Issue #20 of The Beacon Spotlight covers the principle of Americans getting the type of federal government we deserve. If Americans aren't willing to put in the time and effort into understanding what we face and responding accordingly, then there will be no one to blame for our country's downfall and our subjugation at the hands of our own government.
Topics: Constitution, U.S. Government, Congress, federal government, Chief Justice John Marshall, Cohens v....
Issue #11 of The Beacon Spotlight summarizes the premise of Matt Erickson's public domain book, Understanding Federal Tyranny . Patriots ignore the highly unusual exception (Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 [for the District Seat]) to all the normal rules (the U.S. Constitution) at their peril, for it outlines a source of essentially unlimited powers (save only to avoid the few express prohibitions on federal powers [such as found in the Bill of Rights]). The District of Columbia is a special...
Topics: Constitution, Article I, District Seat, District of Columbia, exclusive legislative jurisdiction,...
The Beacon Spotlight, Issue 7, seeks to expose the fundamental method by which members of Congress and officials of the federal government use to expand their powers and rule over American citizens with few restrictions. Please consider reading these four short pages which seek to provide a framework which Patriots may use to begin to make Sense out of Government Nonsense, so we may Restore Our American Republic, once and for all. We must learn to differentiate mere symptoms from the underlying...
Topics: Article VII, Article V, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, U.S. Constitution, members of Congress,...
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Nov 11, 2019
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The Patriot Corps Petition for a Redress of Grievances is a petition to Congress to right the wrongs implemented by the 1821 Supreme Court case of Cohens v. Virginia, when it said "The clause which gives exclusive legislation is, unquestionably, a part of the Constitution, and, as such, binds all the United States". Indeed, although Art. VI, Cl. 2 of the Constitution expressly declares that (all of) "This Constitution" shall be the "supreme Law of the Land",...
Topics: U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, exclusive legislation clause, forts, magazines,...
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Jan 13, 2019
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Part 1 of the five-part Patriot Corps presentation of Understanding Federal Tyranny provides half of the overview (Part 2 will complete the overview) that explains in general terms how members of Congress and federal officials ignore their constitutional constraints with impunity. Having a framework understood clearly in one's mind before getting to the particulars of an example helps as Parts 3, 4 and 5 begin to examine the specific case of "following the money"--as they look into...
Topics: U.S. Constitution, Article VII ratification, Article V amendment, in all cases whatsoever, the...
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Sep 22, 2021
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Issue 24 of The Beacon Spotlight — Up-Ending the Republic—Alexander Hamilton’s True Legacy examines how Alexander Hamilton, with the help of Chief Justice John Marshall, up-ended our Republic, subverting the limited government the Framers of the Constitution gave us, to get indirectly over time what Hamilton had sought at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, but wasn’t able to get directly.
Topics: Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, Edmund...
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While Patriots repeatedly complain that progressives ignore the U.S. Constitution with impunity, Patriot Quest shows in reality that there is only strict construction of the Constitution, and those who act contrary to the spirit of the Constitution are, surprisingly, the ones who necessarily hold its letter up to its strictest terms. To back up that claim, Patriot Quest examines the precedent-setting 1871 Supreme Court case which first upheld paper currencies as legal tender (despite earlier...
Topics: legal tender paper currency, amendment, forts, electoral college, section 8, dockyards, marbury v....
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Oct 21, 2021
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Issue #25 of The Beacon Spotlight examines the question if members of Congress and federal officials are powers unto themselves.
Topics: U.S. Constitution, exclusive legislation, District Seat, District of Columbia, Article I, Section...
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Feb 17, 2019
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Part 1 of the 5-part Understanding Federal Tyranny video presentation is the first half of the overview of general principles, which shows how members of Congress and federal officials bypass their constitutional restraints with impunity.
Topics: The Peculiar Conundrum, tyranny, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John...
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Feb 17, 2019
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Part 2 of the 5-part video presentation Understanding Federal Tyranny completes the broad overview began in Part 1, showing how members of Congress and federal officials bypass their constitutional constraints, with impunity from a broad perspective. Parts 3, 4 and 5 will then "follow the money" as they expound upon a specific example to prove true the overview.
Topics: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, bank of the United States, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander...
