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As our national civics lesson continues to unfold on its march toward our 59th Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021 & 45’s 2nd term, I write today not of his unmasking exercise but of distraction, evolution & Trump’s battle for a return to the Constitution.
As our national civics lesson continues to unfold on its march toward our 59th Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021 & 45’s 2nd term, I write today not of his unmasking exercise but of distraction, evolution & Trump’s battle for a return to the Constitution.
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By the President of the Senate.
By the President of the Senate.
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As a 3L in the FSU College of Law, I almost single-handedly produced an “African Americans and the Law in Florida” conference.
It was a futile attempt to give our Black Law Students Association a substantive event annually revolving around our chosen profession.
As a 3L in the FSU College of Law, I almost single-handedly produced an “African Americans and the Law in Florida” conference.
It was a futile attempt to give our Black Law Students Association a substantive event annually revolving around our chosen profession.
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The following year, our BLSA chapter could not have been less interested in sustaining it and reverted to the same ole, same ole.
Fluff.
The following year, our BLSA chapter could not have been less interested in sustaining it and reverted to the same ole, same ole.
Fluff.
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My subsequent failure on the Florida Bar examination is worthy of a novel. Not from a bitch and moan perspective, although incredible institutional mistakes were made that crippled my legal career.
My subsequent failure on the Florida Bar examination is worthy of a novel. Not from a bitch and moan perspective, although incredible institutional mistakes were made that crippled my legal career.
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No, at every step of the way *I* made THE critical mistakes.
Freely.
And because prudence rules my world, I reasoned out why my decisions were the prudent decisions.
No, at every step of the way *I* made THE critical mistakes.
Freely.
And because prudence rules my world, I reasoned out why my decisions were the prudent decisions.
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Precedents, you might say, personally stacked one upon another since my early teens were weighted and given outsized importance that – unbeknownst to me – worked against my stated professional goals.
Precedents, you might say, personally stacked one upon another since my early teens were weighted and given outsized importance that – unbeknownst to me – worked against my stated professional goals.
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Can you see how this relates to my earlier critique of the United States Supreme Court and their reliance upon precedents of their own creation?
Perhaps not. Perhaps its merely personal to me.
Whatever the case, *I* see it.
Can you see how this relates to my earlier critique of the United States Supreme Court and their reliance upon precedents of their own creation?
Perhaps not. Perhaps its merely personal to me.
Whatever the case, *I* see it.
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For me, and because I see it this way, "evolution" -- especially if one isn't careful -- can easily morph merely into a form of distraction.
A loss of focus.
For me, and because I see it this way, "evolution" -- especially if one isn't careful -- can easily morph merely into a form of distraction.
A loss of focus.
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This all came back to me as I watched a video Thomas Wictor highlighted.
The relevant part of this video for this thread runs from the 2:25 mark to 5:00.
This all came back to me as I watched a video Thomas Wictor highlighted.
The relevant part of this video for this thread runs from the 2:25 mark to 5:00.
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Wictor appears to presume in the video the emotion we see from Miller links back to his appointment as Acting Secretary of Defense on November 9, 2020.
But would that after-election appointment generate such emotion from a combat veteran?
I think not.
Wictor appears to presume in the video the emotion we see from Miller links back to his appointment as Acting Secretary of Defense on November 9, 2020.
But would that after-election appointment generate such emotion from a combat veteran?
I think not.
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No, I think that tremendous emotion goes back to the beginning of the Trump Administration.
Why?
I’ll try to explain that tomorrow.
No, I think that tremendous emotion goes back to the beginning of the Trump Administration.
Why?
I’ll try to explain that tomorrow.
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No, I see it as part of his effort to return power to “we the people” b/c Trump is – like Thomas and Alito – an Originalist.
He knows the logic of our Constitution is inescapable. There is a very clear hierarchy that has, through distractions & evolution, been hidden.
No, I see it as part of his effort to return power to “we the people” b/c Trump is – like Thomas and Alito – an Originalist.
He knows the logic of our Constitution is inescapable. There is a very clear hierarchy that has, through distractions & evolution, been hidden.
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The President, as Chief Executive, is President of *all* the people.
That much we all know.
The President of the Senate, however, a position constitutionally-mandated to be whomever is Vice President of the nation, is Senator to *all* the sovereign states.
The President, as Chief Executive, is President of *all* the people.
That much we all know.
The President of the Senate, however, a position constitutionally-mandated to be whomever is Vice President of the nation, is Senator to *all* the sovereign states.
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Every citizen has two sovereigns, remember?
So, he’s not Senator of all the people . . . no, his duty is to the sovereign states.
Every citizen has two sovereigns, remember?
So, he’s not Senator of all the people . . . no, his duty is to the sovereign states.
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Senate Rule 1 could not begin more clearly when it starts out “In the absence of the Vice President . . . .”
Clearly, the VP does not occupy a ceremonial position.
He occupies an incredibly important CONSTITUTIONAL & quite powerful position. https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-white-house-memo-details-how-pence-card-can-save-trumps-presidency-on-dec-23/
Senate Rule 1 could not begin more clearly when it starts out “In the absence of the Vice President . . . .”
Clearly, the VP does not occupy a ceremonial position.
He occupies an incredibly important CONSTITUTIONAL & quite powerful position. https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-white-house-memo-details-how-pence-card-can-save-trumps-presidency-on-dec-23/
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He, and he alone when presiding as President of the Senate, is CONSTITUTIONALLY authorized as presiding officer to maintain order and decorum, recognize members to speak, and interpret the Senate's rules, practices, and precedents.
He, and he alone when presiding as President of the Senate, is CONSTITUTIONALLY authorized as presiding officer to maintain order and decorum, recognize members to speak, and interpret the Senate's rules, practices, and precedents.
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Prior to the distracted evolution we increasingly endured as the 20th Century progressed chronologically, the Vice President *regularly* presided over the Senate.
Prior to the distracted evolution we increasingly endured as the 20th Century progressed chronologically, the Vice President *regularly* presided over the Senate.
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Not until the JFK election in 1960 was the Vice President’s office not in the Capitol building but the White House.
That was a 1961 move by LBJ.
Given the events of today, and curious Democrat actions over the recent decades, that move looks more and more suspicious.
Not until the JFK election in 1960 was the Vice President’s office not in the Capitol building but the White House.
That was a 1961 move by LBJ.
Given the events of today, and curious Democrat actions over the recent decades, that move looks more and more suspicious.
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But . . . back to Christopher Miller and Mike Pence.
Something quite serious accounts for that genuine emotion.
Tomorrow I’ll tell you about the SUBSTANTIVE responsibility I think President Trump gave Vice President Pence as Senator to all the States.
But . . . back to Christopher Miller and Mike Pence.
Something quite serious accounts for that genuine emotion.
Tomorrow I’ll tell you about the SUBSTANTIVE responsibility I think President Trump gave Vice President Pence as Senator to all the States.
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The events of today, however, are of primary importance.
It’s December 23rd.
I think EconChick/IntelChick has it right in this tweet, but -- perhaps -- only half right. https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1341590962267680768
The events of today, however, are of primary importance.
It’s December 23rd.
I think EconChick/IntelChick has it right in this tweet, but -- perhaps -- only half right. https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/1341590962267680768
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With respect to stopping the steal:
“It's ALWAYS BEEN the State Legislatures' jobs.”
Partially.
With respect to stopping the steal:
“It's ALWAYS BEEN the State Legislatures' jobs.”
Partially.
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The genius of the Founders comes to our rescue once again.
The brilliance of our current Originalists does so as well.
The genius of the Founders comes to our rescue once again.
The brilliance of our current Originalists does so as well.
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That detestable and godless theology (Communism) masquerading as an ideology (Socialism) has been working for decades in America as a hidden movement (Progressivism) and it has distracted our intelligentsia into evolving our system of government down the wrong path.
That detestable and godless theology (Communism) masquerading as an ideology (Socialism) has been working for decades in America as a hidden movement (Progressivism) and it has distracted our intelligentsia into evolving our system of government down the wrong path.
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The climax of this communistic effort is this so-called pandemic.
Most every primary reaction has been grounded in faulty logic that can never survive scrutiny . . . except barriers to scrutiny have been erected and enforced.
The climax of this communistic effort is this so-called pandemic.
Most every primary reaction has been grounded in faulty logic that can never survive scrutiny . . . except barriers to scrutiny have been erected and enforced.
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Truly stupid shiznit is said, and done, on the regular.
Honestly, who can’t figure out a mask is totally irrelevant to this virus?
Truly stupid shiznit is said, and done, on the regular.
Honestly, who can’t figure out a mask is totally irrelevant to this virus?
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Who can’t research down through the years and see we’ve never responded to a virus in this fashion . . . with no discernible negative impact to humanity?
Who can’t research down through the years and see we’ve never responded to a virus in this fashion . . . with no discernible negative impact to humanity?
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*All* of this is hubris in service to that detestable and godless theology (Communism) masquerading as an ideology (Socialism).
*All* of this is hubris in service to that detestable and godless theology (Communism) masquerading as an ideology (Socialism).
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All of it.
All of it.
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But we must deal with the voting public, the citizenry of the nation, as it currently exists.
This means the Trump Administration has *had* to give a certain dap to those terrified of this CCP Virus.
There was no other prudent choice.
But we must deal with the voting public, the citizenry of the nation, as it currently exists.
This means the Trump Administration has *had* to give a certain dap to those terrified of this CCP Virus.
There was no other prudent choice.
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But now, with this outrageous election fraud, Mike Pence *does* have a prudent choice staring him in the face.
One made possible by the #VeryStableGenius of Donald Trump.
But now, with this outrageous election fraud, Mike Pence *does* have a prudent choice staring him in the face.
One made possible by the #VeryStableGenius of Donald Trump.
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Namely, rebuke this distracted and evolved political submission of the position of Vice President in its capacity as President of the Senate.
Rebuke it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Namely, rebuke this distracted and evolved political submission of the position of Vice President in its capacity as President of the Senate.
Rebuke it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Send it into the dustbin of history.
Send it into the dustbin of history.
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Fully operational now for six decades, it’s time to kill the beast and step back into the Constitutional position provided by the Founders.
Fully operational now for six decades, it’s time to kill the beast and step back into the Constitutional position provided by the Founders.
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That process starts today, and is brought into final full display at 1 p.m. on January 6th.
This is not a time for blinking or bogus calls for comity.
It's a time for resolve.
If necessary, a fighting resolve . . . to win.
Because nothing can stop us.
Nothing.
That process starts today, and is brought into final full display at 1 p.m. on January 6th.
This is not a time for blinking or bogus calls for comity.
It's a time for resolve.
If necessary, a fighting resolve . . . to win.
Because nothing can stop us.
Nothing.
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Be the man we know you can be, Mr. Vice President.
Former Member of Congress, representing the Great State of Indiana.
Former Governor of the Great State of Indiana.
And . . . finally:
Current Senator of *all* 50 American States.
This moment is yours, Mike Pence.
Be the man we know you can be, Mr. Vice President.
Former Member of Congress, representing the Great State of Indiana.
Former Governor of the Great State of Indiana.
And . . . finally:
Current Senator of *all* 50 American States.
This moment is yours, Mike Pence.
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