The Duty of Civil Disobedience People don't often discuss it, but we citizens of the United States of American are expected to overthrow the government, if the government abuses its powers or the rights of citizens. As the Declaration of Independence says. Such actions should not be done lightly or over transient causes. The right granted by the Second Amendment to the Constitution specifies what the people have the right to have to carry out the overthrow, ...
I looked at the Economist this morning, and the cover story was on Scams, especially online scams and crypto-currency and related matters. The lead-in was gentle, a story about the president of a small bank who was found by an online scammer, a woman (maybe), who convinced him to invest in her crypto scam. He went in a little way and got a good return, so he plunged in further, then he lost everything of his savings, savings for child’s education, church treasury, and $47m from the bank that he ...
Recently, the extent of the powers of the president of the United States of America has become an issue. Actually, the extent of presidential power has been an issue for a long time, but it seldom has come to a head. It seems that Trump thinks that he can make an order about anything, and the world must bow to his will. Things like that have happened in the past, and the matter of getting rid of political enemies was a major when Lincoln had some of his enemies convicted in military courts ...
The citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has not been an issue for most of the time it has been in force. Before the Fourteenth was ratified, July 9, 1868, each state had its own definition of citizen. Those laws included whoever the state had wanted to be a citizen. In many states, Blacks, Indians, and women were excluded, and in some states there was a requirement that an adult male paid taxes to become a citizen. When it was written, the intention was that Black people, ...
I frequently hear in person or on electronic media coments about democracy being harmed by some politicians, and that is here in the United States of America, which was set up as a federal republic made up of republics. Please note that the initial documents didn’t mention democracy; republics were specified. These facts lead me to think that many people do not know what democracy is. The difference between a democracy and a republic is clear and easy to define A democracy is a government ...
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