Episodes
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
025 - Cornerstone of the Constitution
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Have you ever noticed the differences between how your State and Federal legislatures operate? We will talk with Senator Mike Braun who has experience in both the U.S. Senate and the Indiana General Assembly to get some interesting perspectives on the differences.
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
024 - The Pursuit of Happiness
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Government lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have infringed on our inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness.
Resources
Wikipedia entry on Police Power
The Proper Scope of the Police Power
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
023 - The Unratified Amendments
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Since the ratification of the constitution, there have been over 12,000 attempts to propose amendments. Of those, 33 have been passed by congress to become proposed amendments. 27 of those have been ratified as part of the constitution. In this episode, we will take a look at the 6 unratified amendments.
Resources:
Pew Research on Proposed Amendments
The First and Most Important First Amendment
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Friday May 17, 2019
022 - Freedomism
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
Socialism or Capitalism seems to be the question of the day. But this is the wrong question. The real question is Statism or Freedomism. The answer is Freedomism.
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Monday Mar 25, 2019
021 - Reviewing Judicial Review: Marbury, Madison, Marshall, and Miranda
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Judicial Review allows the Supreme Court to exercise a power it was never granted - the power to legislate.
Resources:
The Second American Revolution
The Original Meaning of the Judicial Power
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Saturday Oct 20, 2018
020 - The Non-Delegation Doctrine: Senator Sasse Sasses the Senate
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
What many may have missed in the circus that was the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, is the excellent diagnosis of what ails our Federal Government presented by Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse. In this episode, we will review Senator Sasse’s diagnosis and what it has to do with a concept known as The Non-Delegation Doctrine.
Resources:
John Locke's 2nd Treatise on Government
The Creature from Jekyll Island
The Four Stages of Approval of the Bill of Rights in Congress and the States
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Monday Sep 17, 2018
019 - The Founder Who Refused to Sign the Constitution
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
We celebrate Constitution Day on September 17 - the date of the signing of the Constitution. In this episode we will explore the objections of George Mason who refused to sign the Constituion.
Resources:
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
James Madison's convention notes from September 15
The First and Most Important First Amendment
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Sunday Sep 02, 2018
018 - Runaway Fear
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
In a recent appearance on Steve Hilton's The Next Revolution, Jason Chaffetz and Tomi Lahren both expressed a great deal of fear over a Convention of the States. Chaffetz claimed that "you don't know what the rules are if you have one of these." This episode discusses the rules that apply to such a convention and why there is nothing to fear.
Resources:
Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Constitution was not the product of a runaway convention
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Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
017 - The 17th: Erasing Federalism and Unleashing the Senate
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
The 17th amendment, ratified in 1913, changed they way senators are elected. Prior to 1913, Senators were elected by, and were accountable to, the respective state legislatures. After 1913, senators were chosen by popular election.
The impact of the 17th amendment should be obvious when you consider the dramatic expansion of the federal government in the mid-20th century, with the states powerless to contain it.
Resources:
Ulysses at the Mast: Democracy, Federalism, and the Sirens' Song of the Seventeenth Amendment
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Saturday Jun 09, 2018
016 - Hillary-splaining the Electoral College
Saturday Jun 09, 2018
Saturday Jun 09, 2018
With the recent presidental election going to the winner of the Electoral College rather than the winner of the popular vote, the Electoral College is facing hightened criticism and calls for elimination.
The Electoral College is not, as characterized by Hillary Clinton, “an anachronism designed for another time”. It is just another one of the ingenious components of the constitution, devised by the founders, to protect our rights and freedoms.
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