The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – It’s time to build a wall… But not the wall you’re probably thinking about. In the biblical book of Nehemiah, the residents of Jerusalem were under threat. Judah had been conquered by the Babylonians, and not only was Jerusalem raided, but its wall was destroyed, leaving it open to attack. Nehemiah, who was serving the king in Babylon, heard about the state of the wall in Jerusalem...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – With all the examples of freedom under attack, it’s nice to see a win every once and a while. I have talked briefly about the injunction against members of the Biden administration trying to censor information through social media. Recently, I’ve had the chance to delve deeper into the injunction, and what I found was pretty good. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty of examples...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Back in school, we learned about taxation without representation. If it was good enough for the colonies to declare independence, shouldn’t it be good enough for us to change those we hire to represent us? The problem with taxation without representation is we pay the bills but have no say in the laws that create them. This is why Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution vests all...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Do you ever wake up thinking the whole world has gone mad? I know things change over time, but really, how can you take a look at what’s going on and not think a significant portion of the population has gone crazy? You have supposedly intelligent people who can’t (or won’t) tell you what a woman is. You have parents fighting with teachers and school administrators about...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Just when you think things can’t get any worse is usually when they do. Maybe it’s because, when things are bad, we are looking so hard for any solution we don’t stop to think if it’s actually better or not. It seems the need to do something often leads to doing the wrong thing. Either that or we figure we’ll just keep doing the same thing over and over again, hoping against hope that...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – There are plenty of sayings that express a similar idea: Back to square one, Back to the drawing board, Back to basics, & Coming full circle. They all involve going back to the beginning of something, usually to find a solution or at least something better than your current one. When you’re dealing with a problem, going back to where you started, then examining the decisions you made...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – In 1960, the term “The Man” was a moniker for the anonymous person in some nebulous bureaucracy trying to control your life. For the rebels of those days, standing up to “The Man” was a badge of honor. Today, not only does it seem that standing up is the exception to the rule, but those who called for that stand are now the man and more than willing to crush those who...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – When we pledge allegiance to the flag, we end with the line, “With liberty and justice for all.” But do we have liberty and justice for all? I’m not talking about singular examples of injustices but at a systemic and societal level. When dealing with the U.S. Department of Justice, do we have equal protection of the law? When someone goes to court, is justice blind, or is she peaking to decide...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – What bothers you more, the amount of censorship or the lack of any meaningful response to it? For me, it’s the lack of response. I expect people who are drawn to power to do anything to protect it but to have the American people so comfortable with it that they just accept it really disturbs me. How many wars have we fought, and how many have bled a died to protect our rights to...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I read an interesting article in the Epoch Times. It was an analysis of how the federal government keeps growing, which got me thinking, not just about how the government keeps growing but why and what we can do to stop it. This whole thing reminds me of a Schoolhouse Rock song about the ever-growing debt. But it’s not just the debt, but the spending, the regulations...