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Thought For the Day: A Public Health Emergency Does Not Give Governors and Other Public Officials Carte Blanche To Disregard the Constitution For As Long As the Medical Problem Persists

Posted on September 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“(A) public health emergency does not give Governors and other public officials carte blanche to disregard the Constitution for as long as the medical problem persists.” – Justice Samuel Alito

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First Principles: No Religious Test Shall Ever Be Required As A Qualification To Any Office Or Public Trust Under the United States

Posted on September 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“No religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” – United States Constitution, Article VI, Clause 3

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Covid and the Constitution

Posted on September 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Covid and the Constitutionby Michael DoyleVoices arrayed together against an institutionOut of control of the reining in by the ConstitutionChecks and balances swept away along with our rightsStill, we ride forward like beleaguered knightsStay at home orders meant for communicable … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure the Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt

Posted on September 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)

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Thought For the Day: Men Like …James Madison…Hoped Our Constitutional Republic Would Last For Ages, Mitigate the Problems That…Arise…From Political Factions and Prevent Tyranny

Posted on August 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Men of great intellect and wisdom like James Madison, the father of our Constitution, hoped our constitutional republic would last for ages, mitigate the problems that would naturally arise from political factions, and prevent tyranny. Our Constitution gave only a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

Posted on August 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams

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First Principles: The Only Foundation of A Free Constitution Is Pure Virtue

Posted on July 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a greater Measure than they have it now, they may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Foundation On Which All Constitutions Are Build Is the Natural Equality of Man, the Denial of Every Preeminence But That Annexed To Legal Office and Particularly the Denial of A Preeminence By Birth

Posted on July 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The foundation on which all [constitutions] are built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every preeminence but that annexed to legal office, and particularly the denial of a preeminence by birth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1784)

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Thought For the Day: We The People Are the Rightful Masters of Both Congress and the Courts, Not To Overthrow the Constitution But To Overthrow the Men Who Pervert the Constitution

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln

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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor

Posted on June 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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