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THE ORIGINAL SIX JUSTICES OF AMERICA’S SUPREME COURT

Here’s a look at the six-Justice Supreme Court when the Court was first established.

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN JAY

Served: October 19th, 1789 – June 19th, 1795. (Resigned)  

Some Highlights: West v Barnes, the first case which saw arguments take place before the Supreme Court. You want a quick turnaround? The arguments were heard on August 2nd, 1791 and the decision was published the very next day!  In the 1794 case Glass v The Sloop Betsy, Jay’s Court ruled that France could not use its American Consulate as a prize court.  Chief Justice Jay adopted a professorial role of sorts, writing explanatory items on procedures and the rudiments of federal governance at every opportunity for the benefit of lower courts and practicing lawyers.   

Comment: During the Revolutionary War, John Jay served as a colonel in the 2nd New York Regiment. Continue reading

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SWASHBUCKLER MOVIES OF DALE ROBERTSON

Though mostly associated with westerns, Dale Robertson managed to squeeze in a couple of swashbuckler films during his Hollywood career.

SON OF SINBAD (1955) – Dale Robertson stars as Sinbad II, son of the original hero of the seven seas.  Vincent Price plays his sidekick, the poet Omar Khayyam, so if anachronisms bother you, stay far away from this movie, because there are plenty more on the way. But Price steals the flick!

When Sinbad is in Baghdad between his adventures he sneaks into the Khalif’s palace to seduce a few harem girls or dancers. This time though, he makes the mistake of exercising his charms on one of the Khalif’s wives, Nerrissa (Lili St. Cyr). Sinbad and his wing-man Omar wind up imprisoned by the angry Khalif (Leon Askin) to await execution.

Also in the ruler of Baghdad’s clutches are the Greek Simon Aristides and his daughter Kristina (Mari Blanchard). Simon knows the secret of Greek Fire (which we in the modern world have still not been able to duplicate), and when Tamerlane and his Mongol armies draw near intent on conquering Baghdad, Simon demonstrates Greek Fire to the Khalif, who wants to use it to drive off the Mongols.

Traitors kill Simon and make off with Kristina, who alone holds the secrets of Greek Fire now. The Khalif agrees to set Sinbad and Omar loose to find and return with Kristina. Assorted action scenes follow, and ultimately the Son of Sinbad joins forces with the Daughters of the Forty Thieves – beautiful women warriors who rob caravans and the like.

After much action, Sinbad, Omar and the Forty Daughters return to Baghdad with Kristina and use Greek Fire to help themselves defeat the invading Mongols. Sinbad marries Ameer (Sally Forrest), Omar marries Kristina and our title character is made the new chief of the Khalif’s Royal Guards, consisting of the Forty Fabulous Femmes. Watch for Kim Novak as one of the Forty! 91 minutes. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP FOR JUNE TENTH

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

DEMOCRATS ONCE AGAIN PROVE WHO THEY ARE BY ELECTING GRAHAM “NAZI TATTOO” PLATNER AS THEIR CANDIDATE IN NOVEMBER’S SENATE ELECTION. His brutality toward women, bizarre port-o-john fetish and slush fund perfectly represent that political party. More HERE.

DEMOCRAT MOB PARTICIPANT TAUNTS WIDOW ERIKA KIRK BY ACTING OUT HER LATE HUSBAND’S MURDER. Stay classy, Democrats.

CHEATING IS STILL THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WAY: HOMELESS IN LOS ANGELES SPEAK OUT ABOUT DEMOCRATS PAYING THEM TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORED CANDIDATES. Plus more cheating HERE. And HERE.

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS SO BRAZEN THEY ARE NOW STEALING ELECTIONS IN PRIMETIME. More HERE. And HERE.

CALIFORNIA TECH BOSS JAMSHID GHOMI CHARGED WITH SENDING MATERIAL AID TO THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME AND ITS MILITARY. Let’s face it, Ghomi would win election to high office in Democrat-held California.

LATEST ICE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, THIS TIME FOR BEING CONVICTED OF ARMED ASSAULT AND DRUG CONSPIRACIES.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SENTENCED FOR REPEATEDLY RAPING ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD-GIRL. Someone ask privileged white one percenter Bruce Springsteen about this.

ANOTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CONVICTED OF RAPING A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. Remember, Democrats don’t even want perpetrators like this to be arrested, let alone deported. 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS PASS ICE AND BORDER PATROL FUNDING DESPITE DEMOCRAT OPPOSITION. “Illegal immigrants uber alles” is still the Democrat motto. Continue reading

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JUNE EIGHTH NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog starts the week with this current events roundup.

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ECONOMIC POLICIES DELIVER FOR THE WORKING CLASS: REAL WAGES AND MANUFACTURING SOAR. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. MOORE SAYS TRUMP HAS BEEN RIGHT THE ENTIRE TIME ON JOBS CREATION.

TEACHER IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ARRESTED FOR THEIR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR TWO ADOPTEES. Democrats, can you please stop this already?

VICTORY GIRLS ON AMERICA 250: TRUMP IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

NO SURPRISE: CALIFORNIA MIRACULOUSLY “FOUND” ENOUGH VOTES TO STOP SPENCER PRATT’S CANDIDACY. AS ALWAYS, CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS DELAY THE COUNTING – IN THIS CASE FOR NEARLY A FULL WEEK – SO THEY CAN FIND OUT HOW MANY VOTES THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATES NEED TO “FIND.” More HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY AS CALIFORNIA SLEAZE REPEATS ITSELF. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

FLASHBACK: TO QUOTE FROM MY 2018 BLOG POST EXPLAINING THIS FAMILIAR DEMOCRAT CON: “Miraculously” this only ever happens in districts controlled by the Democrats and equally miraculously these “discovered uncounted votes” ALWAYS help the Democrat candidates. This has been going on for AT LEAST two decades but the clueless Republicans have always failed to do anything about it.

If Republican areas did this every two years by discovering boxes full of uncounted votes that help THEIR candidates they would rightfully be nailed to the wall by the media, but the Democrats’ media outlets so massively outnumber the Republicans’ media outlets that the Dems’ obvious chicanery is never given the coverage it deserves.” Continue reading

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DEMOCRAT TOTALITARIANS REMIND US THEY HAVE NO IDENTITY OUTSIDE OF THEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS

A 250th “birthday” for a nation is a remarkable milestone. Because Democrat “activists” are empty, hate-filled people afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome they are going beyond just sitting out the celebrations themselves. No, typical of 21st Century Democrats if they don’t like something they try to prevent anyone else from enjoying it as well, all because of their irrational hatred of everyone who votes differently than they do. 

If a Democrat is in the White House the Party uses their overwhelming superiority in media outlets to push the false consensus that the country is happy with that president, so “naturally” it’s not political to celebrate milestones with them, or for a winning team to show up at the White House to be photographed with that president.

So, here in 2026 if a Democrat was president none of the tiresome entertainers or sports figures or office holders who are Democrats first and human beings second would insist it’s “partisan” to participate in national milestones like a 250th anniversary. The rest of us are rational people who realize you are not endorsing an elected figure just by behaving in a civil manner. Hell, in 1976 America celebrated our Bicentennial with events featuring a sitting president who was RUNNING FOR ELECTION THAT SAME YEAR.

Because that was back before the Democrat party was filled with immature fanatics, people understood that because the figure was president OF COURSE he would take part in various ceremonies and events. Back then, Democrats also refrained from trying to stop the government from operating if the candidate they opposed won the most recent election so it shows how far they’ve sunk. 

First, let me remind everyone that I can link to several of my blog posts bashing politicians from both major U.S. political parties. I also defend some politicians from BOTH the Democrats and Republicans, too. In recent years the Democrats have become so intolerant and so violent that I don’t waste my time pretending that both parties are still equally divisive. The Democrats have long been far more hate-filled, violent, deceptive and willing to deprive people they disagree with of their right to express opinions or leave them alone to live their lives.

Democrats made graduation and guest speaker events in schools, colleges and universities one-sided affairs where they threaten to get violent if anyone they disagree with is invited to speak. Democrats now applaud the killing of people they disagree with and pretend that the very act of disagreeing with THEM is the equivalent of violence and that they are justified in using any means to prevent being exposed to alternate opinions.

When Democrats lose elections, they have also come to flatly refuse to remain civil and simply wait until the next election – and we have federal elections every two years. No, the Democrats try to halt the functioning of any political offices occupied by candidates they personally did not vote for. Continue reading

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THE HOME STRETCH TOWARD AMERICA’S TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY

We are less than a month away from America’s 250th birthday! I’ll be making additional seasonal posts between now and then but let’s open up the home stretch with some of the top neglected historical moments in U.S. history.

THE PENOBSCOT CAMPAIGN: AMERICA’S REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRAGEDY. The largest land and sea offensive launched by the U.S. during the war.

AND EVEN MORE NEGLECTED BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. AND MORE HERE.

THE PETTICOAT REVOLUTION OF DECEMBER 5th, 1916. The most fascinating female maneuvering this side of the Aristophanes comedy The Assemblywomen (Ecclesiazusae).

NEGLECTED REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES: LATE 1781.

NEGLECTED REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES: MARCH 1777The title says it all.

THE GREAT ADVENTURE (1963-1964). Dramatizations of fascinating moments in American history.

FIVE NATURAL DISASTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: 1811-1937.

D-DAY AND OTHER JUNE SIXTHS IN HISTORY.

THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS: BLACK WARRIORS OF THE OLD WEST.

GOVERNOR BENT ASSASSINATED: JANUARY NINETEENTH, 1847. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP FOR JUNE FIFTH

It’s a Friday current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S JOBS BOOM CONTINUES WITH ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND NEW JOBS CREATED IN MAY. Nearly twice as many as predicted! Have I ever mentioned that he’s the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime?

EVEN THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS NOW REVEALED GRAHAM “NAZI TATTOO” PLATNER’S ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF WOMEN HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH. (And yes, I know there are Republican media outlets, too, but the New York Times is practically a Democrat Party newsletter so when even THEY realize how awful Platner is it says a lot.)

DESPITE NEW JERSEY’S DEMOCRAT ATTEMPTS TO KEEP THEM AT LARGE, ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, MANSLAUGHTER AND BURGLARY. Democrats, why do you NEVER make this much effort to help law-abiding citizens? Why is it always and only illegal immigrants guilty of additional crimes?

ICE ARRESTS VIOLENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINAL RELEASED BY DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY CITY” CHICAGO.

DEMOCRAT SENATOR RON WYDEN LEFT SPUTTERING WHEN SCOTT BESSENT MENTIONS WYDEN’S SON BEING IN BED WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN

ANTI-TRUMPER JOHN BOLTON PLEADS GUILTY IN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE

AN ITEM EXAMINING REPUBLICANS WHO REFUSED TO PUSH BACK ON THE INCREASING INTOLERANCE AND CALLS TO VIOLENCE BY DEMOCRATS.

VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD IN DEMOCRAT-HELD NEW YORK: ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND INSTANCES FOUND. Notice how it’s always Democrats who oppose fighting vote fraud?

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JUNE THIRD NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog is here with a mid-week current events roundup.

DR. MEHMET OZ DISCUSSES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PRESERVATION OF MEDICAID AGAINST ALL THREATS. The greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. Among Dr. Oz’s remarks: “Medicaid was built for vulnerable Americans, not illegal immigrants, state bookkeeping tricks, and political generosity charged to people who had no say in the bill.”

DR. OZ ALSO ANNOUNCES ONE HUNDRED SIXTY MORE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES ARE BEING ADDED FOR LOWER PRICES ON THE TRUMPRx SITE

IN DEMOCRAT-HELD “SANCTUARY STATE” CALIFORNIA, AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING AN INFANT PLUS THE INFANT’S MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. No “sanctuary” is ever provided for victims, only for the perpetrators and Democrats fight to keep those perpetrators in the country at all costs.

ENGLAND’S HENRY NOWAK TRAGEDY.  

VIRGINIA’S DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR SPANBERGER STILL PROTECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH RAPING A GIRL UNDER FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

PRO-TRUMP ASHLEY HINSON WINS SENATE PRIMARY ELECTION IN IOWA

SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICERS RESCUE UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER FROM THEIR SINKING VEHICLE IN WATER. Remember, you will NEVER see anti-police “activists” risking their lives like this to save someone else.

BERNIE SANDERS DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS SUPPORT FOR GRAHAM PLATNER, THE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE WITH THE NAZI TATTOO, A SCAT FETISH, AGGRESSIVE SEX TEXTS TO WOMEN BESIDES HIS WIFE AND EVEN WORSE. Overseas people who bizarrely support Bernie may want to take note of what he has become in recent years.

INTOLERANT DEMOCRATS ON CAMPUS FILING COMPLAINTS AGAINST PEOPLE FOR USING THE WORD “MOTHERS” INSTEAD OF SAYING “LACTATING INDIVIDUALS.” More HERE. Democrats hate reality and love using their political watchdogs to make people less free, even in casual everyday conversations.  Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: JUNE FIRST

If it’s Monday, it’s time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog here in an America where the detestable Biden Crime Family continues trying to distract from the fact that Joe Biden was an unfit and illegit figurehead paraded before the cameras for four years while unelected figures in his regime massively damaged the U.S.

MAINE DEMOCRAT SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM “NAZI TATTOO” PLATNER STRUGGLES WITH SCANDALS REGARDING HIM AND A CHILD PREDATOR SITE, HIS GROTESQUE FETISH FOR PORT-O-JOHNS, MENACING SEXUAL TEXTS AND MORE. He’s the epitome of the 2026 Democrat Party. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE

BIDEN-HARRIS REGIME NOW EXPOSED FOR TRYNG TO COVER UP TWO HUNDRED BILLION – WITH A “B” – DOLLARS IN FRAUDULENT PPP LOANS. A new chapter in the long and sordid saga of the Biden Crime Family’s atrocities.

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IN HAWAII STORMS GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND THREATENS TO USE THEIR GUN. And 2026 Democrats are so far gone they will likely STILL vote for this terrorist.

DEMOCRAT MOB VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NEW JERSEY AS DO THREATS ON THE LIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

DEMOCRAT MOB VIOLENCE AGAINST THE MEDIA IN NEW JERSEY. More HERE. Continue reading

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FLASHBACK: CROW INDIAN TRIBE AND BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ENDORSE PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER BIDEN

FROM OCTOBER 30th, 2020: 

While Joe Biden hides in his bunker from the Biden Family Corruption Scandal, Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog notes that yet ANOTHER Native American Tribe has endorsed de facto Third Party President Donald Trump. In the endorsement, Alvin Not Afraid, Jr (the best name imaginable) called attention to President Trump’s policy of letting the tribe assign and grant permits on THEIR OWN mineral rights, unlike so many previous administrations. (link below)

As Chairman Not Afraid, Jr explained, the “Trump administration has helped the Crow Tribe in amending the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance” to bring that about.

“Today I stand before you to endorse, as well as support, President Trump, Vice President Pence,” Not Afraid, Jr. said.

Maurice DavisMeanwhile, Martin Luther King Person of Courage Maurice Davis, the Democrat VP of the Flint City Council announced he is crossing party lines to support President Trump:

“Let me tell you something, the Democrats are full of hate. I have been a democrat all my life, 64 years. The last four years I voted for Hillary Clinton. This year I decided to go with President Trump. I am not a bootlicker, I am not an Uncle Tom.”

Earlier he had addressed the Democrat riots across the country: “Riots, they ain’t no damn protest, they’re riots … tearing up your own neighborhoods … ‘We hate Donald Trump’ … but yet, we didn’t hate the $1,200 he sent us,” Davis said on a Facebook video.

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REV WILLIAM OWENS also mentioned his support for Trump, praising the president’s policies which have helped communities of color.

“President Trump did something that few other politicians do,” Owens said. “He sought out the opinion of a variety of African American leaders and he listened to what we had to say. Then he supported policies and programs that have real potential to help Black families.”

Owens continued: “What’s more, his new Platinum plan looks to invest millions in Black businesses and communities,” the civil rights leader observed. “This is a president who believes in giving a hand-up, not a hand-out in order to help our community thrive.”

“While Mr. Biden and the Democrats continue to take the Black vote for granted, offering nothing more than empty promises and more government dependency, President Trump is offering hope and a real plan to help African Americans,” Owens continued.

“Four years ago, President Trump asked us to give him a chance and we gave him one,” he said. “What he did with that chance shows that he deserves another four years in office. This year, President Trump has my vote.” Continue reading

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