Is It Constitutional?

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Are Police Constitutionally Required to Protect You?

We assume the job of law enforcement is to enforce the law but is their job to “protect” the citizenry from other citizens? Seems like an odd question and one that, frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever asked before. Presumably some of the laws they are tasked with enforcing are meant to protect the citizenry; …

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Is a “State of Emergency” Constitutional? Four Facts

Many times, executives take on the power of a King whenever they declare a “State of Emergency”. We’ve seen many flamboyant displays of Kingship by many U.S. governors throughout the coronavirus months. It’s about time we the people educate ourselves about where our governors and executives get the power to do what they do and learn whether or not it is Constitutional. Click to read more.

What Are Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders?

I figured I’d use today to give y’all a little civics lesson about presidential proclamations and executive orders. Before I start though, if you are interested in researching all presidential proclamations for yourself, you can click this link here, or for executive orders, click here, which will take you to the Federal Registrar where you …

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Is It Constitutional? Federal Drug Policy: Part 2 of 3

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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Is It Constitutional? Federal Drug Policy: Part 1 of 3

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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Oklahoma House Passes Bill Saying They Can Declare Federal Law Unconstitutional

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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Is It Constitutional? Protecting Our Kids Act

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 …

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