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The Supreme Court LEAK: Unraveling the Ultimate Constitutional Fallacy—ROE V. WADE
Since January 11, 1973, when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade, America has been embroiled in a bitter and divisive controversy over abortion on two fronts: the first grounded on moral and religious grounds; the second based on the Constitution of the United States—what it says and (more importantly) doesn’t say.…
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Has Critical Race Theory Reached the Supreme Court?
D.B. Petrie[1] Article III of the Constitution vests the Supreme Court with the “judicial Power” to decide “all Cases, . . . arising under this Constitution.” As the highest court in the land, the Court is the final authority on the interpretation and meaning of the text of our written Constitution. And, it has the…
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Arizona has Sovereign Power to Defend Its Border
A primary reason that our Constitution is a written document is to remind the federal government that its powers are enumerated, defined, and limited. The government of the United States is . . . [one of limited powers]. The powers of the legislature are defined, and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the constitution is written.[1]…
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The Supreme Court
Our Highest Court or Our Ruler? This is the second in a series of articles focused on interpretation of our written Constitution Whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret any written . . . laws, it is he who is truly the lawgiver, to all intents and purposes, and not the person who first spoke…
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America’s “Written” Constitution
After four months of intense debate, a draft of a new written constitution was completed and presented to the delegates for signing on September 17, 1787.
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Who is Don Petrie?
Don graduated from Arizona State College of law in 1991, magna cum laude, and was awarded Order of the Coif. After clerking for two summers, during law school, in Phoenix, Arizona at the law firm of Gallagher & Kennedy, he joined the firm as an associate attorney and became a Shareholder in 1996. Over the next…
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What is Our Written Constitution?
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
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Understanding Modern Politics with the Constitution
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