This program will continue to discuss the nearly complete transformation of our Constitutional Republic into an oligarchy of judges who happen to be members of the Supreme Court. During this program, I will comment on the subversion of the US by the instructors in our law schools who engender a contempt for the foundational principles of our society in their students, and what is worse, identify, and screen out, students who continue to hold and revere the truth and the foundational principles of the US. Thus, the pool of lawyers from which judges at the local, state, and federal level will be totally populated with those who hate our Constitutional liberties, our free enterprise economy, and our national sovereignty, and whose only ethical principles are ego and greed. Specifically, I will continue to comment on an article entitled “Give me liberty and give you death,” written by ANDREW KOPPELMAN, which appeared in thehill.com on December 19, 2021. The Hill is a left-wing publication that has a low regard for the sovereignty of the US and for Biblical ethics.
The program title, Liberty and Posterity, comes from the US Constitution, the preamble of which states that one of the reasons for writing and ratifying the Constitution was to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” our posterity being our children and descendants not yet born. As a reminder, on the Liberty and Posterity program, we view all events and activities in relation to reality, truth, and Biblical morality, the same principles stated in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that entitle the United States to be separate from, and equal to, other nations: The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The Laws of Nature are the physical laws by which the physical universe operates (also called reality and truth), and the Laws of Nature’s God are the moral laws of God as specified in the Bible. If you have a problem with that, the problem is on your end, not ours.
As a disclaimer, politically I am an active member of the Republican Party. I am pro-life because I support Biblical morality and the US Constitution, which, per the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, guarantees us that our right to life can’t be taken from us without due process of law. The Democrat Party will not accept people who are pro-life, so I can’t be a Democrat. I am a Republican, but I am not a party hack. I took an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution from all enemies, both foreign and domestic, not to advance any particular political organization. For that reason, I refer to myself as a centrist: I support politically those who support the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence and their underlying principles.
I realize that the First Amendment gives authors tremendous liberty including the right to defame and slander public figures such as Dr. Peter McCullough, but a professor at a prestigious law school such as Northwestern has a fiduciary duty to exercise due diligence in his research. Professor Koppelman admits in his article: “I was able to learn all this in a two-minute Google search.”
When a lawsuit begins, all involved parties start to gather information that can be useful in a concrete case. In view of the fact that this information includes facts and documents that were unknown for at least one party, this process is called ‘discovery.’ Discovery’s definition and discovery laws can vary state to state, but in general, it can be formulated as the process of investigating all pertinent matters in a concrete legal case. As is clear from the definition, the main purpose of this process is to gather as much information as possible to resolve the dispute before it turns into a lawsuit.
As Sergeant Joe Friday used to say on the old Dragnet TV show: “just the facts, ma’am.”
Witnesses in court must take an oath to swear (or affirm) to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” Incomplete, or inaccurate, information can result in a wrong decision or outcome.
Professor Koppelman is well aware of the necessity to do in-depth research. Digging for facts is better exercise than jumping to conclusions. By admitting to doing not much more than a “two-minute Google search,” Professor Koppelman reveals that he is either lazy, incompetent, or deliberately deceitful.
I submit that Professor Koppelman is in the latter category of being deceitful.
Professors who knowingly lie and slander, such as Professor Koppelman, should be removed from their position. Teachers have an especially important role and need to be held to a higher standard. James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Lawyers have a duty to tell the truth so that justice will be served. I will quote Jesus: John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 8:31-32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
We need to select judges in accordance with the principles that Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro gave Moses to us when selecting judges to rule the Israelites: Exodus 18:21 “thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness.” Unfortunately, our society is filled with mockers and scoffers, pathological liars, and covetous and materialistic individuals, so it’s not surprising that our government, military, academia, and news and entertainment media is infested with these types. If we are to have a God-fearing government, we need to be a God-fearing people. Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
If the pool of potential judges, our law school graduates, believe it is acceptable to lie and slander like their instructors do, our next generation of judges will be mockers and scoffers, and our society will have degenerated to that described in Isaiah 59:14 "And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter."
To restore our Republic, we need to return to original principles and inculcate them into our next generation. Per James Madison, Fourth President of the United States and one of the authors of the US Constitution: “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”
Five people died during the January 6, 2021 demonstration at the US Capitol, but the only two deaths by violence were that of Ashli Babbitt, callously shot by a Capitol Police Officer, and Rosanne Boyland, who appears to have been savagely and sadistically kicked to death by Capitol Police Officers. Never forget Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland.
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Ron Higgins
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