Tag: Chief Justice John Marshall
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Lessons From the Beginning (X)
A SUBVERSION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Oct. 21, 2015) — (Author’s note: Robert Yates, delegate to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 from New York, would, along with fellow NY delegate John Lansing, leave the convention in Philadelphia on July 5, 1787, citing their reasons for leaving in a letter to NY Governor…
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Beware The Fearsome Jackalope!! (PB)
“A VERY ODD CREATURE INDEED” by jtx, ©2012 (Jul. 4, 2012) — Just as the neologism of the Jabberwock in Lewis Caroll’s Through The Looking Glass, the mythical Jackalope is also a chimera – an animal assembled from parts of many animals. The same thing is obviously true about the recent SCOTUS decision in the…
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Oh Where, Oh Where Has Our Chief Justice Gone???
COLLEGIALITY VS. CONSTITUTIONALISM by jtx, ©2012 (Jul. 2, 2012) — Oh where, oh where can he be…With his ears cut short and his tail cut long, Oh where, oh where can he be? Borrowing from the old children’s nursery rhyme and song above is probably not a bad thing since it is neither a “penalty”…
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The Power to Destroy
JOHN ROBERTS’ MASQUERADE by Joseph DeMaio, ©2012 (Jun. 30, 2012) — “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” — M’Culloch v. State of Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, 431 (1819) (Chief Justice John Marshall). There are a couple of ways to view and analyze what happened on June 28, 2012, when a badly fractured Supreme Court…
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Has the Military Usurped Power as well as Obama?
THE ARMY HELD A “TRIAL” WITHOUT ALLOWING ANY DEFENSE, THEN CONVICTED January 20, 2011 Dear Editor: The following letter was sent to Mr. Jonathan Blythe, Chief of Staff for newly-elected Congressman Allen West representing Florida’s 22nd District. As Chief of Staff for LTC West, I felt that there might be some interest/concern from the Congressman…
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The Military Cannot “Presume” Obama is Qualified
THE UCMJ DOES NOT GIVE THE MILITARY THE ABILITY TO DEFINE “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN” by jtx December 22, 2010 matthew.kemkes@us.army.mil Robert.manning1@us.army.mil carla.hawleybowland@us.army.mil karl.horst@us.army.mil Officers: It is my hope that this message will proceed chain-of-command style from Matthew, through Robert, and eventually to Carla and Karl. I purposely do not use the honorary military titles since…
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The Curious Incident of the Justices Who Did Not Bark!!!
HAS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RENDERED ITSELF IRRELEVANT? by jtx (Dec. 7, 2010) — It seems that history – and literature – are known to repeat themselves. I refer to the short story printed in 1894 by a certain A. C. Doyle entitled “Silver Blaze” which contains what must be one of the better-known Sherlock…
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Are all of the federal judges now scofflaws also?
SHOULD JUDGE SUSAN BOLTON HAVE HEARD THE ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW CASE? by jtx (Aug. 1, 2010) — I’ve recently sent a couple of emails to Governor Jan Brewer of AZ with the last one reading: I’ve emailed you before that Judge Susan Bolton acted in violation of Article III of the Constitution in the dispute…
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A One-on-One Personal Interview with Commander Kerchner Regarding his Eligibility Challenge and Lawsuit against Obama and Congress
“YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT THIS BATTLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 21, 2010) — Charles F. Kerchner, Jr., Commander USNR (Retired), is the lead plaintiff in the case Kerchner v. Obama & Congress, which is scheduled for review by a three-judge panel on June 29, 2010. Commander Kerchner has given The Post &…