Tag: Constitutional Convention
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The Supremacy of the Sovereignty of the Individual: The Framers’ Wisdom
by John Bernard, ©2025 (Nov. 18, 2025) — The formal surrender of the British at Yorktown on 19 October 1781 was preceded by the adoption of the Articles of Confederation (AoC) March 31st of that same year, creating a rough outline for a federal, centralized government of the new Nation. During the post-war years, there were…
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Religious Liberty at Stake?
by Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2025 (Feb. 21, 2025) — Is religious liberty at stake in our time? President Trump has established a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias to eliminate discrimination within the federal government. The President has appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi to head this project. The goal is to “immediately halt all forms…
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Convention of States Desperately Needed
by Bob Russell, ©2023 (Dec. 6, 2023) — Our founders gave We the People the power to amend the Constitution by calling for a Constitutional Convention. Doing so is difficult but can be done, and MUST be done if We the People have any hope of reeling in an out-of-control federal government, virtually an oligarchy…
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Revisiting the “What If?” Letter
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 17, 2022) — It has come to your humble servant’s attention that some additional information may be helpful in putting into perspective the “What if?” letter posted here. As the penultimate paragraph of the post confirms, the letter is hypothesized: it is not a real document. It is posited, however,…
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What If…?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 15, 2022) — What if your humble servant were to reveal something here at The P&E which could, once and for all, put an end to “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) debate raging in the comments sections of numerous posts here? What if recently-discovered “hard” evidence – in the form of…
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Make America Florida: The Case for DeSantis
by Cherie Zaslawsky, NewswithViews, ©2022 (Jun. 14, 2022) — Many people I know have left California for what they consider greener—I mean redder—pastures: red states free of most of the lunacy in the “woke” Golden State. Some moved to Texas, some to Idaho, but most have fled to Florida, leaving us stay-at-homes green with envy.…
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Double-Speak, Lies, and Precedents Driving the Convention of States
by Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center, ©2022 (Feb. 19, 2022) — The drive for an Article V Convention of States is assaulting state legislatures at an intense level. Obviously, proponents of such an action are counting on the discontent of Americans as the Biden cabal proves the misery of massive federal intrusion into every aspect…
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KDH and the 2020 Election Eligibility Roller-Coaster
“THE DE VATTEL OPTION” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Sep. 28, 2020) — Every now and then, commenters here at The P&E present an opportunity to revisit the fundamental issues surrounding the “natural born citizen” eligibility question. Such is the situation at present regarding two commenters addressing this post. That article, in turn, further draws into…
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Yes, White Men Built America. It’s A Fact
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2019 (Jul. 21, 2019) — For obvious reasons, we purposely preface this article with the following statement: “In our articles, we don’t pull any punches and never will. We write what many others are afraid to write. We say what others don’t have the…
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The Obama Eligibility Question – Part I
THE NATURAL BORN CITIZEN – WHAT THE FOUNDERS INTENDED by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2016 (Oct. 11, 2016) — As the nation enters the final days of the 2016 presidential election, Democrats have once again resurrected the “birther” issue, charging that Republican candidate Donald Trump is somehow unfit to serve because he once raised questions about Barack…
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Recognizing Some Basic Truths
HAS POWER BEEN SHARED, OR USURPED? by Dr. Tom E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret.), ©2016 (Sep. 13, 2016) — America IS God’s Chosen Republic! Without His steady hand on the hearts and minds of our Christian Pilgrim forbears and Founding Fathers, we may have become just another European-like, Emperor-led monarchy. Rather, we took a heretofore…
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A Holiday Totally Perverted
“A COMPLETE AND TOTAL CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 4, 2016) — *Author’s warning: If you came to this article hoping to find some feel-good, stars and stripes forever, hero worshipping, reality avoiding diatribe, just move along—there is nothing to see here. But, if you realize our government…
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Lessons From the Beginning IV
“THE FIRE OF FREEDOM” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (May 29, 2016) — (Author’s Note: I have received an unusual number of comments and questions from new and old readers asking most relevant questions in response to my last Rant. My first impulse was to attempt to answer each of those…
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What Went So Horribly Wrong
1787 to 2016 by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret.), ©2016 (Apr. 29, 2016) — “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” — Samuel Adams A Short History…
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Of Neologisms, End-Around Runs and Gorillas: The Congressional Research Service 2016 Report on Presidential Eligibility, Part II
“DANGEROUS NONSENSE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Apr. 4, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following is a continuation of an in-depth analysis of the meaning of the “natural born Citizen” requirement present in Article II, Section 1, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution and how a series of Congressional Research Service (CRS) memos dating back to…
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Investigator: Ted Cruz Should Be Truthful With the American People
BY RELEASING ALL DOCUMENTATION FROM CANADA AND THE U.S. by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 25, 2016) — In recent weeks, Maricopa County, AZ Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo has appeared on Carl Gallups’s “Freedom Friday” radio show speaking about the questionable presidential eligibility of Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been running in second place…
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Our Imperial Presidency
“AN ELECTED KING” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Mar. 17, 2016) — “When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” — Richard Nixon I certainly did not realize what would be the extent of time spent researching for my future class on: who were the five best and who…
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The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of the “natural born Citizen” Term In Our United States Constitution[1]
“SOLE ALLEGIANCE AND UNITY OF CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH” by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Retired), ©2016, blogging at CDRKerchner (Feb. 28, 2016) — Who: The various sovereign, free, and independent several states, as a result of the revolution against England had loosely banded together in a confederation to battle England and thus formed the new United…
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New York State Eligibility Challenges Punted by State Board of Elections
“BEYOND MINISTERIAL SCOPE,” “INCORRECT VENUE” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 26, 2016) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email revealed in an exclusive report that the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) had sidestepped on issuing a determination as to whether or not Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio, and former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal…
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Should We Elect An American President?
THE “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN” ISSUE EXPLAINED by Alan Korwin, ©2016, Gunlaws.com (Feb. 25, 2016) — Can just anyone be elected President of the United States? No, of course not. Foreigners for example are not eligible. The Constitution spells out the eligibility standards: Article II, Section 1: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a…