Paul Engel

Host at The Constitution Study podcast

Helping We The People read and study the Constitution for themselves, and teaching the rising generations to live free.

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Articles

To Allow Opt Outs or Not to Allow Opt Outs, That is the Question

3 days ago | newswithviews.com | Paul Engel

By Paul EngelMay 13, 2025Who controls your children’s education? Can schools hide what they are teaching the children? Are opt-outs optional or mandatory? The question of if and when parents should be allowed to opt their children out of certain activities and curriculum in public schools has been raging for quite a while. With our society’s rapidly changing standards, the need for parents to oversee and control the upbringing of their children has become even more important.
From D.C. to local courts: Rules eating our substance

5 days ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

 Constitution, Economic, Law and Legal, The Machine Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Podcast Index | RSS As much as we’ve been told that taxation led to the colonies declaring independence, bureaucrats and regulations actually came before taxation in their list of grievances. Tell me, hasn’t Washington, D.C., sent out more swarms of officers to eat out our substance than King George ever did? It’s not just the federal government but also state...
Watching truth, justice, and the American way unravel

5 days ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

 Constitution, Corruption, Political Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Podcast Index | RSS It’s sad to see things fall apart. When your favorite team blows a huge lead, or when your carefully laid vacation plans just don’t work out. While those things can be disappointing, when the very foundations of the protections of our rights and liberty crumble, where do we turn? When I was a kid, I watched the Superman program on TV. I still remember his slogan...
Ignoring their oath to the Constitution

1 week ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

 Constitution, Corruption, Education, Law and Legal Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Podcast Index | RSS Article VI, Clause 3 of the Constitution requires all elected officials and officers of both the states and the United States to be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States. Since the Supreme Law of the land is not taught in school, not even in law school, how can we expect these people to be able to fulfill...
Loving our children more than we hate the other party

1 week ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

 Cultural Wars, Inspirational, Political, Top Stories Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Podcast Index | RSS There’s a saying in Israel, “There will be peace in the Middle East when they love their children more than they hate us.” Do you love your children more than you hate your political opponents? Because several recent events seem to show that there are people whose hatred of their political opponents has led them to do horrible and criminal...
When government actions make things worse

1 week ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

Energetic Health Institute Radio with Dr. H – When you have, you know it in your heart. There is no belief required and no distinction to be made. You cannot intellectualize the connection or rationalize your feelings away; it is a knowing from deep within. Love just is. Intuition, much like love, also originates from this knowing deep within.
Are You Religious Enough?

1 week ago | newswithviews.com | Paul Engel

By Paul EngelMay 7, 2025Do Catholic Charities act primarily for religious purposes? Did the Wisconsin Supreme Court violate the First Amendment when they said no? Should a religious charity act like minister to be eligible for a tax exemption? The State of Wisconsin exempts religious organizations from their unemployment tax system.
Wisconsin Supreme Court says that Catholic Charities aren’t religious enough

1 week ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

 Constitution, Courts, Faith, Political, Top Stories Do Catholic Charities act primarily for religious purposes? According to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the answer is no. Catholic Charities appealed this decision to the Supreme Court on First Amendment grounds. Did the decision violate the First Amendment, or something else? In 1939, Congress passed the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), which required employers to pay a tax on employee wages into an unemployment fund. The fact that this...
472 - Are You Religious Enough?

1 week ago | constitutionstudy.com | Paul Engel

The State of Wisconsin exempts religious organizations from their unemployment tax system. Even though everyone agrees that Catholic Charities is controlled by a church, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Catholic Charities is not “operated primarily for religious purposes,” and therefore does not qualify for the exemption. Catholic Charities appealed to the Supreme Court to ask if that decision violated the First Amendment.
Becoming a police state

1 week ago | americaoutloud.news | Paul Engel

 Constitution, Law and Legal, Terrorism, The Machine Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Podcast Index | RSS What will you give up for the promise of safety? Benjamin Franklin said, “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security.” After 9/11, many Americans not only were willing to give up their liberties, but also demanded that the government take them away. That’s how we got the TSA, the...