The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I’ve often said that people have the right to be stupid. If we think about it, States also have a right to be stupid, unless their citizens force them to change. After announcing that their state erroneously registered 6,600 non-citizens to vote, New Jersey Governor claimed that Donald Trump’s claims of thousands of non-citizens being registered to...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – We all want to be treated justly, to have the laws equally applied. Well, not all of us, because there are some who seem to think they are more equal than others. While the Constitution does include an Equal Protection Clause, it's only in the Fourteenth Amendment and only applies to the states. The idea of equal protection, though, runs...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Milton Friedman pointed this out decades ago. For socialism to work, for any centrally planned government, economy, or society to work, it requires the use of force. Even simple things like promises of free healthcare, housing, food, and bus rides require the government to take the money from someone else by force. Which leads to...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The New York Times used to advertise itself as “All the news that’s fit to print.” Sadly, it seems more like the Soviet Union propaganda rag called “Pravda” or “Truth.” At least two TV networks failed to cover Trump’s recent speech. Now, there’s nothing illegal about these private entities deciding not to cover a presidential speech, but were they...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The truth about vaccines, voter fraud, artificial intelligence, gun violence, and political posturing can be found if we’re willing to look and be open to the idea that we may be wrong. What do you think about the search for truth? Do you think there are many different truths or one actual truth? Do you believe truth is unattainable by...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – There’s been a lot of talk since COVID about a loss of faith in institutions. Sadly, many of the reasons given for the loss of faith are misguided at best. How will anyone trust the Supreme Court if the justices’ families are threatened by those who disagree with them, especially those from the Marxist left? Ronald Reagan said, “Trust, but verify!”

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Political influence threatens equal enforcement of the law as federal investigators examine alleged 2020 election irregularities, Congress drives a projected $1.9 trillion deficit, and unconstitutional state and local policies produce harmful consequences. The central question remains whether government serves justice, accountability, and citizens, or partisan interests instead at every level...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Don’t you just love it when someone says, “I support the Second Amendment, but… blah, blah, blah! Like in California, where they claim to support the Second Amendment, but they banned striker-fired handguns. Or Virginia, where the government, and I believe several legislators, claim to support the Second Amendment, but banned an entire...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – There are things in life that make us reflect. The death of my father last year has caused me to reflect, and the celebration of the semiquincentennial has as well. So when I saw an article showing how America has changed over the last 250 years, it not only got my attention but also made me want to look at those changes more deeply...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – From the Constitution to state and federal statutes, there are plenty of laws in these United States. And all of them come with some form of consequence, both for violating them and blindly following them. Take, for example, Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing ICE agents when she helped smuggle an illegal...