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First Principles: It Will Be Of Little Avail To the People That the Laws Are Made By Me of Their Own Choice If the Laws Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read, Or So Incoherent That They Cannot Be Understood

Posted on December 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If the Citizens Neglect Their Duty and Place Unprincipled Men In Office, the Government Will Soon Be Corrupted

Posted on October 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Every Prudent and Cautious Judge..Will Remember That His Duty and His Business Is, Not To Make the Law, But To Interpret and Apply It

Posted on September 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Every prudent and cautious judge … will remember, that his duty and his business is, not to make the law, but to interpret and apply it.” – Justice James Wilson (1742-1798) ,Member of Continental Congress, signed Declaration of Independence; U.S. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Any Government is Free To the People Under It Where the Laws Rule and the People Are A Party To the Laws

Posted on September 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.” – William Penn

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First Principles: If the Laws Are To Be So Trampled Upon With Impunity, and A Minority Is To Dictate To the Majority, There Is An End Put At One Stroke To Republican Government

Posted on June 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Law Is Defined To Be A Rule of Action; But How Can That Be A Rule, Which Is Little Known, and Less Fixed

Posted on May 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property Can Be Protected

Posted on May 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Proper Role of the Judiciary Is One of Interpreting and Applying the Law, Not Making It

Posted on May 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.” – Sandra Day O’Conner

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Goodbye Pax Americana

Posted on April 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Goodbye Pax Americana by Michael DoyleAt war’s end and freed from fascism Europe breathed with American optimismBarbarism had been thoroughly defeatedAnd a brave new world was timidly greetedThe Marshall Plan was the discoveryThat would lead to economic recoveryIt was a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Stepping Up In Opposition

Posted on April 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Stepping up in opposition to the gravitational suck of those who attempt to redefine what freedom and liberty mean: A fundamental difference between the allegedly progressive and true classical liberal idealists, now called conservatives, is in how freedom and … Continue reading →

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