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Don Mellon

Don Mellon wrote summaries for each of the 85 Federalist Papers for posting on the Texas-based website www.teaparty911.com. Mellon has edited and contributed many articles about the intent of the Founders in drafting the U.S. Constitution, noting how states have surrendered their powers granted by the Constitution. He is a Vietnam-era military veteran, and holds a PhD in Physics from Iowa State University. Now retired from Texas Instruments, he lives in East Texas.  

Most Recent Articles by Don Mellon:

Limits to Federal Judicial Power Over the States

Limits to Federal Judicial Power Over the StatesMany people are aware of how the states have given away through the amendment process their sovereignty well protected in the original Constitution. But what is not so well known is what has happened through the judiciary process. When the states ratified the Constitution it established a Supreme court and gave congress the ability to form lower courts. But it limited their judicial authority to issues involving the federal government and those between states or between citizens of more than one state. The judicial authority did not extend to individual states, their laws and constitutions.
- Wednesday, April 3, 2019

What America's Founders intended in the Second Amendment

The militia noted in the second amendment is a militia of all those able and willing to bear arms to defend their liberty. Today, discussion of the Second Amendment begins with two claims: Liberal, gun-control advocates focus on "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," and argue that the right to bear arms only applies to those in a well-regulated militia. Conservatives emphasize "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
- Saturday, March 23, 2019

Has the Tenth Amendment Become a Lie?

Has the Tenth Amendment Become a Lie?In America, the liberty of We The People is at risk, not from a foreign government, but from our own. The founders clearly intended that the Federal Government would have a defined set of powers delegated by the Constitution. All other powers necessary for governing would be reserved to the state governments. A single quote in James Madison’s Federalist Papers No. 45 supports that view:
- Monday, March 18, 2019

Prelude to a Revolution, National Popular Voting

Prelude to a Revolution, National Popular VotingIf the movement in America to bypass the Constitution and directly elect the President by a national popular vote succeeds, it will destroy the American Republic. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact(NPVIC) would guarantee victory to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To date, twelve states and the district of Columbia have agreed to the compact totaling 172 electoral votes, with Colorado and Oregon about to add 19.
- Thursday, March 14, 2019

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