Recently, the Electoral College has weathered numerous assaults by people who desire to either modify or completely abolish it via a constitutional amendment, but the founders instituted it as a vital check and balance to our governmental system. Although, the Electoral College is not perfect, it is better than any other electoral alternative, because it is the only system that can preserve the republican form of government guaranteed in Article IV Section 4 of the US Constitution. It also preserves federalism in the election of America’s highest office, amplifies the voice of minorities, limits the opportunity for voter fraud, incentivizes candidates to mobilize national constituencies, encourages people to organize around their specific interests, and induces candidates to devote resources to voter registration and education.
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Washington Gridlock
Anyone who has ever driven in Washington DC during rush hour, especially when parkways take on a literal meaning, know they never want to drive there during rush hour again if they do not have to. Washington gridlock traffic, as bad as it is, is a metaphor for legislative bills trying to pass between the US House and Senate.
Contents
Note: Some articles are in multiple Categories in the column to your right, but every article in the blog is listed and hyper linked under only one category below.
Amendments
Commentary
US Senate’s Brain Hemorrhaging Clout
Education Policy
Environmental Policy
Foreign Policy
The American Civil War, Just or Unjust?
Freedom
Freedom in America: Our Cultural Heritage
Freedom in America: The Unifying Idea
Freedom in America: Paradise Lost
Heritage
The Lost Eastern Christian Empire
Immigration and Naturalization Policy
Labor Policy
Union of Socialist Souls Revealed
Law
Can States Constitutionally Secede from the United States?
The Constitution of the United States
Impeaching Supreme Court Justices
Is Religion the Foundation of Justice and Law?
Is Roe v Wade the Law of the Land?
The Supreme Court in the Age of Relativism
When is the President the Commander in Chief?
Monetary Policy
National Defense Policy
Politics
Living in the Legacy of Lincoln
Restoring the Electoral College
Rights
Speeches
Butler Pennsylvania Second Amendment Rally Speech
Memorial Day Speech 2012 Westminster, MD
One Nation Back to God Speech 11 Aug 2012
Tax Policy
US Senate’s Brain Hemorrhaging Clout
Adam Liptak, in his March 11, 2013 New York Times article, Smaller States Find Outsize Clout Growing in Senate, makes a logical argument, about smaller State’s having disproportionate electoral power in the Senate, based on false premises.
Government Shut Down
As Congress gears up for another fight over funding the government, the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, once again takes center stage. In the funding process, only the House of Representatives is authorized to originate bills raising revenue for the government and the House has approved a bill that would fund the general operations of the government, but not ObamaCare. For this bill to become law, the Senate must also pass it and the President must sign what was passed by both houses of Congress. So if the government were to experience another shut down whose fault is it?