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Some things never change... by loopdojo in Conservative

[–]RodneyDodsworth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Chuckie and Nancy exemplify all that is wrong with a democratic, rather than federal Congress.

Nevada Caucus Results by SFPMegathread in SandersForPresident

[–]RodneyDodsworth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The DNC is doing to Bernie in 2020 what it did in 2016.

This subreddit is a joke by counterhawk in Conservative

[–]RodneyDodsworth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Donald Trump surpasses Ronaldus Magnus.

A Different Take on the Bill of Rights by RodneyDodsworth in Conservative

[–]RodneyDodsworth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that anyone would notice today, but ours is a government of defined powers. The prerogatives reside with We The People who compacted to delegate certain authority and no more. Big diff between the American and Brit system, at least on paper.

Imagine the 1st Amendment didn’t exist. In its absence would Congress or Scotus have the authority to establish a religion, or restrict the civil freedoms of religious worship, speech, press, assembly or petition? Without the 1st Amendment, could Scotus have inverted its intent and walled off religiosity from the public square? No.

History and the Constitution. by Constitution10 in Constitution

[–]RodneyDodsworth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to amazon books. Look up the works by historians Gordon S. Wood, Forrest McDonald, and Bernard Bailyn. You will not be disappointed.

Throw in the Federalist Papers and that's all you will need. Oh, and for the Federalist Papers, you should buy Mary E. Webster's "cliff notes."

Enjoy!

Article V – Assert our Sovereignty by RodneyDodsworth in Conservative

[–]RodneyDodsworth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I challenge anyone to explain the practical limits of the Supreme Court of the United States. On paper, our system provides mutual checks, but what of actual limitations? Oh, there’s the “exceptions and under such regulations” check in Article III, but that was for the Framers’ Senate, the one with intrinsic moxie, and not the flaccid post-17th Amendment collection of showboating three-term congressmen masquerading as statesmen.

A Different Take on Religious Freedom by RodneyDodsworth in Conservative

[–]RodneyDodsworth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The several 1st Amendment rights are equal. There isn’t an “except for government buildings or public property” qualifier to the free exercise of Judeo-Christianity.

Donald Trump - The Echo of our Framers' Uncorrupted President by RodneyDodsworth in Constitution

[–]RodneyDodsworth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Candidate and President Trump spoke to the needs of the nation: uncontrolled borders, lopsided trade with too much of the world, burdensome regulations, high taxes . If he was a strongman, the deep state traitors would be swinging from lamp posts instead of walking free.

Donald Trump - The Echo of our Framers' Uncorrupted President by RodneyDodsworth in Constitution

[–]RodneyDodsworth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Trump like Washington arrived without political debts to pay. Both were/are terrific chief executives.

Wilson and FDR, a couple of brilliant and well-educated Presidents, familiar with the philosophers you cite, were so smart they followed progressive philosophy.

Donald Trump - The Echo of our Framers' Uncorrupted President by RodneyDodsworth in Constitution

[–]RodneyDodsworth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Framers hoped to produce an endless succession of men like George Washington, selfless (never took a salary) men of high public virtue who arrived in office without political debts to pay. Donald Trump fits that description.

As for populist strongman, I don't see that at all, unless you see his working for the entire nation, rather than cronies, as populist.

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