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Constitutional Refresher

We have scheduled two Constitution Refresher sessions in West Tennessee in the next month.

The first will be on Saturday, June 22 in the Cordova Center, 1017 Sanga Road.  We will start at 0900 and go to 4 PM.

The second will be in Somerville, at the Republican Headquarters on Highway 64, toward the west end of town.  This is an evening session, over two nights, for folks who can't dedicate a whole Saturday.  We will start at 6 PM and end at 9 PM each night, July 10 and 11.

Just for fun, here are a few questions you'll be able to answer after this fun portrayal of our Constitution:


1:  Our own Government - we were British, remember - committed an act that sparked off the American Revolution.  What was it?
           A.  The Boston Massacre?
           B:  Taxation?
           C:  Gun control?
           D:  Replacing colonial elected officials with ones appointed by the King?


2:  What was the dispute that delayed ratification of the Constitution?
           A:  Whether to represent each State by population or have the same votes for each regardless of size?
           B:  Whether we needed to add a Bill of Rights?
           C:  Whether to abolish Slavery?
           D:  Whether it gave the Federal Government too much power?

3:  What is the relevance of "enumerated powers" and the legal principle of "expressio unius est exclusio alterius," and how does this relate to the 10th Amendment?

4:  Which of the following powers do not exist in the Constitution?
           A:  Disaster Relief (Like for Katrina, and Sandy)?
           B:  Set up and manage corporate "bailouts?"
           C:  “Airport Security?”
           D:  National Health Care?

5:  Which of the following powers are delegated to the Federal Government in the Constitution?:
           A:  Set the procedure for local Speed Limits?
           B:  Regulate Immigration?
           C:  To make laws against crime on the oceans?
           D:  Purchase from the States land needed to house Federal installations?

Invite a friend, too!

 

For more info: www.constitutionrefresher.com

 

Hal Rounds  

Deaths at Benghazi

 

Attorney and former United States Vice Presidential candidate for the Constitution Party,  Darrel Castle, will speak on the Deaths at Benghazi -- what it says about our military today and why we ought to remember them on Memorial Day.
Castle was a commissioned  officer in the United States Marine Corps, serving for four years and attaining the rank of First Lieutenant.
He cites his military service as fostering his belief that war should not be entered into capriciously nor without congressional approval.
 
Date: Monday May 27, 2013
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30 pm Please order food by 6:00 pm if you plan to eat.
Where: Jason's Deli, 3473 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tn (Poplar and Highland Behind Buster's Liquor Store).
 
If you have any questions please call Mary Chick Hill 901/634-7494

 

Common Core Meeting

IMPORTANT: An informational meeting on the Common Core

School Standards will be held on Monday May 20, 2013

at 7pm at the Bill Kelly Justice Complex in Somerville.

Maria Mitchell will share information that has come to

light on this move to mesh school standards on a national

level. The changes will not only effect public school

students but will eventually impact all students, home

schoolers and private schools too! Some states that have

signed on are now having second thoughts and are

pulling out or putting the move on hold. Come and hear

why Tennessee should consider pulling out also.

There are many questions that still have not been 

answered by anyone in the state administration and a 

major question for local government is who will pay

for this effort. I strongly encourage all elected 

officials to attend this forum to hear Mrs. Mitchell

and evaluate the information you receive. You will

have opportunities to ask questions. For more 

information contact 901-258-0628 or fcysa@earthlink.net.


Thanks,
Reggie Howard
Fayette County Commissioner
District 4
901-258-0628