The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 believed so strongly that oaths are fundamental and indispensable, they explicitly included in the Constitution a requirement that the president-elect take “the following  “Oath or Affirmation” before assuming the office of President: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of th

Presidents of both political parties have invoked the Insurrection Act in limited, unique situations. Presidents George Washington and John Adams invoked it to suppress organized rebellions against federal authority. Abraham Lincoln used it during the American Civil War and Ulysses S. Grant used it in 1870 to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

The issue. “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging...

Closing the U.S. Government even temporarily due to the inability of the Congress and Administration to adequately fund the federal government during any given time period is bad public policy and fiscally irresponsible.