by Todd McKinley | Mar 17, 2021
The Tennessee State Constitution, or officially “The Constitution of the State of Tennessee,” is lengthier, or more “wordy,” than the U.S. Constitution, when it comes to many of its provisions. This is especially true when you look at Article I, titled “Declaration of...
by Todd McKinley | Aug 10, 2020
The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was originally proposed on September 25th, 1789, and was finally ratified on May 7th, 1992. In other words, it took 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days and reads: “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the...
by Todd McKinley | Jan 4, 2020
On December 31st, 2019 just hours before U.S. Embassy personnel in Baghdad were set to ring in a new year, the Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia and their Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and supporters had other plans. Instead of calling for peace in a...
by Todd McKinley | Jan 4, 2020
What’s in a Name There’s a saying often posed as a question and it asks, “what’s in a name,” which is usually used rhetorically or often as a throwaway line. However, every word, every name, every phrase etc. has a meaning and when it comes to the term “Deep State”...
by Todd McKinley | Aug 15, 2019
Bottom Line Up Front I find that a lot of wisdom, sound advice, and guidance on how to solve the problems of the present is found by simply listening and learning from our past. Therefore, I’ve decided to use the quotes of Calvin Coolidge, Daniel Webster, and Thomas...
by Kailey Nieman | Feb 6, 2018
Our Second Amendment right is under attack now more than ever. Political propaganda is causing people to rewrite the constitution to benefit their argument. Here is what you need to know. The second amendment isn’t about the right to go hunting. The wording...