Yearly Archives: 2026

A Once-in-a-Generation Constitutional Trifecta

Three Supreme Court Cases That Could Restore the Foundations of Self-Government In most Supreme Court terms, we see important cases that refine doctrine or settle discrete disputes. But every so often, perhaps once in a generation, the docket aligns on questions that strike at the structural pillars of how Americans choose their representatives, conduct their elections, and define membership in the polity. The 2025–2026 term appears poised to deliver exactly that kind of moment with three pending cases: Louisiana v. Callais, Watson v. RNC, and Trump v. Barbara. In essence, these cases ask: May race predominate in drawing congressional districts to…

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Why Mike Johnson’s Stand Matters

The House Fidelity to Framers’ Design In the raging battle over DHS funding and border enforcement, Speaker Mike Johnson is not merely holding a tough line; he is leading the House of Representatives to fulfill its precise constitutional purpose: acting as the energetic, popularly accountable check against a Senate that the 17th Amendment has nationalized and detached from the states the Framers intended it to protect. The fresh events of this weekend have laid the drama bare for anyone willing to see it. In a rare overnight session, the Senate under Majority Leader John Thune passed a unanimous consent deal that…

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Thune’s Midnight Folly

How Senate Leadership Played the House and the Base for Suckers, and Why the Speaker's Backbone Points the Way Forward In the wee hours of March 27, 2026, around 2:30 to 3 a.m., the U.S. Senate passed a unanimous consent request to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. Only about five senators were physically present on the floor: Republicans John Thune, Eric Schmitt, and Bernie Moreno (presiding), plus Democrats Brian Schatz and Andy Kim. The deal cleared funding for TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA, CISA, and other non-enforcement functions while explicitly carving out full funding for Immigration and Customs…

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Day Means Day

The Supreme Court Just Reminded America What Election Day Actually Is The New York Times dropped its predictable hit piece this weekend, and it was textbook left-wing spin from start to finish. Headline screaming that the Supreme Court “Could Make It Harder to Vote by Mail in the Midterms.” Sub-head claiming the RNC wants to “toss ballots” and disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of mostly Democratic votes. The whole piece painted President Trump as obsessed, the fraud concerns as “baseless,” and the 2020 “red mirage” as some innocent optical illusion. Make no mistake: that’s gaslighting, pure and simple. The Real Story from…

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Crossing Our Modern Delaware

Why Securing the Strait of Hormuz Is the True Test of American Resolve Against Iran Today brings a striking convergence: Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery's New York Times piece and my own column here on jameskay.online arrive the same day, both insisting that Operation Epic Fury must press on to control the Strait of Hormuz. The timing feels providential, echoing 1776, when Thomas Paine's American Crisis No. 1 hit print on December 19, its rousing prose read to Washington's army just days later, steeling them for the daring Delaware crossing on December 25–26. "These are the times that try men's souls," Paine…

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A Second Chance at Freedom

Elián González Faces Freedom’s Ultimate Test Cuba went dark on March 16. The whole grid collapsed. Eleven million people in total blackness: no lights, no refrigeration, food spoiling, hospitals on the edge, fuel gone. This isn’t another rolling blackout. This is the system breaking. Protesters aren’t waving signs anymore. They’re storming Communist Party headquarters in Morón, ransacking offices, torching furniture and Castro relics in the streets, chanting “¡Abajo el comunismo!” and “¡Libertad!” Flames lit up the night while regime forces panicked. Videos show what looks like gunfire in response. The people have had enough. For those of us who’ve followed this…

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Texas Enforces the Covenant

Texas Enforces Sovereignty on Licenses While Washington debates the full rollout of The Great American Covenant, the solemn national pact built on the Assimilation Act, SCAM Act, and SAVE America Act, Texas isn't waiting. We're already putting the principles into practice at the state level. “Entry by merit. Citizenship by character and probation. Voting by verified Americans only.” That vision isn't just federal legislation anymore; it's Lone Star policy right now. The recent Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) crackdown on professional licenses and the 2025 gutting of in-state tuition for illegal aliens show exactly how the Covenant works on…

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The Spice Must Flow

Realpolitik in the Gulf: Why History Says Oil Prices Will Plunge After Epic Fury Folks, grab a cup of coffee and let me walk you through something that’s been playing out like a classic American story: one where Uncle Sam steps in, guns blazing, to keep the world’s lifeblood moving at honest market prices. I’m talking about oil, that black gold we all pretend not to think about until the pump price bites. And right now, in the middle of Operation Epic Fury, the global oil markets are giving us a masterclass in realpolitik: power protects supply, supply sets the price,…

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The Great American Covenant

This Historic Triad + Two SCOTUS Rulings Will Restore America’s Sovereignty Watching this border crisis and election integrity mess unfold over the years, I’ve come to see these three bills working together as something far bigger than legislation. They form the Great American Covenant: a solemn national pact between the American people and their government to restore what citizenship, sovereignty, and self-rule truly mean. Selective entry. Conditional belonging. Verified voting. And now, with two pending Supreme Court cases poised to deliver the knockout blows, this covenant is about to become unbreakable. The Foundation: The SAVE America Act — Securing the Ballot…

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Better Get a Bucket

The Bigger Budget Bucket Exposed I’ve been pounding this drum for years from right here in Plano, Texas: the federal budget isn’t broken because of Social Security. It’s broken because Washington has spent decades mortgaging our kids’ futures on an entitlement monster that no politician wants to touch. Christopher Jacobs just dropped the cold-hard proof in The Federalist yesterday, and every taxpayer who still believes in fiscal sanity needs to read it twice, and then forward it to their Congressman. Jacobs ran the numbers straight from the latest CBO baseline. This fiscal year’s deficit sits at a staggering $1.853 trillion. Eliminate…

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