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America’s Distrust: The Only Darkness is (Constitutional) Ignorance

Originally published September 18, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

America’s Distrust: The Only Darkness is (Constitutional) Ignorance

The sun has set again on another September 17th. Seemingly just another day in September gone by, one would think. Two hundred twenty-seven years ago on that date, thirty-eight men1The Constitution bears thirty-nine signatures; George Read signed the name of fellow Delaware delegate, John Dickinson, at Dickinson’s request. , representing twelve of the thirteen states, […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Featured, Founding Fathers, History Tagged With: alexis de tocqueville, american history, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, constitutional convention, econtalk, founding fathers, independence hall, jonathan turley, public opinion polling, state sovereignty

What It’s All About: The Constitution – Celebrate & Reflect Today & Always

Originally published September 17, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 20, 2011. Leave a Comment

What It’s All About: The Constitution – Celebrate & Reflect Today & Always

For the past couple of weeks here at GiN,

Filed Under: Constitution, Featured, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles, History, It's On The House Tagged With: american history, antonin scalia, classical education, constitution day, constitution of the united states of america, constitutional convention, federal convention on the constitution, founding, founding fathers, founding of america, george washington, government reflection of the people, Grassroots in Nebraska, hail columbia, hillsdale college, hillsdale constitution series, independence hall, james madison, nebraska constitution, original national anthem america, originalism, originalism and the constitution, philadelphia constitutional convention, primary source documents, progressives, progressivism, signing of the constitution, study of constitution, study of history, truth painting, u.s. history, we the people

Senator Haar Proves His Popular Vote Bill Is Ill-Advised

Originally published January 21, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2014. 12 Comments

Senator Haar Proves His Popular Vote Bill Is Ill-Advised

Thanks to Don[1. And yes, our condolences go out to him…he is in District 21, which Senator Haar represents.] for letting me know that Senator Ken Haar appeared on KLIN’s DriveTime Lincoln show to talk about LB583, (to download and read on your computer, click here) his bill that would award all of Nebraska’s electoral […]

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NE Senator Wants Popular Vote for Presidency

Originally published January 20, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2014. 5 Comments

NE Senator Wants Popular Vote for Presidency

One of our members sent us a copy of the letter he wrote to Nebraska District 21 Senator Ken Harr, who introduced the very ill-advised LB583 “Adopt the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by Popular National Vote” (If you prefer to read the bill online without downloading the […]

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Unconstitutional: Who Decides? States via Nullification or Supreme Court?

Originally published December 7, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated February 3, 2013. 4 Comments

Unconstitutional: Who Decides? States via Nullification or Supreme Court?

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding, and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties, which may make anything mean nothing or everything, at pleasure.” Many people are seeking solutions to rein in the growth of government, most particularly […]

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A Republic If You Can Keep It

Originally published July 15, 2010, By Linda. Updated September 21, 2014. 2 Comments

A Republic If You Can Keep It

The story goes that Benjamin Franklin was approached by a woman as he left the Constitutional Convention 1 Recorded by Constitution signer James McHenry in his diary which was reprinted in 1906. Reference.. She asked: “What have you given us?” Franklin is said to have replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” This exchange […]

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Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

Originally published July 9, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

By Shelli Dawdy This is the third and final in a series examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click one of the titles to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!” or second […]

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Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

Originally published July 8, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 26, 2011. Leave a Comment

Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

By Shelli Dawdy This is the second of  a three part piece examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click the title to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!“ There is a related […]

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The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

Originally published July 4, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 26, 2011. 2 Comments

The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

By Shelli Dawdy This is part one of a two part piece. The Lincoln Journal Star featured a piece in their Independence Day edition entitled “Whose Side Are the Founding Fathers On?” The piece was written with a bottom-line message: there’s no clear answer. It’ll be a topic of perpetual debate. According to the article, […]

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