The blindfold is being yanked off lady justice.

Reading the words of Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, and the Constitution makes obvious to me how learned our founders were in governance and human nature, and how they captured both in the idea of our nation.

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The only way slavery and genocide can exist openly in a society is with the participation of the government – and indirectly the people. In the United States, the final check on tyranny was supposed to be the judicial department, composed of courts governed by judges whose judicial power was intended to be checked by juries of citizens.

Richard MackThere are many politically inspiring books available for citizens interested in changing the direction of our country, and none more so than The County Sheriff: America's Last Hope by Sheriff Richard Mack, published this year.

Not only does this easy-to-read, 47-page book sensibly explain the current destructive path America is on, it opens up a whole new set of possibilities for restoring this country's focus on its constitutional republic.

Sheriff Mack is the former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, who in 1994 brought a lawsuit against the Clinton Administration and the recently enacted Brady Bill for what he believed was an unconstitutional abuse of authority.