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Tag Archives: separation of powers
RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 17th AMENDMENT
by Diane Rufino, April 19, 2023 RESOLUTION to CALL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 17th AMENDMENT Whereas, our Founding Fathers incorporated a plan for a national legislature proposed by Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, which articulated a bicameral US Congress; Whereas, … Continue reading
History Speaks Through the Monuments on the National Mall
by Diane Rufino, January 21, 2017 Yesterday I visited the Jefferson Memorial to commune with my favorite Founding Father. Jefferson is perhaps the single reason I am so very proud to be an American. The principles he articulated in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional power, DC, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, Donald Trump, government, government power, inauguration speech, Jefferson, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, national mall, national monuments, presidential power, separation of powers, Trump, Washington, Washington Monument
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SAVE THE REPUBLIC! Rethinking the American Union of States for the Preservation of Republicanism
by Diane Rufino (citing Donald Livingston in his book Rethinking the American Union for the Twenty-First Century), July 26, 2016 The purpose of this article is three-fold: First, I want to be provocative and get readers thinking. Second, I wish to … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, American union, Article IV, centralized government, checks and balances, compact, compact theory, Constitution, David Hume, Declaration of Independence, democracy, Diane Rufino, Donald Livingston, dual sovereignty, federal government, Federalism, federation, federation of states, government corruption, government oppression, interposition, large republic, nullification, provincial republics, representation, republic, republican form of government, republicanism, Rethinking the Union of States for the Twenty-First Century, secession, self-rule, separation of powers, sovereignty, state sovereighty, states, states rights, Supreme Court, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny, union of states, will to secede
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Comparing Obama’s Amnesty Plan to the Emancipation Proclamation
by Diane Rufino, November 22, 2014 According to Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Obama’s plan to excuse the illegal action of millions of immigrants not unlike Abraham Lincoln’s effort to free slaves. At first I thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, abuse, Amnesty, Bush, checks and balances, Civil War, Civil War'usupration, Diane Rufino, Emancipation Proclamation, executive order, illegal immigration, immigration, King Obama, Lincoln, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, separation of powers, slavery, slaves, the civil war, Truman, tyrant, usurpation, Youngstown Steel
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