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Sen. Lee on Obama’s Unconstitutional Non-Recess Appointments

February 22, 2012 By Daniel D. Leave a Comment

Sen. Mike Lee, (R-UT)

The Constitution allows the President to make short-term appointments when the Senate is out of session. The Constitution also requires the Senate to stay in session unless the U.S. House has to give its consent to a recess. The Senate, by their own choice, and by the House’s lack of consent, was not on recess when the President made four recent appointments. Now Sen. Reid wants Obama to make 90 more appointments without Senate confirmation.

These appointments expire next January when the next congress takes office, but even short-term violations of the Constitution must be opposed vigorously.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the Senate’s most vocal critic of the non-recess appointments, has vowed to oppose all nominations until the president submits Richard Cordray and the three new members of the National Labor Relations Board to the Senate to undergo the full advice and consent procedures.

Monumental: Documentary Explores the Source of America’s Greatness

February 8, 2012 By Daniel D. 1 Comment

Actor Kirk Cameron has been working on a project which will make its official debut on March 27th. The trailer indicates that the focus is in-line with The 1789 Project’s vision, so we’re sharing it here.

Our nation’s founding fathers believed that we have inalienable rights, and that the purpose of government is to protect these rights. Legitimate government is only by the consent of the governed, and the U.S. Constitution only gave the federal government certain enumerated powers, the rest being reserved to the states or the people. One of the key problems we face today is that the Constitution’s limits on federal power made it suitable only for a moral and religious people, which America generally held at that time. Today, we lack much of the self-government that morality and religion provide, causing a need for moral reformation or stronger government; unfortunately the trend has been towards the latter. Help us spread the word that to restore the Constitution and limited government, Americans must return to better self-government.

Rep. Allen West Tells Socialists Where to Go

January 30, 2012 By Daniel D. Leave a Comment

One of The 1789 Project’s successful candidates from 2010 is Congressman Allen West (FL-22). He took out a long-term Democrat incumbent to get to congress, and faces a tough re-election, as his district was redistricted to be more Democrat-friendly by the Florida legislature. He hasn’t slowed down a bit, and recently gave a speech at a local event that shows his commitment to Liberty.

Enjoy the video, and help The 1789 Project get more leaders like Rep. West into office.

1,000 Days Without a Budget

January 24, 2012 By Daniel D. Leave a Comment

Rep. Paul Ryan

The Tea Party-powered surge that led to a conservative takeover of the U.S. House in 2010 led to passage of some solid legislation in 2011. Unfortunately, virtually all of it died in the U.S. Senate. One of the major pieces of reform legislation was the budget, written by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. While not perfect, it made real progress towards reforming entitlements to bring those costs under control. The Ryan budget died in the Senate, even though they hadn’t passed a budget of their own. It has now been 1,000 days since the Senate passed a budget, one of their fundamental responsibilities. This irresponsibility is highlighted in the video below:

Mark Levin Examines a Post-Constitutional Nation in ‘Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America’

January 23, 2012 By Daniel D. Leave a Comment

Attorney, radio talk-show host and author Mark Levin was on Sean Hannity’s TV show recently to discuss his new book: Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America. While we at The 1789 Project haven’t been able to read it yet, it appears to be an excellent description of the competing political philosophies that have dominated western political thought for centuries. Levin shows how the competing political philosophies of today are the same as those of the founders’ era, and which side America’s Founding Fathers chose to take when creating this great nation. The principles of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are clearly explained in his book, and we recommend it. Watch the following video for a brief summary.

Raising the Debt Ceiling…On Your Kids

January 11, 2012 By Daniel D. Leave a Comment

With news that the national debt now exceeds the entire U.S. economic output, the President is soon going to request an additional increase of $1.2 trillion any day now. This is expected to bring increased inflation, with the effect of a massive middle-class tax increase. The burden of this massive debt will continue to stifle economic growth and saddle future generations with unsustainable interest payments. The following video demonstrates the foolishness of this mess by bringing the trillions and billions down to family-sized numbers.

Join with us as we continue fighting for a return to Constitutionally-limited government.

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: A History

January 10, 2012 By Daniel D. Leave a Comment

The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified July 9, 1868 following rampant violations of individual liberty in the former confederacy. It was intended to ensure that natural-law rights and individual liberties protected from federal government violation by the Bill of Rights would also be protected from state governments.

Here’s a good introduction to the 14th Amendment created by the Institute for Justice. Note how the Supreme Court’s refusal to honor the original intent of the “Privileges or Immunities” clause in the 14th amendment led to inconsistent application of the amendment under the “Incorporation Doctrine.”

Why the Stimulus Failed

December 8, 2011 By Daniel D. 1 Comment

Everyone can tell that the stimulus spending of 2008-2009, some of it still ongoing today, failed to stimulate real economic recovery. Liberals say that’s because it needed to be bigger, while conservatives say its economic basis (Keynesianism) is fundamentally wrong, so it was doomed to fail, regardless of size.

Government cannot spend money unless it takes it, borrows it, or prints it. Thus, any big-government spending has a limiting, rather than freeing, effect on the economy. It’s a fairly simple thing, but too many in Washington, D.C. (of both parties) vote for big-government spending to make it look like they are doing something to help. A great video has been produced that takes one city as an example of how the stimulus money was wasted.

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