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Packing the Supreme Court

March 24, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary / Presidency

Packing the Supreme Court or “The Switch in Time That Saved Nine” A number of the announced candidates for the democrat nomination for President, have proposed changes to the current structure of our government. Some are foolish, some wild, some weird, some have been tried before. Such as Packing the Supreme Court by adding more justices. One […]

A little poem just for fun

March 4, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Version One I think I see all I see, While comprehends my pup Those come and gone By nose more accurately. Version Two I think I see all I see while My pup knows by his nose Who comes and goes More accurately.

Ordered Time

March 4, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry / Uncategorized

Ordered time They tried to order Time dawn to dusk, Futile spreadsheets of manageable units, Denying its nature to slow, to speed To pause, to fly with thoughts, dreams, Friends met, enemies loathed, With pain and agony and anxiety, With pleasure, gaiety, With visions, prophecies, with Feckless Fraud found out. Ordered like railway ties Clacking […]

NY Times Case

February 25, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Free Speech / The Press / Uncategorized

In this week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution I’m once again get distracted by the latest shiny object. The interruption of my series on voting rights continues so I can discuss Justice Clarence Thomas surprising call for the Supreme Court to reconsider the famous New York Times v. Sullivan case, a case which gutted slander […]

Emergency Orders

February 19, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary / Presidency

In this week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution, I decided to pause in my review of voting rights cases to consider the President’s recent actions concerning our Southern Border. The President’s declaration of an emergency and his orders to transfer funds to construct barriers on the Southern Border has generated extensive commentary on the […]

Voting, Part Two

February 12, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Equal Protection / Federalism / Judiciary / Uncategorized

In Abbott v. Perez, The Supreme Court slapped a federal district court with a much-needed douse of cold water in an attempt to wake them up, force them to embrace reality for once and have them return to their lane in the governance scheme set out in the Constitution. Abbott is the second case on voting […]

Voting

January 29, 2019 by philcline in Bill of Rights / Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Uncategorized

This Week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution Voting The process of casting a vote is changing. Who, when, and how is an accident of location. It can be vastly different from state to state. The image of an adult citizen showing up at the polls on election day, being handed a ballot, retiring to the voting […]

Poetry in the Public Square

January 18, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Literary Writings / Poetry / Public Interest / Uncategorized

Is poetry a public or private thing? One’s love of country could be deliciously stirred by the magic of poetry: “This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, …………. This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England . . .” Historically western poetry concerned itself with […]

He Credited Fear

December 8, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

At the window he credited Fear, Regretted his temper drive, And looked to gloomy vistas This morning again arrived. Secrets of giggly girls, Potent Innocence fails Divers of missing pearls Bartered from greasy nails. Christmas lights harken End, Heralded toys broken fine, Discarded in the snowy mud Cheered by crows atop a line. Don’t hurry […]

Where Boys Walk

December 8, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Where Boys Walk Fist clenched, Forearm flexed, Raised above, hovering, Before down the hit. Cringed below, a boy child’s Dread, And fear. And Humiliation. Again. Hands, kind, reach, Stretch, pat on’a back, Rest on’a shoulder, A smile, a nod, he said “good job.” Eyes open, breath released, hope. Courage, And will. And defiance. Indomitable. And between […]

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