The Constitution

My respect and admiration for the Constitution is well known to the audience of the Mike Church Show heard on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio but there are many people who may not be familiar with my views and the vast body of research and work I?ve used to develop and then defend them. This section of mikechurch.com is devoted to that study and to that end I?ve broken it down into categories to make using the site easier Documents and Media.

In the Document section you?ll find transcripts from my show where the Constitution was discussed and explained by scholars, authors, politicians and really savvy listeners. I hope to add you to that list of contributors some day. I also will format and catalog written works that are royalty and copyright free, dealing with the Constitution, its creation, ratification and unfortunate destruction.

In the media section you?ll find audio and video files of the same discussions but in multimedia formats. Some of these clips are taken from my monologues and interviews on the air. others are YouTube video clips we have culled over the years and there are also clips of certain scenes from my movie, which explains a lot of the writing and ratification ?The Spirit of 76? (available on DVD and Audio CD here and here).

A good place to start your journey to take the Founders Red Pill is this essay I wrote for the liner notes of the Spirit of ?76. From there, feel free to browse and pass along what you like and don?t like and want to see/hear/read more of.

I hereby dedicate and open up this wing of the KingDude Center for the study and defense of the Constitution.

Mike Church

Framers Debate Rules For Naturalization

From Mike Church - This is the debate held in committee of the whole on the qualifications for holding office in the new federal government. The Framers took great care to discuss the influence that foreigners could weild if they were not careful. I originally came to this debate because it helps flesh out the reasons why the Framers included the enumerated power “To establish a uniform rule for naturalization” which upon review of this material clearly shows their purpose was not to commandeer all regulation of immigration and illegal alien entry.

Thursday. Augst. 9. in Convention

Art: V. sect. 3. taken up.11
Mr. Govr. Morris moved to insert 14 instead of 4 years citizenship as a qualification for Senators; urging the danger of admitting strangers into our public Councils. Mr. Pinkney 2ds. him

John Adams-Thoughts on Government

John Adams wrote this letter to Declaration of Independence signer William Hooper of North Carolina. He also transcribed this out by hand to William Penn and R.H. Lee of Virginia. Lee would circulate the contents and ideas among his peers in Virginia. These ideas helped form the foundation for Virginia’s first Constitution which was written and signed into law in June of 1776- weeks before the rest of the colonies would join the Virginians in declaring Independence. - Mike Church

MY DEAR SIR,--If I was equal to the task of forming a plan for the government of a colony, I should be flattered...

The Documentary History of Ratification Book Series

The number one question I am asked about my movies is "where did you get all that information from"? Well, when the subject is the U.S. Constitution there is one very reliable and unimpeachable source: The Documentary History of The Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, edited by Joseph Kaminski...

Incorporation Doctrine for Dummies

The most frequent question I get from listeners about the Constitution is "Why don't you believe that the second amendment applies to the states you gun grabber!?" This then brings up the most misunderstood use of the Constitution: to "incorporate" the first ten amendments to the states (using the "due process clause of the 14th amendment). We need look no further than the complete Bill of Rights itself, in the form it was presented to the states for ratification. Pay close attention to the "Preamble" part which plainly states that the next 10 amendments are requested BY the states as further restrictions on the powers of the FEDERAL (general) government. Until 1925 the BOR stood as applicable only to federal law.

Constitutional Studies Continues With M.E. Bradford

In my reserach for the sequel to the Fame of Our Fathers - "The Spirit of '76" I have read lots of stuff about the Constitution and the Ratification debates. M.E. Bradford's Book of essays contained in "Original Intentions" are some of the best- modern day defenses - of states rights and the fact that the Constitution was specifically designed to LIMIT the power of the government.

If you want to have a better understanding of this and thus the Constitution, read this book.

Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution