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102 The reference is apparently to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Act, a law the Democratic Congress, courting the votes of racial minorities, passed in order to compel bankers to approve mortgages for people who could not conceivably pay for them. This was the precipitate cause of the recession of 2008.
103 The left was also incensed by the fact that Bush was elected by the Electoral College, as the Framers intended. Democratic attempts to use the Judiciary to violate the Constitution and void the election were unsuccessful. They, and the media, never forgave Bush for this.
104 Division of powers refers to federalism. Separation of powers refers to the legislative, executive, and judicial functions.
105 Two manuscripts add the words, "In fact, one prominent and corrupt 21st century political functionary said that no crisis should be wasted, by which he meant that every crisis offered the opportunity to increase the power of the rulers who run the State."
106 One manuscript adds, "Of course, the 'higher law' defense is fraught with potential for abuse. It can be used, and has been used, to justify any illegal action."
107 Appomattox Court House was the Virginia town where the southern Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the northern Army of the Potomac in April of 1865.
108 Popularly called "the draft."
109 It should be noted that this almost 3,000,000 men came from a population of just over 30,000,000. If one subtracts women, children, and the elderly from the population total, the percentage of men who took up arms in the First Civil War approaches 50%.
110 Harry Truman, president 1945-1953, was a Liberal Statist of the populist variety.
111 Two extant manuscripts add, "On only one occasion, in 1962, did the competition threaten to become a confrontation. Otherwise, proxy wars were fought, or at least wars in which we and the Russians did fight each other directly."
112 Only one member of the Johnson cabinet, a man named George Ball (who was not even a senior cabinet member), opposed the escalation of U.S. involvement.
113 One manuscript adds, "This animosity was evidenced by the left regarding US military action in Kosovo or Serbia in the 1990's, however. Their attitude seems to have been that military action was justified only when it did not serve American national interests."
114 Three manuscripts add, "Democrats routinely referred to illegal aliens as 'undocumented immigrants,' a successful Orwellian attempt to obscure the criminality of their status."
115 Amendments 4, 5, and 6 detail the people's rights in the judicial process; Amendment 7 guarantees trial by jury; and Amendment 8 prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
116 These sections detail the qualifications and terms of office for Representatives and Senators.
117 In other words, every word in the Constitution regarding presidential qualification, election, and term of office.
118 A.D. 2160.
119 Latin judicial phrase: "The thing speaks for itself."
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