In my research about law enforcement and their place in a Constitutional society, I realized that I can’t discuss law enforcement without also discussing drug policy, specifically, federal drug policy since the majority of federal incarcerations in the country are for violating federal drug laws. Plus, haven’t you heard the common trope, “War on Drugs” …
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Have you ever heard of the “supremacy clause”? Ever heard it used to justify the federal government’s power over states? If you want to know the truth about what the “supremacy clause” really means and why it does not mean that federal power is supreme over state power, read further!
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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The thing about the Constitution is that, in many cases, it’s very cut and dry. The founders didn’t write it to list out all the rights citizens have and then government can kinda legislate anything they want around the those rights. Rather, they wrote the Constitution as a fortress, built around government power directing it …
No. I won’t be able to unpack the entire Patriot Act in one article, however, what I would like to do is draw your attention to some specific provisions in the act that Americans should be made aware of moving forward. The recent events in Canada, along with all the writing and research I’ve been …
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According to classic, liberal philosophy, governments exist for one reason and one reason only: to protect us and our private property from each other. That means that if government violates its citizenry’s property, it has violated the very reason for its existence. Locke put it this way, “Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy …
“Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents an invasion of the dearest rights, until every citizen shall be an Argus to espy, and an Aegeon to avenge, the unhallowed deed.” “The natural progress of things is …
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Before I unpack how federal drug policy is affecting our law enforcement, I want to review a few things in this short post. 1). Law enforcement in America was first and foremost for the people, never against the people. Remember that the job of government is to protect us and our private property from each …
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In order to delve into the “Constitutionality”, or lack thereof, of drug policy, I realized that such a task requires that I open a can of worms I’ve been avoiding: the commerce clause. So, the topic of today’s post, How Is Drug Policy Constitutionally Justified? Is It Justified? will explore, almost exclusively, the commerce clause …
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