U.S. Constitution

Let’s Keep the Electoral College (Part 1) by Miguel A. Faria, MD

The American Founding Fathers established a Constitutional Republic with a federal system of government—that is, a national government vis-à-vis state governments. As noted in previous chapters, this federal system incorporated a series of checks and balances with separation of powers and both direct and indirect legislative representation. Within the conceptual framework, an Electoral College was […]

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A Constitutional Republic, Not a Social Democracy, ‘If We Can Keep It’ by Miguel A. Faria, MD

On September 18, 1787, the last day of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after the Founding Fathers concluded the drafting of the U.S. Constitution at Independence Hall, Mrs. Elizabeth Willing Powel asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin a pertinent question: “Well doctor,” she began, “what have we got—a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin answered, “A republic,

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Is there a natural right to health care? by Miguel A. Faria, MD

In a memorable editorial, Frank Davidoff, M.D., Editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, and Davido and Reinecke of the Jefferson Medical College called for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to establish universal health care as a right.[2] It was promulgated in a “Dear Health Care Colleague” letter by Ira Hellander, M.D., executive

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The Supreme Court Hands Down Major Victory to Freedom-Loving Americans by Miguel A. Faria, MD

Until today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) had not made it clear that the right to keep and bear arms is protected outside the home; but now it has! Townhall’s headline today reads, “Supreme Court Hands Down Biggest Second Amendment Victory since Heller.” Indeed, this is a major historic ruling. The article

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Senate Republicans Must Oppose Radical Nomination by Jeff Crouere

President Joe Biden has failed to deliver on my promise to unify the country or restore our reputation abroad, but he did follow through on his commitment to nominate an African American woman to the United States Supreme Court. In the middle of an international crisis he exacerbated, Biden announced his selection of Ketanji Brown

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Should the U.S. adopt gun control as in the democracies of the British Commonwealth or Japan? by Miguel A. Faria MD

Following the Parkland High School mass shooting on Valentine’s Day, gun control has once again been pushed to the forefront of political discussion by gun prohibitionists exploiting each and every tragedy to carry on their not so hidden agenda. This time they have even recruited teenagers, who understandably fear not only deranged madmen carrying out

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