By Kevin Mooney — Momentum continues to build for a National Debt Relief Amendment (NDRA) designed to give the American people a greater say before Congress acts to increase the flow of red ink. In just the past few weeks, state legislators in Montana, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin committed themselves to proposing the following language: “An increase in the federal [...]

By Kevin Mooney – Unelected extra-constitutional czars are least partly responsible for the moratorium that continues to undermine energy production in the Gulf Coast. That’s why Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has stepped up to block funding for administrative appointments that escape congressional scrutiny. In June, Vitter offered up an amendment that would defund existing czar positions in the Obama Administration and [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Attention incoming House and Senate Republicans. You are well positioned deep inside enemy territory to operate as constitutional insurgents. This means you are not part of the club and must remain separate and distinct from your party’s leadership in order to remain effective. Incoming House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell deserve the [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Below are excerpts from Sen. Mitch McConnell’s  Thursday speech to the Heritage Foundation: “Over the past week, some have said it was indelicate of me to suggest that our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term in office. But the fact is, if our primary legislative [...]

On Constitution day 2010, it’s ironic that the part of the Constitution that Americans are most familiar with is the Bill of Rights along with the rest of the amendments to the original Constitution. So important is the Bill of Rights, that without them, the Constitution would not have been ratified by the states. The Founders saw the Bill of [...]

When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they intended to signify the importance and power of each branch of government in the order that the powers are granted. The Founders saw the legislative branch as the most powerful of the three with the executive being weaker and the judicial branch being the weakest. It was the intention of the Founders for [...]

After the Revolutionary War, the Founding Fathers were nervous about a strong executive. This can be seen in the way that they wrote the Constitution. Our nation’s founders decided to create a stronger legislative branch than that of the executive branch as established in Article II. The Founders intended the legislative branch to check the powers of the President as [...]

Editor’s Note: With this Friday being Constitution day, we will be covering the Constitution throughout the week with a new article each day that examines a particular section or article of the Constitution. The Executive branch is one of the more controversial branches of the Federal Government. Article II of the U.S. Constitution lays out the duties of the Executive [...]