Tag: state legislatures
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Direct Election of U.S. Senators: Reform or Mistake?
by William L. Kovacs, ©2026 (Apr. 28, 2026) — Several Supreme Court decisions expanding federal authority, together with the direct election of U.S. Senators, have contributed to significant growth in the federal government. However, the role of the Seventeenth Amendment in this transformation is not often discussed. The constitutional change that transferred the selection of…
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Those Who Cast the Votes Determine Nothing…
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Jan. 14, 2022) — Last Thursday, the Goof went back to the Capitol after learning that the Supreme Court had slapped down his “work-around” edict to OSHA. Speaking of getting slapped around, he emerged – agitated as a wet alley cat – from a Senate Democrats’ caucus luncheon meeting after learning…
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Silhouettes in Courage
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Feb. 23, 2021) — Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to have crept a little closer to becoming the newest member of the Deep State cabal now “governing” the Republic. Your humble servant has in the past noted that if Benjamin Franklin were alive today, he would be weeping at the…
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“Donofrio v Pennsylvania Et al” Still Pending At SCOTUS
by naturalborncitizen, ©2020 (Dec. 13, 2020) — The failed Texas theory of action was that the plenary authority of Legislatures in Defendant States had been usurped, causing violations of equal protection to Texas voters. The problem with such theory is that – by doing nothing to take back control of choosing electors – the Legislatures…
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Trump Campaign Senior Advisor: Some States to Send “Multiple Slates of Electors” to Cast Votes in Presidential Election
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 9, 2020) — Trump 2020 campaign senior advisor Jason Miller told Sean Spicer of Newsmax’s “Spicer & Company” Wednesday evening that when the 50 states’ presidential electors meet to cast their votes for president in what is known as the Electoral College, several states will send “multiple slates of electors.” A…
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The Faithful Patriot Elector
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Dec. 8, 2020) — INTRODUCTION Let us begin by getting one thing out of the way first. If you remember nothing else from this post, remember this: against the backdrop of the 2020 election anomalies, irregularities and apparent frauds showing up in battleground states, particularly Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, Joe…
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BILL OF COMPLAINT Just Filed At SCOTUS: Presidential Elections Are Void in PA, Et al
by Leo Donofrio, ©2020, naturalborncitizen (Dec. 5, 2020) — At the end of this post you may read the Bill of Complaint via Scribd, or you may download a PDF directly. It is the heart of this action, a rare form of claim, invoking the original jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court. PLEASE help…
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Oh, How Far the Media has Fallen
by Bob Russell, ©2020 (Dec. 1, 2020) — I just finished watching a movie called “Call Northside 777,” a movie made in 1948 about a man sentenced to life in prison for murder. The man, played by Richard Conte, claimed innocence but was convicted based on a woman’s testimony. Conte’s mother contacted a reporter, played…
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“NYT: The Florida Legislature Was Prepared To Seat Bush Electors Even If Gore Won The Recount”
by Leo Donofrio, ©2020, blogging at naturalborncitizen (Nov. 15, 2020) — The November 30, 2000 edition of the NYT featured an article (by David Barstow and Somini Sengupta) wherein Governor Jeb Bush thanked the Florida Legislature for their bravery in committing to seat electors for his brother, George W., regardless of whether the Supreme Court…
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Trump’s Path to the White House
“THE STAKES ARE FAR TOO GREAT” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2016, blogging at Order of the Ephors (Nov. 5, 2016) — If one were to seriously contemplate the outcome of next week’s presidential election by considering nothing more than the daily deluge of the top eight or ten polling organizations, it would surely make one’s head explode. …
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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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Hate the Institution
WILL MORE IN CONGRESS BE “CANTORED?” by Dwight Kehoe, Editor, TPATH, ©2016 (Jun. 23, 2016) — All we ever hear, from just about every pollster, every sleazy news outlet and in fact just about everyone we speak to on the street, is that Congress as a whole is less popular than a Novocain-free root canal.…
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A Revolution in Thought: The 2015 State of the Nullification Movement Report
“NOT A STEREOTYPICAL REVOLUTION” by Michael Maharrey, Tenth Amendment Center, ©2015 (Oct. 28, 2015) – LOS ANGELES – On Monday, we are released our 2015 State of the Nullification Movement report, a comprehensive look at our successes and the challenges faced in efforts to resist unconstitutional federal acts through state, local and individual action over…
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An Unholy, Unhealthy, Freedom-Destroying Relationship
“JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Sep. 24, 2015) — “A standing military force, with an overgrown executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war,…
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Business Leaders Can Save the Nation
SHOULD THE POWER LIE WITH LOBBYISTS OR THE PEOPLE? by Paul R. Hollrah. ©2013 (Mar. 22, 2013) — On May 22, 1985, I was summoned to the White House for a meeting with Debbie Steelman, the newly-appointed assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs. I was in the process of being appointed as a special assistant…
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The Case Against the 16th Amendment
HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEEN LIED TO FOR 99 YEARS? by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired, ©2012, blogging at Gulf1 (Aug. 17, 2012) — As a matter of fundamental principle, the means for funding the federal government, obtaining revenue was constricted to excise taxes exclusively for a number of clearly defined reasons. First, the…
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Beware the National Popular Vote
THE FRAMERS INSTITUTED THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE FOR SOUND REASON by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2012 (May 25, 2012) — In his introduction to the book, Every Vote Counts: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote, former Republican congressman and presidential candidate John B. Anderson had this to say: “I believe the occupant of…
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Model Nullification Resolutions for State Legislatures
THE PROPOSED TENNESSEE RESOLUTIONS OF 2012 by PubliusHuldah, ©2012 (Mar. 16, 2012) — The federal government is not God. It is merely our “creature”. We The People created the federal government when We ordained and established Our Constitution. And when We enumerated the powers We delegated to each branch of the federal government, We told…
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We the People Must!
IS A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE ANSWER? by Tom the Veteran (Aug. 9, 2011) — I think Ronald Reagan said it best when he said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them…