Southerner, American, Lover of Liberty, PhD of political science, professor, blogger.
Where does this gut level reaction in us against the government’s expansion of power come from? Let’s ground the reason for such a reaction in some theory. It’s better to really know why government’s overreach is a problem than to blindly claim it’s a problem without any theoretical footing. Click to read more.
For many Americans, no matter how poor or uneducated, they’re at least told by society that they can make it big, they can do whatever they want. While there are legitimate hindrances, being stuck for good in one’s “class” is not one of them. Click to read more.
The beauty of a free country, a country with liberty, is that politics doesn’t have to be everything. Do you understand what a rarity that is? In many countries, where government oppresses and controls every facet of someone’s life, politics and government truly is everything, no matter how hard the citizenry may try to escape it. When the government oppresses, the people have no choice but to be involved in politics and government and no choice but to live with politics and government being involved in their lives. Click to read more.
Is it Constitutional to tax the citizenry? Yes. The short answer is, yes. Nothing is free, including the blessing of having a government to protect us and our private property. If we want a government equipped to make laws to protect us and our private property, we must expect to pay for it. And the …
Let’s set the record straight: nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government given any authority over ordinary crimes. Constitutionally and historically, crime fighting was left to state and local governments exclusively. Every state and municipality is unique and requires a specialized sort of crime management. Click to read more.
“If you think Independence Day is America’s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.” Tony Snow I’m going to start out this post with a personal “thanksgiving”. I’m thankful for two years of successfully writing this Liberty Belle blog. This is my second Thanksgiving post and for that alone, I am thankful. I’m …
I want to make something VERY clear. The Constitution and the Law are two very different things. One is law that has authority over government, the other is a law that has authority over we the people. I’ve had some pushback over something I said in a recent post. I said that vaccine passports cannot …
I think we need a review. This Oklahoma bill is an excellent case study of constitutional law and constitutional realms of power. Here we have a state legislature asserting that it will not require the state to follow federal laws that the state legislature deems unconstitutional. That’s a mouthful. Let’s look at some of the …
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I’ve been feeding y’all a lot of information recently, with long articles that require heightened mental engagement. So, today I’m going to give you (and myself) a slight mental break and simply discuss with you a topic that has been bothering me. It aligns perfectly with this last quote from Federalist 51. Click to read more.