How do you Know Something is True? Use Constants.
By Dr. Harold Pease While on vacation in a neighboring state helping my son-in-law build a second bathroom for his soon to be family of six, I noticed more fully what I have always known; if your base is wrong so is everything else. Nothing was...
If Something is Wrong with a Law the Supreme Court will Stop it. Wrong!!
By Dr. Harold Pease How many times have I heard that if something is wrong with a law of Congress the Supreme Court will stop it and that the Court is totally independent of Congress? Both views are decidedly incorrect. Supreme Court members may,...
What if the Supreme Court Refuses to Protect the Constitution? What Then?
By Dr. Harold Pease What if the Supreme Court became an arbitrator trying to please both sides rather than “letting the cards fall where they may,” ruling alone on constitutionality as designed? In the end neither side is really happy and the...
Should we be frightened with what the government has done the last six months?
By Dr. Harold Pease What follows are six major changes to traditional constitutional procedure that have happened the past six months, none of which through the change process required in Article V of the Constitution, but each will adversely...
Can States Opt Out of Unconstitutional Federal Laws?
By Dr. Harold Pease The U.S. Constitution requires that states remain a republic and gives the federal government authorization to mandate such (Art. IV, sec. 4), but does it work the other way? Can the states require that the federal government...
Judicial Legislation, or Activism, At Its Best
By Dr. Harold Pease With respect to the Supreme Court’s ruling on National Health Care, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said that the court majority “regards its statutory interpretation as modest. It is not.” Then, noticeably disturbed by the ruling,...
The “Little Miracle” of The Declaration of Independence.
By Dr. Harold Pease The Second Continental Congress, having been convened for six months, had been engaged in the wrestle for or against independence, the vast majority of delegates being decidedly against such drastic action most of this time....
Can a President Nullify Existing Law by Himself?
Dr. Harold Pease Normally I do not write on talk show topics, wherein there exists extensive coverage (how be it little depth), I prefer introducing topics missed or under covered by the establishment news, but too few seem to care about the...
Are the President’s “Kill List” Activities Constitutional?
By Dr. Harold Pease Two things have brought drone warfare to public attention in an amplified way the last few days: our assassination of Abu Yahya al-Libi, Al-Qaida’s second-in-command, and The New York Times release of classified information...