal followers, domestic enemies of our United States of America, came to successfully overthrowing our government. They came perilously close to ending our republican democracy. Apparently close isn’t good enough. It may not be well understood, but our Founding Fathers actually thought about the …
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and …
Almost exactly two hundred and forty five years ago our Founding Fathers were assembled in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress. Their proceedings were called to order on May 10th, 1775 with twelve of the thirteen colonies represented. This Second Continental Congress would become the de facto National Government going forward. Hostilities had broken out …
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 …
On Wednesday, noon EDT exactly, Donald J. Trump ceased to be our President and Joseph R. Biden became our 46th President of the United States. The events of that day in the Federal Political arena made some people happy and some people sad, but those events were set in motion a long time ago. In …
