Jerry Summers: Blount - Schoolfield - Trump Saturday, February 13, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers What do the above-mentioned powerful individuals have in common? William Blount (1749-1800) was a signer of the United States Constitution, originally from North Carolina and served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory. He would eventually be elected as one of Tennessee’s initial United States Senators in 1796. He also was a land spectator and obtained millions of acres in Tennessee and the West. Blount was responsible for the creation of the City of Knoxville, named after United States Secretary of War Henry Knox, and he built a mansion in that community that still stands as a historical structure.
Impeachment: Republicans say ex-President Trump can t be tried but many experts disagree John Fritze, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – When the Senate gathers Tuesday for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Republicans are expected to hammer away at a longstanding argument to undermine the case before debate even begins.
Never mind the charges against Trump for his role in allegedly inciting a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, GOP senators and Trump s lawyers say, because the trial itself is unconstitutional. I m ready to end the impeachment trial because I think it is blatantly unconstitutional, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and an ally to Trump, asserted Sunday on CBS Face the Nation, repeating the word unconstitutional six more times. This impeachment, in the eyes of most Republicans, is an unconstitutional exercise.
It is a testament to the ingratitude of republics that John Hancock was to lie in an almost unmarked grave for a century after his death. Worse, he fared little better during his life when enemies condemned him for a strutting popinjay whose shallow vanity and vaulting ambition were signs of a weak mind and an irresolute character. They judged his value to the patriot cause as resting solely in his vast and inherited wealth. He was painted as an indifferent revolutionary whose disagreements with British authorities were always over money rather than the ideals of self-government and personal liberty.
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oe Biden And The Death Of Free Speech
The president s first day was marked by a harsh crackdown on the right to protest. So much for a return to normalcy.
The media loved Joe Biden’s inauguration: his platitude-laden speech and his calls for “unity” struck the perfect note for a Washington establishment that wants no more guff from the “deplorables.” But few commentators stooped to point out the radical changes of Biden’s big day, such as its being the first inaugural since 1865 with the military openly occupying the nation’s capital.
In his inaugural address, Biden castigated “a riotous mob [that] thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people.” But politicians invoked that same mob to justify silencing protesters for miles around the inauguration. Biden also declared, “That’s America. The right to dissent peaceably, within the guardrails of our republic. It’s perhaps this nation’s greatest strength.” Yet during Biden�