Through the Constitution with Douglas V. Gibbs The 17th Amendment removed State representation in the federal government, centralizing the government in Washin

Through the Constitution with Douglas V. Gibbs The 16th Amendment established an allowance for Congress to enact direct taxation.  The same year the Federal Re

Constitution Study Radio: Lesson 22 - Civil War Amendments

Through the Constitution with Douglas V. Gibbs The 12th Amendment changed the procedure for electing the President and Vice President originally provided for i

Through the Constitution with Douglas V. Gibbs Chisolm v. Georgia revealed that the courts were trying to seize more power, and the people, and the States, needed to futher limit the Judicial Branch.  The 11th Amendment applies those limitations. Join

Laws of Nature and of Nature's God.  Rights are God-given, and powers to the federal government were given by the States, all other authorities are reserved to the States Join Douglas V. Gibbs of Political Pistachio as he journeys through the United S

The founders feared standing armies and activist judges.  Our protection against standing armies begins in the Second Amendment and concludes in the Third Amendment.  The right to due process is a standard bearer in relation to the American legal syste

Constitution Study Radio, Lesson 17: Second Amendment - The Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The right to bear arms is the right that protects all of the other rights.  Without the right to keep and bear arms, all of the other rights are in danger of being

First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abreidging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Gove

Bill of Rights: Introduction The Bill of Rights were originally intended only to apply to the federal government, but as time passed, partially through the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment, and partially through the incorporation of the Bill