Author: James Caldwell

Beyond Assassination: A Plot to Decapitate a State Government The horrific assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband was not the beginning and the end of the plot. It was only the first act. The discovery of a manifesto and a “kill list” in the suspect’s vehicle reveals a far more sinister and constitutionally…

The Ballot or the Bullet: An Assassination and the Attack on an American Republic A ballot or a bullet. This is the foundational choice upon which any republic stands or falls. In Minnesota, that choice has been violated by an assassin’s gun. The murder of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark,…

A Shield for Americans, A Blank Check for War? As Iranian missiles streaked across the skies toward Israel, U.S. forces engaged in a direct act of combat, helping to shoot them down. The White House’s justification was straightforward and compelling: “There are hundreds of thousands of American citizens and other American assets in Israel and…

They call it “free speech.” But when calls to protest against ICE operations – allegedly ignited by coordinated social media campaigns from well-funded activist groups – result in blocked freeways, injured officers, and burning cars, a republic must ask a harder question. When online organizing leads to real-world chaos, and federal agents are obstructed from…

With the launch of a waitlist, the United States has crossed a philosophical Rubicon. The “Trump Card,” a program offering permanent residency to any foreign national with $5 million to spare, is now a pending reality. This is a stark, transactional proposal that puts a price tag on something our nation has long purported to…

The constitutional debate over the deployment of troops in Los Angeles has fundamentally shifted. It is no longer a question of legal authority alone. It has metastasized into a crisis of executive rhetoric, with the President himself announcing a new and dangerous doctrine from the Oval Office: that future protests will be met with “equal…

The deployment of 2,000 federalized National Guard troops onto the streets of Los Angeles, against the express wishes of California’s governor, is more than a political showdown. It’s a constitutional stress test. At the heart of the armored vehicles and escalating protests is a foundational question of American governance: Who controls the militia, and for…

The Flag, The First Amendment, and The Tenth President Donald Trump’s denunciation of anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles as “animals” who should face an “automatic” one-year jail sentence for burning the American flag is not merely the heated rhetoric of a president confronting civil unrest. It is a direct and frontal challenge to bedrock constitutional…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s threat to unleash Marines on Los Angeles streets, paired with border czar Tom Homan’s warning to arrest Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass, has thrust the Constitution into a perilous spotlight. This isn’t mere posturing—it’s a brazen challenge to the rule of law, begging the question: Can federal power trample…