Volume 19 , Issue 4

NW Okie's Journey

An Independent News media is indispensable for America's democracy as a check-n-balance to those in power. With all the lies coming from President 45's administration, who took an oath to uphold the US Constitution, we thought it was about time we should be reminded of the first ten Articles (Bill of Rights) of the United States Constitution.

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Sweet Silly Spunky Sadie

Separation of Church and State. What does it really mean? We know, or should know that it was a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson and others expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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Justice Department Created 23 June 1870

President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law a bill creating the Justice Department, 23 June 1870. It was the early years of the Republic when a position was established by Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1789. Attorney General of the United States was a part-time job held by a single individual.

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1870, The Department of Justice

There was an interesting article in The Daily Milwaukee News, Milwaukee, WI, dated 22 June 1870, Wednesday, page 4: "The Department of Justice." As Mrs. Throllope said back then, "The biggest and the best," and still growing, and if we only grow in wisdom and grace as we grow in years, numbers and extent, the legislation and creation of departments and bureaus may be "All for the best."

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The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)

The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution. It was written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. The essays originally appeared anonymously in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788 under the pen name "Publius."

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The Founders' Constitution - Bill of Rights (28 March 1788)

The following is taken from The Founders' Constitution, Bill of Rights, document 7, written by Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 84, 575-81, 28 March 1788.

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U. S. Constitution, Amendment XIV

Amendment XIV addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. The most commonly used phrase in the amendment is "Equal protection of the laws," which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases.

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US Constitution - Bill of Rights

We the People of the Untied States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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