The Constitution

The number one question I am asked about my movies is "where did you get all that information from"? Well, when the subject is the U.S. Constitution there is one very reliable and unimpeachable source: The Documentary History of The Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, edited by Joseph Kaminski... The volumes that I have presonally read are IX and X because they cover the Virginia ratification debates. There are 23 volumes in all and they would make a fantastic edition […]

UPDATE! THE BEER PARTY CREST IS COMPLETED (see below) - Welcome! Welcome One And All!  This is the official home tavern of the Mike Church's Beer Party.  Keeping in the Spirit of our Founding Fathers, who made regular visits to such notable drinking establishments, including City Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, VA, we come together to discuss liberty, freedom, dreams and our vision of the future of America under the heavy influence of "spirits".  Now […]

The most frequent question I get from listeners about the Constitution is "Why don't you believe that the second amendment applies to the states you gun grabber!?" This then brings up the most misunderstood use of the Constitution: to "incorporate" the first ten amendments to the states (using the "due process clause of the 14th amendment). We need look no further than the complete Bill of Rights itself, in the form it was presented to the states for ratification. Pay […]

Ronald Reagan LOVED the Constitution and in fact, issued Constitution Day Proclamations on every Sept. 17th that he was in Office! Were it only so today. I can find no mention of Constitution Day anywhere on the Whitehouse website and have heard nothing from President Bush. Most people will give some sort of "really. today is the Constitution's Birthday!? Yeah, whatever" or ".... hmmm, that's cool" response when learning of today's historical meaning. This is unhealthy and highly inappropriate behavior […]

Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike: As a studier of the republic, this is how you can arrive at a – let’s just call it a lazy man’s way to what is constitutional and what is not.  Take whatever case you think that you’re upset with that a judge has decided instead of a legislature and apply the rule.  With what you know about the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, and with what you know about the founding fathers, […]

In my reserach for the sequel to the Fame of Our Fathers - "The Spirit of '76" I have read lots of stuff about the Constitution and the Ratification debates. M.E. Bradford's Book of essays contained in "Original Intentions" are some of the best- modern day defenses - of states rights and the fact that the Constitution was specifically  designed to LIMIT the power of the government. If you want to have a better understanding of this and thus the […]

On this day 221 years ago, the Founding Fathers gave this country the world's most important legal document of the modern era, and steered a young fragile nation on a path that would lead it to rise to the world's preeminent superpower.  Today, we stopped to reflect on what a magnificent gift the Constitution has been, and the King Dude Official Constitutional Scholar Dr. Kevin Gutzman lends his expertise to the Red, White, and Dude Nation. Today is a good […]