Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 13

A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back.

There may be a sucker born every minute but the most gullible one are certainly Trump supporters. This guy was taken for two million dollars plus. Eshelman has alleged in … Read More

Georgia state bar proceeding with inquiry into pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood

The State Bar of Georgia is “proceeding with an inquiry” into attorney Lin Wood, one of the lawyers who unsuccessfully pushed a handful of suits to block Georgia’s election results … Read More

Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer … Read More

It is better to decide in ignorance not to decide. After all knowledge is a dangerous thing! Or so says Senator Rand Paul

“I think there will be enough (votes) to show that more than a third of the Senate thinks that the whole proceeding is unconstitutional, which will show that ultimately they … Read More

It’s the Courts not the Senate that Matters

So, here are the questions you should be asking yourself and your elected representatives. Did Trump’s actions on the 6th constitute a crime? If an individual undertakes to form and … Read More

The Roots and Purpose of Originalism

The Mythology Most of the discussions around originalism tend to focus on the propaganda designed to obscure its underlying purpose. Originalism is often described as asserting that all statements in the constitution must be interpreted based on the original intention of the authors and states “at the time it was adopted”. The Backstory The origin of […]

The Real Meaning of the 2020 Election.

Democrats are fond of saying that the 2020 election is a referendum of Trump. With a Biden win, they paint a nostalgic picture of a return to ‘normalcy’ and the ‘way things used to be’. Then they quickly add that ‘we will make it better than it was before’. But history suggests that set of […]

The Real Challenge for Joe Biden

As I watch the systematic dismantling of Madison’s Republic, I am remembering something that Thomas Jefferson wrote, “the government you elect is the government you deserve”. But Jefferson had a blind side. He could not envision a citizenry that would cede their power and rights to extremists. That would allow their government to become owned […]

Understanding the Trump Supporter

Having trouble understanding why Trump supporters are so angry all the time and so easily and quickly descend into name calling? My explanation involves something phycologists call projection. Psychological projection is a defense mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while […]

The Next Comey is Named Durham

It worked in 2016 and they are about to try it again. Why not. A large mass of American voters was driven like lambs to the slaughter. Trump became President. And, as a result, the pandemic has killed over 194,000 Americans, the Constitution has been shredded, the rule of law discarded for the privilege of […]