Corruption

Independent Candidates: Please Run For Office, Just Plan On “Failing”

July 2, 2019 Paul Hamlin

political party buttons all in Red, White, Blue themes

by Paul Hamlin For the naïve and uninitiated, the campaign trail is full of heartache and pain. The apathy, the dismay and the contempt that the voter has about the election process and all people who dare run a campaign is astounding, and not necessarily misplaced. PERSONAL JOURNEY When I struck out to run for the US House of Representatives the intent was noble, and I can only assure people that it did not come from a desire to have power. I am a firm believer that the people…

The Constitution’s Emoluments Clause – The Case Against Trump?

August 20, 2018 Paul Hamlin

Night time photo of the Supreme Court building from the outside front looking up the steps leading to the entrance

by Paul Hamlin Emoluments, seems like a strange word in modern conversation and it is a confusing word when applied to modern politics. This idea has come back to the forefront of the national political conversation, and as always there are several interpretations and several different solutions based primarily on what side of the political isle you find yourself on. If we try to take off our partisan hats and look at all sides of the emoluments clause and the constitution, what does that look like? Benjamin Franklin’s Snuffbox European…

Self-Pardon: Trump’s Get Out of Jail Free Card

June 6, 2018 Lynda Bryant-Work

By Lynda Bryant-Work Contrary to the Constitution, President Donald Trump has the idea he can commit federal crimes – and pardon himself, giving him a wide-open field for law breaking and corruption. Trump made the assertion in a recent tweet, where he cited several “legal scholars” for the basis of his declaration – though he made no reference to Constitutional law. In the tweet, Trump claimed that “numerous legal scholars” were the basis for his declaration. “But why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?” Trump quipped.…