Constitution
House Kills Massie’s Anti-“Kill Switch” Amendment, Imperiling Drivers’ Safety and Freedom
The federal government still has a mandate to impose “kill-switch” technology on new cars thanks to almost 60 Republican congressmen who voted against repealing the requirement Thursday.The House of Representatives voted 164-268 on an amendment…
Historical Analogies and the Current Crisis : The Other McCain
Posted on | January 22, 2026 | No Comments John Adams (left); John Quincy Adams (right) Here’s a question most people have never pondered: Why did the North fight the Civil War? The way history is taught, the focus is on slavery and the South,…
Restoring a Constitutional, Republican Form of Government: States Push Back Against Direct Democracy and Bureaucratic Rule
During the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Elizabeth Willing Powel is said to have asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got — a republic or a monarchy?” His response: “A republic, if you can keep it.” The American people are…
Rep. Thomas Massie: Minnesota Childcare Fraud, Venezuela Intervention, and NATO
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joins The New American for a wide-ranging interview covering some of the biggest news items at the start of the new year, including the childcare fraud scandal in Minnesota, U.S. military intervention…
Gen. Michael Flynn Asks Trump to Hold the Deep State Accountable in 2026
AP ImagesMichael Flynn It’s been 13 months since voters reelected Donald Trump. To say they voted for change is an understatement.Americans wanted, first and foremost, to preserve their country. The United States was on a path to…
Federal Judge’s Overreach Opens Path for Runaway Constitutional Convention
mj0007/iStock/Getty Images Plus U.S. District Judge Toby Crouse ruled that Article II, Section 13 of the Kansas Constitution, which requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in the state Legislature to apply for an Article V constitutional…
Pentagon Doesn’t Know Whom It’s Killing in Boat Bombings
The Independent/YouTube The Trump administration can’t — or won’t — identify the 61 people the military has killed in the 15 alleged “narco-terrorist” boats it has sunk in the last two months, congressional Democrats told journalists…
Appeals Court Restores Order: 9th Circuit Overturns Immergut, Clears Trump to Deploy National Guard
Bill Oxford/iStock/Getty Images Plus In a decision that re-asserts lawful executive authority against the tide of judicial obstruction, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down Judge Karin Immergut’s…
Professor: SCOTUS Saying “Bye-bye, Living Constitution; Hello, Originalism”
giftlegacy/iStock/Getty Images Plus It has essentially been said that you can have a living Constitution or a surviving Republic.But you can’t have both.And, a University of Tennessee civics expert states in so many words, today’s Supreme…
Where’s the Beef? Thomas Massie PRIME Solution
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:44 — 27.3MB)Subscribe: Android | | More U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) shares his thoughts about President Trump’s proposal to…