May 2019 – Phil Cline

Wednesday Poetry Rendering

May 29, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

The Space Between by Phil Cline The space between is where life is, Where emotion is, where feeling Is, The space Between fists raised in furious rage, Held, poised, awaiting, Brutality’s rapture, And Poor arms pale, splayed Underneath. Weak, Inadequate. In that space Between. In that, time, no time, Before the hit Where Dread resides, […]

Cline on the Constitution – Interpretation

May 27, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary / Presidency

In November, President Trump referred to a federal District Court Judge as an “Obama judge.” Uncharacteristically, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, rebutted the President in a public statement. He said, “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges, . . . (an) independent judiciary is something we should […]

Reckless Kings

May 22, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Nothingness to nothing, Returned my King. Reckless his good deeds, Legend his evil deeds, Augmented, layer by layer, atop Vaults too deep for excavation, among Rows of tombs, Subterranean Cellars, protected From jocund birds, raucous, Gossiping in the tree tops Amid mornings aborning. Returned my King, Nothingness to nothing. Vexed by bumps and bruises, Staggered […]

Executive Privilege

May 12, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Congress / Presidency

This week’s edition of Cline on the Constitution Executive Privilege It seems every year we have at least one descriptive term that evolves into a sacrosanct badge of being politically correct. We’ve had “diversity”, we’ve had “homeless”, and a number of others it wouldn’t take long to conjure. The terms are over-used, frequently misused and so […]

Month: May 2019

Wednesday Poetry Rendering

Cline on the Constitution – Interpretation

Reckless Kings

Executive Privilege