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ABORTION: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Roe v. Wade (1973)
(Photo Credit – Prevent Disease website) by Diane Rufino, February 22, 2019 On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down one of the most controversial opinions in its history. It issued its opinion regarding the constitutionality of state … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, abortion, abortion rights, Constitution, Diane Rufino, Doe v. Bolton, fetus, fourteenth amendment, Josh Craddick, Justice Rehnquist, Justice White, late-term abortion, late-term abortion laws, Life, personhood, privacy, privacy rights, pro life, pro-abortion, right of privacy, right to life, Roe, Roe v. Wade, trimester approach, trimester framework, trimester test, unborn, viability, womens' rights
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This Thing We Call “Sovereignty”
by Diane Rufino, February 20, 2019 On September 3, 1783, representatives from the American states, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and a representative of King George III signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American … Continue reading
Does President Trump Have Authority to Secure Our Southern Border?
by Diane Rufino (also referencing an article by Publius Huldah), January 15, 2019 QUESTION: Can President Trump seal off our southern border? There are three theories, perhaps even four, upon which President Trump can close our southern border, including providing … Continue reading
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787: Prayer Served a Purpose Just as Prayer Always Serves a Purpose
by Diane Rufino, October 8, 2018 Here is a trivia question for you: Who were the oldest and youngest delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, in 1787 ? The oldest delegate, as many I’m sure remember from your … Continue reading
Undoing the American Republic with Welfare and Institutionalized Poverty (That’s Why Welfare Reform is So Important)
by Diane Rufino, September 30, 2018 Government programs such as welfare and other social means-tested programs characterize very well the government’s general policy towards poverty: Make individuals “comfortable” in their poverty rather than incentivize them to become self-sufficient. Those dependent … Continue reading
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Tagged Article I Section 8, Constitution, Diane Rufino, discretionary spending, federal budget, federal grants, federal grants to states, federal spending, Federalist No 41, general welfare, general welfare clause, institutionalized poverty, institutionalized theft, James Madison, LBJ and welfare, poverty, power to tax and spend, redistribution of wealth, social programs, state grants, tax and spend, tax and spend power, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, unconstitutional spending, welfare reform, welfare.
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SECESSION – Both a RIGHT and a REMEDY
by Diane Rufino, September 23, 2018 Gene Kizer Jr. is a brilliant historian. He has written an excellent account of the causes of the War of Northern Aggression (aka, the War to Prevent Southern Independence; aka, the War Between … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Civil War, compact theory, Constitution, contract law, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, fugitive slave clause, Fugitive Slave laws, Gene Kizer Jr, Lincoln, Morrill Bill, Morrill tariff, ordinarnce of secession, protective tariffs, remedy of secession, resumption clause, right of rescission, right of secession, secession, secesssion as a reserved right, social compact, states rights, Tenth Amendment, the right of secession, Virginia's Ordinance of Secession, war between the states, War of Northern Aggression, war to prevent southern independence
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