Sheriffs
SheriffContrary to popular belief, no pre-constitutional American Militia were ever made generally subordinate to, or in any particulars controlled by or answerable to, Local...
Militia Officer Selection
Militia Officer Selection Evidencing the fundamentally democratic character of an institution in which every able-bodied adult free male participated, common people, too, often enjoyed...
Related Topics
“Gun Control”
"Gun Control"In the pre-constitutional period, had the term been current, “gun control” would have meant, not keeping firearms and ammunition away from as many...
“Aggregate Powers”
“Aggregate Powers”: Powers Cobbled Together and Exercised by Rogue Government Officials That are Not Enumerated in the Constitution
Typically, when aspiring usurpers and tyrants cannot rationalize...
“Judicial Supremacy” Through “Judicial Review”
"Judicial Supremacy": Nowhere to be found in the Constitution or Pre-constitutional HistoryPre-constitutional history provides no support for the sweeping contemporary claim that “the federal...
“The War on Terror”
"The War on Terror" Rogue officials stir up the "fear" of "terrorism". With "terrorism" as their excuse they arrogate new "war powers" to themselves....
“Living” Constitution
As a constitutional rule of construction that cannot be repeated to often, “If *** we are at liberty to give old words new meanings ***...