Episodes

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Are our governments of, by, and for the people, as Abraham Lincoln claimed in his Gettysburg Address? Or have our governments devolved into bribery and intimidation? I think you’ll find much more of the latter than the former. Another Congressional committee is using subpoenas to try to intimidate a citizen into giving up their rights to...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Does your right to free speech include the right to interrupt a gathering? What if it was a church service? What about your right to privacy, or your right to keep and bear arms? Are there constitutional limitations on those rights? What about your right to control the upbringing of your children?

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I know, it sounds like a joke, but trust me, it isn’t. New York is trying to get its hands on $75 million for their climate slush fund (superfund). A federal judge said no, not because of the state law, but because they claim the federal law, which was not made pursuant to the Constitution, supersedes it. Similarly, New York, both the state and the city, are...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Freedom depends on whether Americans choose to govern themselves or surrender decisions to political elites. As socialism gains electoral ground, questions grow about personal responsibility, self-reliance, liberty, and whether citizens still trust themselves to make choices, pursue happiness, and live without increasing government control today...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – How do we protect our rights from big-tech abuses? Is it a form of union, or must we be willing to give up the latest thing to protect our rights? What about those Automatic License Plate Readers? Can we defend our rights from the abuses of this technology? And really, is it the technology that’s the problem, or the public servants we hire that abuse it?

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – There’s been a lot of talk about Dr. Fauci and others being held “in contempt of Congress,” but what about those members of Congress and others who hold the Constitution and their oath to support it in contempt? Senator Hawley holds his oath in contempt with all of his “kangaroo court” investigations. Remember, Senator, Congress writes the...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – As I look at where our nation is, and where we are going, it seems some are pushing us toward both financial and moral bankruptcy. Not only is the federal government borrowing money we don’t have to pay for programs it is not legally allowed to create, but more and more of those programs are being used to replace our freedoms with...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – When Senator Lindsey Graham died, the governor of South Carolina made what I think was an emotional decision by placing his sister Darline in the office until an election could be held. In the recent primary for that office, the Republicans of South Carolina did not choose the experienced candidate. There have been plenty of examples of both political parties choosing...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Election integrity raises deeper questions about constitutional limits, federal power, citizenship, representation, and state authority. As debates over mail-in ballots, non-citizen voting, census rules, and executive action intensify, preserving self-government depends on enforcing constitutional boundaries and resisting the steady expansion of centralized control in Washington...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – How safe are you really? Do you expect government actors to come protect you? Who makes sure those actors aren’t the ones you need protection from? What do you do then? Meanwhile, the Department of Justice recently sent out watchers to oversee primary elections in Florida and Wyoming. I guess no one told the DOJ that Congress has no...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Not everything you’ve heard about the Constitution is actually true. Not even everything judges say about the Constitution is accurate. With all of these stories and anecdotes going around, I have to ask, will those Americans who are constitutionally literate please stand up? Donald Trump pointed out that term limits should be...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – What are we teaching the rising generation through schools, government policies, and our own actions? Declining academic standards, political influence, mounting national debt, and punishment of parental concerns raise troubling questions about whether young Americans are learning to think independently, value freedom, and accept responsibility...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – What happens when those legitimate concerns grow into obsessions? On the one hand, people are concerned about the growth of the socialist movement within the Democratic Party, especially the Democratic Socialists of America. Then again, some socialists seem so obsessed with their propaganda they’re willing, even eager, to destroy...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – America’s accelerating embrace of socialist policies raises questions about the real costs of government control, rising crime, economic disruption, cultural conflict, and selective law enforcement. From New York and Seattle to schools and the FBI, warning signs reveal consequences that many voters may overlook today...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – What about the fraud the government committed in response to COVID? All the money they embezzled from the American taxpayer to bribe people they put out of work or whose businesses they destroyed? Do you really think none of that money was redirected to other things? Then we have our federal judges, many of whom seem to...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Some schools are trying to take the teacher out of the classroom, replacing them with Artificial (Imitation) Intelligence. If we take the humanity out of teaching, who will check what our children are being taught? How often do we have to see reports of AIs like ChatGPT, Grok, or Claude simply making up lies before we decide not to trust them to...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Was it that Woke 1.0 that was crazy, or anything woke? Like the idea of open borders, now that people have been charged with selling fake marriages so their customers could get green cards? What about all the things we were told were “fake news” that have turned out to be true?

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – How often has someone told you to just trust them? And how often did that turn out to be a scam? Just like the line from The Wizard of Oz, every time a politician asks me to ignore what I’ve seen and just trust them, I think “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” That’s a good way to lose more than your money; it’s a great way to lose your rights.

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Religious freedom remains a vital safeguard for believers and nonbelievers alike. Mark David Hall examines how states protect freedom of conscience, where progress is being made, and why challenges involving worship restrictions, vaccine exemptions, and government policy still demand public attention and vigilance today nationwide...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – When you think of the cost of regulation, what comes to mind? Maybe a fee or fine you have to pay? Maybe an additional cost for the items you buy. But what if the cost of regulation is much, much higher? Trump created the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) to cut government waste. Then why has the national debt increased...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Think about it: 90% of American children, at around the age of five, are handed over to a government program run by those who avow and promote socialism, and then we’re shocked when they vote for socialists. If you’ve only been shown the benefits of a system, and none of its costs, why wouldn’t you support it? So why are we surprised when...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Political narratives often survive because they confirm existing beliefs rather than withstand scrutiny. From accusations surrounding Donald Trump and Russia to claims against Energy Secretary Christopher Wright, questions emerge about whether officials, lawmakers, and citizens truly seek evidence or simply reinforce comfortable political assumptions instead...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – While the difference between socialism and communism is who owns the business, both models involve government controlling pretty much everything. But what does a nation look like when government runs everything? How often have we seen some socialist group use violence to get their way? Claiming they need to ignore the...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Americans increasingly confront a growing surveillance state, yet public demands for safety help fuel its expansion. License plate readers, privacy concerns, gun-control laws, and reliance on police raise questions about limited government, personal responsibility, self-defense, and the tradeoffs citizens accept in exchange for greater security...