Author: JACK

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

I highly recommend “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution” by Jill Lepore. In someways it overlaps with “How Democracies Die” and “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point” but is more current and has a more historical perspective. It is also more directed to the current situation where interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is more of an issue.

This book is a great history of our Constitution which emphasizes the importance of both the amending process and interpretation. It is a fairly long (720 pages) and detailed book but well worth the effort if you are interested in the subject or just wish to understand current constitutional issues.

Speaker Mike Johnson, Epstein files, sex, delay, an update

Arizona voters elected Adelita Grijalva to Congress on September 23 ( https://www.aol.com/news/democrat-adelita-grijalva-wins-special-030722840.html ) — but it is over a month later and Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in.

Why?

Republicans elected the same way as Grijalva were sworn in the day after they were elected.

Is this a partisan thing or does the Speaker have another motive?

A likely likely reason seems to be that her vote could force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files ( https://www.loscerritosnews.net/2025/10/13/speaker-johnson-is-protecting-a-pedophile/ )

So far Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed the vote but one more signature would force the vote on this bipartisan petition to produce the Epstein files. Why protect this sexual predator? Or are there other sexual predator(s) he wants to protect?