America Out Loud

Let’s face it; this $600 reporting requirement is less about collecting taxes and more about gathering intelligence on the American population. The plan to change the reporting standards drew so much criticism that the administration pulled it. That doesn’t mean they forgot about it, only that they had to look for another way to get what they want. Enter the American Rescue Plan, another gigantic piece of legislation pulling in as many wishlist items for big government as they could. One of those was this $600 snooping requirement. We’ve all heard the Miranda warning, which starts with the words, “You have the right to remain silent.” Since any IRS audit could lead to criminal charges, I personally plan not only to keep my mouth shut but avoid being a witness against myself, including voluntarily providing evidence from my papers... Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

There is a case the Supreme Court is considering that we should look at. Mr. Brunson claims that President Biden, Vice-President Harris, former Vice-President Pence, and the majority of Congress committed treason, and therefore are no longer eligible to serve. Is what Mr. Brunson claims true? If it is, does the court have the legal authority to remove people from office? These are important questions that need to be answered. Brunson v. Adams, et al. – Petition For Certiorari... The efforts made, asstatedin the complaint,thatavoided an investigation of how Biden won the election, is an act of treason and an act of levying war against the U.S.Constitution, which violated Brunson’sunfetteredrightto vote in an honest and fair election and as suchitwrongfully invalidated his vote. Mr. Brunson claims that Congress avoided an investigation of how Biden won the election, but based on presidential electors the states appointed, there isn’t any real question of how Joe Biden was elected. While there is evidence that at least five (5) states appointed electors in a manner other that the one determined by their state legislature. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

Should the United States implement a CBDC, then the failure of the republic would be complete. All it would take is the Fed refusing to honor cash, and everyone would be forced to do business with one bank, the Federal Reserve. We would look more like Communist China than the country created by the Framers of the Constitution. This experiment in self-government will have failed, and the answer Benjamin Franklingave to “what kind of government have you given us?” will haunt our ears. A Republic, if you can keep it. - Benjamin Franklin. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

I’ve certainly heard it often enough: Why should religious people be allowed to discriminate against same-sex marriage? It seems those who ask that question never seem to consider the other side. Why should same-sex couples be allowed to discriminate against those who disagree with them? Will this new-found respect for the rights of individuals and organizations to determine who they will do business with permeate throughout the federal judicial system? After all, the facts of this case are little different than the Masterpiece Cake Shop or the Arlene’s Flowers cases, or even the upcoming case 303 Creative case recently heard by the Supreme Court. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

The federal government’s 2023 budget is approximately $6.1 trillion, but according to USASpending.gov, a look at the budget resources by agency adds up to over $11 trillion. So what is the actual cost of our constitutional illiteracy? Yes, it’s over 6 trillion dollars of money embezzled from the American people each and every year. It is also the volumes of rules and regulations; all considered to have the force of law even though they come from an agency that does not legally exist. Probably the most damaging cost of our constitutional illiteracy is the position of servitude to the federal government the American people have assumed. Of all the things we give up because we won’t read and study the Constitution, our liberty seems to be of the greatest value. As Samuel Adams said: The liberties of our Country, and the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

When I saw Congress pass the “Respect for Marriage Act,” I had to read the legislation itself. Does this act truly respect marriage? Let’s face it, the definition of marriage has been changing for centuries. Marriages used to include polygamy and other relationships that are no longer legal. Does this act respect the institution of marriage, change it to make it better, or merely open the door to its degradation? I guess we have the answer to the question I posed earlier. Which version of marriage does Mr. Nadler wish to respect? The free for all, whatever someone can pass, the definition of marriage? Isn’t it amazing how, in just 25 years, defending marriage as one man and one woman has morphed into respecting whatever some can convince enough people to call marriage? In my mind, this does not bode well for the institution, and that is a problem. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

Did you know about the man who probably had the greatest impact on making sure not only that we have a Bill of Rights, but the rights that it protects? We’ve heard of George Washington, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, but what about Benjamin Rush, Gouverneur Morris, or the subject of this article, George Mason? Most American treasure the Bill of Rights, but know nothing about the man who made sure we have one. James Madison was greatly influenced by the state constitutions, including the Virginia Delegation of Rights, authored by George Mason. Seventeen articles were approved by the House of Representatives, but only twelve by the Senate. After some negotiation, including the rewording of some of the articles, these twelve amendments were approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Ten were ratified in 1791, and one was not ratified until 1992. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

This predecessor to the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights not only gives us some ideas about what Thomas Jefferson was thinking when he wrote the Declaration but why George Mason refused to sign the Constitution when the other framers did. If the people of Virginia could recognize these rights before we declared independence, then what should prevent us now? If eighteenth-century Virginians could extend these rights to their neighbors, why not 21st-century Americans? Seeing so much of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights in this declaration gives me a better understanding of the men who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to independence. Our walk through this Virginia Declaration of Rights also showed me the why of George Mason’s refusal to sign the Constitution. How many sections of this document were missing in the Constitution that was drafted in 1787? How many rights not protected, how many restrictions on government not said? Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

Investigative journalist Liz Collin rips the lid off of the biggest fraud against law enforcement in history. The death of George Floyd tore America apart and divided this nation as never before. But the real story is far different from the media portrayal and political agenda. In a riveting interview with show host Randy Sutton, Liz Collin, investigative journalist and author of the best-selling book,They're Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd ... reveals the true story. Liz is married to retired Minneapolis Police Lt. Bob Kroll, and together they tear the lid off one of the most extensive disinformation campaigns in modern history. Liz Collin uncovers what really happened on a street in Minneapolis that set off the riots, the demands to defund the police, and the skyrocketing crime across the country. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

Glenn Topping is a military veteran, retired Sheriff's Sergeant, Hostage Negotiator, and Private Investigator. More than 20 years of policing in southern Florida leaves indelible scars from Post Traumatic Stress. It also provides rich fodder for storytelling and a positive outlet for dealing with that stress. In this episode of The Voice of American Law Enforcement, Glenn and Show Host Randy Sutton share how the author of “The Hurt” and three other novels turns pain into entertainment. Randy then tackles “Persecution by Prosecution” of America’s police by “activist” District Attorneys more concerned with prosecuting cops than criminals. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

If we want to know how we got here, we need to understand where we started. If we wish to correct the mistakes of our past, we need to look at where we started to know where we went wrong. Before the Constitution, before the Declaration of Independence, Virginia adopted their Declaration of Rights. Government is created for the benefit of the people, to protect their rights, and for their protection and security. The very purpose of government is to serve the people, a concept that seems to have been lost in modern America. Since governments are created to serve the people, if a government is unable or unwilling to do so, then it’s the right of the people to alter or abolish it. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

Social media censorship is a touchy subject; it tends to bring up emotional reactions on both sides. Compelling someone to speak is just as much a violation of Freedom of Speech as denying them a chance to speak. Does that include the owners of corporations? You may have heard about Texas bill H.B. 20, an attempt by the government of Texas to prevent censorship by social media companies. The court is using “freedom of speech” to suppress freedom of speech. It has placed “a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say” squarely in the hands of government. When any government has the ultimate authority as to what communication a privately owned platform must allow, then government has become the censor. When any government has the power to dictate to a private company how they will be allowed to use their private property, then government has become the dictator. And what government can do to private corporations, it can just as easily do to you. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

How Safe is Your Child from Internet Predators? The truth will frighten you. In this special report, show host Randy Sutton interviews Detective Randall Snyder (Ret), who spent years investigating internet crimes against children and has written a book called “Cyber Creeps.” His startling information is something that every parent needs to know. More than 1 million leads come into the National Missing and Endangered Children’s Center each year concerning the cyber exploitation of children. These leads concern everything from “kiddie porn “to murder. Learn how law enforcement is fighting to save the children. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

Once again, the federal bureaucracy is after our children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added the COVID-19 “vaccines” to both the “Vaccine for Kids” program and their child immunization schedule. Many schools, daycares, and other children’s programs across the nation use the CDC’s immunization schedule as a prerequisite for enrollment and attendance. That means these schools and programs use the CDC’s malfeasance to justify coercing you into using your children for medical experimentation. Since children are not generally at risk from COVID-19, there is no medical reason to require them to be inoculated either. For this reason, I believe everyone, especially parents, should push their state legislatures to pass the Save Our Children from Medical Experimentation Act. I created this draft legislation to help people across the country discuss this with their legislators. This sample legislation should help you work with your state legislature to protect your children from this abusive and corrupted federal bureaucracy. The operative language is posed on America Out Loud. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

In one of the bloodiest weeks in law enforcement history, 11 officers have been shot and four killed. Perhaps most disturbing is the nature of the attacks on our police across the nation. The rise in ambush killings is in epidemic proportions. Lt. Randy Sutton holds nothing back in holding the system responsible for the carnage and violence. Even as the body count continues to rise in cities like Seattle, New York, Portland, Los Angeles, and other urban areas, the only efforts being made by democratic leaders in these cities and states are to continue reading the drum of blame… blame of law enforcement as they push the narrative of racist law enforcement being responsible for the current crime surge. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

I’m sure you’ve heard of “Operation Crossfire Hurricane,” sometimes called “Russia gate.” Carter Page was caught up in this investigation and sued the Department of Justice for lying to the FISA court in order to acquire warrants to surveil him. A district court recently granted the DOJ’s motion to dismiss the case. This is what happens when we allow the opinions of judges, euphemistically called “constitutional law” to supersede the Constitution itself. While Congress did not include civil penalties under the FISA law for deceiving the court, they already exist in U.S. Law under 42 U.S.C. ¶1983 since it caused a deprivation of rights for Mr. Page. Furthermore, the claim of sovereign immunity deprives the American people of a method to petition for a redress of grievance, which violates the First Amendment. Claiming that the courts do not have the power to offer redress to a violation of the Constitution is a dereliction of duty, which certainly is bad behavior in my book.

It seems most Americans believe in rights and liberty, that is, until they don’t get their way. Have you ever considered what right you have to impose your will on others? That is the issue in a complaint against Yeshiva University in New York City. Can the City and State of New York force this Jewish university to violate its core beliefs by officially recognizing and supporting a student group whose stated purpose is to change the religious nature of the university? Can the City of New York force a private university to recognize a student group that is antithetical to its religious beliefs? While I’ve already shown that the First Amendment claim is flawed, federal courts have frequently ignored the language of the Constitution in an attempt to protect religious freedom. In this conflict between two sets of rights, who should win? The question comes down to who is attempting to impose their will upon the other. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel, and there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

The realities of the movement to defund, demoralize and dehumanize law-enforcement officers are far different from what is portrayed in the media and by the political left. The best-selling author of “the war on cops,” journalist Heather McDonald has written the definitive essay, including accurate statistics concerning black-on-black crime. The majority of victims are the black lives being taken by violent crime in the same cities that the political left pretends to care about. Show host Randy Sutton calls for unity between the people of America and their law enforcement community. It is only through that partnership black lives will be protected. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

Will the federal courts protect the churches, or promote the agenda of the pro-abortion groups? Yes, this case was about the free exercise of religion, specifically whether or not churches could be forced to provide abortion coverage in their employee’s health insurance, but the underlying jurisprudence came down to scrutiny and how hard government had to work to overrule the Constitution of the United States. Is this what passes for justice in America today? Is this what people call the rule of law? The protection of your rights determined by a single judge? How safe do you feel when the protection of your rights comes down to how a judge feels about a “compelling government interest”? What about the compelling government interest laid down in the Declaration of Independence? Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel, and there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

In the contentious race for the governorship of the state of Nevada, the polls have Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Clark County Sheriff, a Republican almost even with the incumbent Governor. The Republicans and Democrats are pouring millions of dollars into the state of Nevada. Sheriff Lombardo, a 36-year law enforcement veteran, sits down with show host Randy Sutton to lay out how important it is to embrace the law enforcement community for the safety of its people. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

You answer a knock at your door to find a government agent standing outside. Do you know what your rights are? When does the agent need a warrant? What makes a search reasonable? What should you do if the agent attempts to illegally enter your home? Whether or not you end up in jail may very well depend on how well you know your rights, and how prepared you are to defend and assert them. So, where does that leave you if and when you find a government agent at your door? First, unless they have a warrant, you are not required to grant them entry. If they threaten to have you arrested for refusing them, remind them of the Fourth Amendment and the fact that the Supreme Court has confirmed that you cannot be prosecuted for refusing to allow an inspection without a warrant... Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel, and there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

Associate Justice Kagan made a statement that many probably took in stride, but for me, was jaw-dropping. "I’m not talking about any particular decision or even any particular series of decisions, but if, over time, the court loses all connection with the public and with public sentiment, that’s a dangerous thing for a democracy," Elena Kagan. I expect most people to read this sentence and not give it a second thought, but when I read this, I see the failure of the republic. Let me explain. Justice Kagan is concerned that the court may lose its connection with the public and public sentiment, but the court is not elected by the public, and for a very good reason. The court’s job is not to court public opinion, but to decide controversies and criminal prosecutions based on the law. Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel, and there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

Under Policing in America has reached crisis proportions. The exodus of law enforcement officers across the country has led to the public safety being in jeopardy in major cities and small communities throughout the nation. As the numbers of law-enforcement officers have dwindled ⏤ violent crime has skyrocketed. The anti-law enforcement and public safety lobby continues to score victories by passing legislation and policies that reduce the ability of law-enforcement to be affective. In this episode of The Voice for American Law Enforcement show, host Randy Sutton breaks down the the realities of the crisis. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.

The idea of the Double Jeopardy Clause is simple: Government only gets one chance to convict you of a crime. In the United States, we have multiple governments. We have the federal government, one for each of the fifty states, and I don’t know how many county and city governments. Does the Fifth Amendment apply to all of these governments? Yes. There is nothing in the language of the Fifth Amendment to limit it to just one government. So what happens when a state tries someone, yet doesn’t get a conviction? Is it possible to get another chance once “jeopardy has attached,” as the legal eagles would say? Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel, and there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://americaoutloud.com.

She has helped more than 10,000 people become millionaires, and now Loral Langemeier is reaching out to law enforcement to help them become financially healthy. Loral has five New York Times best-selling books on creating personal wealth. She has helped tens of thousands of people learn how to become financially healthy. But Loral is also a supporter of law enforcement and other first responders and knows of the stress and struggles they are facing in this unprecedented “War on Cops.” In her compelling interview with show host Randy Sutton, Laurel lays out the keys to a family legacy of financial health and wealth. Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard on weekdays at 11 am ET on Voice for American Law Enforcement on the iHeart Radio Network. All the episodes are available on the America Out Loud Podcast Network.