U.S. Constitution Archives

Earmarks: A Monumentally Bad Idea

July 1, 2021 10:45 amJuly 2, 2021 3:50 pm

Ever since the Magna Carta, it has been a settled principle of good governance that the power that appropriates public funds should not be the same power that spends them. This principle is at the heart of our Constitution: the...

SCOTUS Decision in State-Ordered Church Bans is Good News and Not Good News

February 10, 2021 2:11 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:38 am

The South Bay United Pentecostal Church vs. Newsom case, which challenged California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on all indoor worship services, under the auspices of protecting people from catching or spreading the coronavirus, was just decided on Friday. As attorneys...

Drawing Inspiration and Instruction from Our Veterans

November 13, 2020 8:59 amNovember 17, 2020 12:28 pm

There’s a curious thing about the oath taken by every member of our armed forces. Those who defend our country never swear to “support and defend” the United States Government. They never swear to “support and defend” the United States...

It’s Not Over Yet: Election 2020 Legal Challenges

November 4, 2020 6:30 pmNovember 5, 2020 11:52 am

With dubious election results in several states following Tuesday’s Presidential Election, by Wednesday President Donald Trump’s campaign filed suit in Michigan and then Pennsylvania. The President is questioning outcomes in battleground states, particularly as more than 138,000 ballots magically appeared...

Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve

May 5, 2020 3:05 pmMay 7, 2020 7:37 am

Residents of the Golden State have become slaves to a new debt, to a lockdown and to previously ignored, unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities. They must be freed from these chains. By Sen. John M.W. Moorlach and Craig Keshishian Maybe...

Trump Administration Files Lawsuit Against CA For Private Detention Ban

February 12, 2020 2:21 amFebruary 12, 2020 8:26 am

The Federal Government filed a lawsuit, naming Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and the State of California for banning the operation of private detention facilities. The complaint is seeking a federal judge in San Diego to rule Assembly...

New ‘Firearm Ownership’ Study Ignores Gun Violence by Criminals

December 7, 2019 9:17 amDecember 7, 2019 9:26 am

The study does not quantify the exercise of constitutional rights as a factor in Californians’ gun purchases. “California may have some of the nation’s most restrictive gun control laws,” Andrew Sheeler reports in the Sacramento Bee, “from bans on assault...