Constitutional Consonance
June 8, 2025
Due to the riots that occurred in Los Angeles this weekend, I will condense this newsletter and focus on what those riots have confirmed and put into motion in the next newsletter. You should getting it in a couple of days; maybe tomorrow.
First, something serious, then something funny.
Here, I wish to introduce a new term: Constitutional Consonance. I used this when discussing politics with a democrat who claimed that Trump was not obeying the Constitution, because he was not following a judge’s order about deporting illegal aliens.
On June 3 of this year, Senator Ted Cruz reported:
“Since President Trump returned to office in January, there have been over forty universal injunctions issued against the federal government. Let's put this into context. In the first 150 years of the Republic, zero nationwide injunctions were issued. That's for 150 years.
“…our country is facing a constitutional crisis, a full-blown judicial assault on the separation of powers that strikes at the very foundation of the Republic.”
“What we're witnessing is the rise of judicial lawfare from the bench. One unelected district judge sitting in a courtroom in San Francisco, Boston, or Baltimore can now issue a nationwide injunction that ties the hands of the President of the United States for all 330 million Americans. That's not law, that's judicial tyranny.”
My point is that the Judge’s decision was not in consonance with the design of our Constitution, so President Trump was acting constitutionally when he ignored the order. In Section Two of our Constitution, the Executive, the President, is given the power to deal with his constitutional requirement to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” as he deports those people who are in this nation illegally.
What we have here are constitutional principles being thwarted by unethical political game-playing.
While pet sitting for my sister in Phoenix, I rekindled some old friendships; we had a great time. As we chatted about old friends, I remembered a lass I dated a few times back then; I was 22 years old, she was 18. One night, we dined across town, which, along with a movie, made us arrive later than her curfew. So, when I dropped her off at her home, she told me to stop a block short of her house so she could sneak in the back door without waking her parents.
She didn’t know that her twin sister was doing the same thing at exactly the same time from the other side of their house. When they crept up silently from opposite directions and encountered each other’s dark figure near the back door, both screamed, waking up their parents and the whole neighborhood. When the girls recognized each other a couple of seconds later, they fell into each other’s arms and started laughing out loud.
Meanwhile, the backdoor lights were turned on by an angry mother, along with those of several neighbors, who were inquiring what was happening. The mom settled the neighbors down and later admitted it was funny…but the sisters faced a two-week restriction. That was over fifty years ago and we still laugh about it.
Voicebox: One democrat politician is increasing their internet appearances, continually complaining about problems created by the republicans, and then claiming to have solutions: Elizabeth Warren. She is quite intelligent and politically astute, and worse, the democrats don’t mind her lying. AOC may have the looks, but Warren has a better dialogue.
The democrats are hoping to get a majority in the House of Representatives; I believe that she will be a major voice in this effort. Watch out for them!
Ukraine’s attack on the bomber fleet at the Belaya air base in Russia has pushed President Trump’s peacekeeping efforts to the sidelines. Obviously, Zelenskyy knew it would.
Reuters news services reported that many Russian military bloggers are very angry about the attack’s efficiency and the lack of Russia’s military readiness. Politically, Putin must respond to those attacks; it reads like Trump understands that.
I have not received a satisfactory reason for Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which must defend itself. But as the war continues, the cost in human lives and eventual vengeance will grow to horrible levels. How many countries will be sucked into what promises to become a greater mess?
No matter how disgusting the democrat politicians turn, they will always have their fierce loyalists.
Two days ago I had an interesting discussion with one of these loyalists. I learned from them that Trump was incredibly rude, was cutting Social Security and Medicare, was not giving illegal aliens their proper hearings, and was horribly dishonest. Despite my refuting their major points, especially about their lack of constitutional knowledge, their response was, “Well, that is your opinion; we will just have to disagree.”
In other words, facts do not matter. The Constitution often doesn't matter. Their party is all-important to them, even when it opens our borders to horrible problems. When a person listens to only one source of news—the mainstream—it reinforces their prejudices rather than tests them.
One thing became clear: the person hated Trump with all their heart, which means that they will not allow any truths to penetrate their political algorithm.
Later that day, I heard of the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, where an illegal immigrant, an Islamist, firebombed a peaceful pro-Israel demonstration. Something clicked in my mind. How many anti-US groups find favor in the democrat party?
This sets the foundation for the next newsletter.
Personal: Yesterday, I spent most of the late afternoon and evening at the Veterans ER in Prescott. My left wrist was in terrible pain and slightly inflamed. The doctor said it wasn’t arthritis, but Cellulitis. The strange thing was that I had no scratches in the area, so the bug got in somewhere else. After being on a slow IV drip for over two hours, they taped me up, gave me some pills, and sent me on my way.
If any of you have had a case of cellulitis, you understand it is a serious matter.
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Steve
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