Federalist 82 and 83; Federal and State Courts
Hamilton continues reviewing the Judiciary and goes into greater depth on the issue of the relative jurisdictions of the Federal and State courts.
Constitution
Unconstitutional: According To Democrats, Birthright Citizenship Was Created By A Footnote
This single footnote could not and did not create a “constitutional right” to birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, a concept that was never intended by the 14th Amendment’s framers. The footnote has been rejected by constitutional scholars for decades.
Federalist 81; On An Activist Judiciary
Hamilton continues his discourse on the nature of the Judiciary in Federalist 81. This paper addresses the very current issue of an activist Judiciary.
Bending America Until it Breaks
Bend a piece of metal; no matter how strong it is, keep bending it, and it will break. That is our current political system. And it is worldwide.
Europe is on some kind of autopilot. The people have literally no input into where they are going; it has become a very weird place. Victims of crime are being arrested while the perps are being let go. 90% of all new jobs are going to foreigners. Europe is getting closer every day to revolution.
Federalist 80: The Jurisdiction of the Judiciary
Our modern beliefs suppose that the third branch of government has unlimited authority to make pronouncements. But that is not the case nor was it the intent of the Founding Fathers.
A Conservative Audit of the Left’s Ruling Assumptions: The mirror they refuse to look into
There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that does not know it is dishonest. It wraps itself in the language of compassion, hides its power hunger behind slogans of liberation, and mistakes its own cultural preferences for universal moral law. American progressivism, in its current form as embodied by the Democrat Party, has become a nearly perfect specimen of this condition.
John Parillo: Federalist 79; More on the Judiciary
After Hamilton’s introduction to the Judiciary in Federalist 78, he digs a bit deeper into the subject here.
Federalist 78; On the Judiciary
The nomination by the President, and the advice and consent role of the Senate, are designed to ensure that only the most qualified people even receive a nomination, let alone be confirmed as Justices.
Blueprint for Restoring America
We can expect martial law, protests, demonstrations, panics (COVID, Global Warming), false flag operations, and Fake News (propaganda) to be possible threats to American democracy. The UN (plus WHO, NWO, WEF, Democrats, American Marxists, China, etc.) is a tool to impose tyranny and the dismantling of America.
Facts and truth have a conservative bias
My good friend Jeffery¹, whether under that name, or his subsequently adopted screen names of Jethro Bodine or, currently, Elwood P Dowd, on William Teach’s fine site, The Pirate’s Cove, once made a claim, “The truth has a liberal bias,” sometimes expressed as “The facts have a liberal bias,” something I have seen elsewhere. It …
The Death of the Republic
A constitutional republic depends not only on honest elections, but on public confidence that elections are honest. When that trust disappears, every law, every court decision, and every elected official begins to lose legitimacy. The greatest threat to America’s future may not be violence or foreign enemies, but the slow erosion of faith in the electoral process itself. Without legal, transparent, and trustworthy elections, there can be no democracy—and no republic worth preserving.
Federalist 76: Ambassadors, Justices and Ministers
The Framers decided the best way to choose Ambassadors, Justices and Ministers was for a single person to nominate and a larger group to approve.
Federalist 75: On the Power to Make Treaties
Federalist 75 deals with the President and his power to make treaties with other nations, subject to approval of two thirds of the Senate.
SCOTUS’ Thomas Again the Lone Voice of Reason in a Government Overreach Case
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been seated a long time. Since 1991 – thirty-five years and counting. That entire time? He has been almost inarguably its most stringently Constitutional and conservative member.
I remember a lawyer friend about two decades ago comparing-and-contrasting Thomas and then-Court-mate and conservative icon – the late Antonin Scalia.
My friend pointed out that when Thomas and Scalia disagreed on a case? Thomas was correct – and Scalia incorrect.
SCOTUS/POTUS
The Dems have indicated they wish to increase the number of SCOTUS justices if they win mid-term congressional majority. The Constitution does not specify the number of justices, nor does it explicitly forbid or permit additional or fewer Justices (historically there have been 6,7,9 even 10).
Federalist 74: The President and the Power to Pardon
With the exception of impeachment, the Power to Pardon is absolute. Nixon’s resignation is what enabled Ford to pardon him.
Federalist 73; On Presidential Salary and the Veto
Hamilton continues his series on the nature of the Presidency by discussing both the Presidential salary and the veto power assigned to that office.
Federalist 72; Opposing Term Limits in the Presidency
Presidential Term Limits are a two-sided issue balancing necessary powers of the presidency, with checks and balances that prevent a return to monarchy.
Federalist 71; On the Duration of the Presidency
Hamilton continues in Federalist 71 to explore the nature of the presidency, specifically limits on how long presidents may serve.
Federalist 70: Hamilton On An Energetic Presidency
Hamilton: “Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.” However, there is a downside to an energetic presidency.