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Religious Tests

Religious Tests

Cline on the Constitution – Religious Tests I posted this discussion right after Amy Barrett appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee after she was nominated for the Federal Appellate Court.  There is a high expectation that this outstanding woman will be smeared and vilified in the coming weeks, including undergoing sustained attacks based upon […]

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Use of Deadly Force

Use of Deadly Force

Cline on the Constitution-The Rules on the Use of Deadly Force by Police Officers. A fearful nation is in retreat.  We are deep in the appeasement phase.  History shows it is inevitably a mistake.  Closing one’s eyes to looting, vandalism, tearing up traditions and tearing down sacred monuments doesn’t work.  It doesn’t appease the Tyrant nor the mob.  It emboldens, […]

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Cline on the Constitution

Cline on the Constitution

Who has the Power? Talk about your ironic twists of fate.  We may soon see one national emergency clarify whether another national emergency is real.  That’s important.   In the name of public health, governors and mayors have claimed extraordinary powers over citizens and abrogated Constitutional rights due to the threat of the Covid virus.  Our schools have been […]

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Cline on the Constitution

Cline on the Constitution

Cline on the Constitution, Interfering with Religious Practices Over a hundred years ago, Justice Louis Brandeis said, “experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.  Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to […]

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