No Kings, No Czars: We have a Constitution

 

My paternal great grandfather and maternal grandfather, from Belarus in the Russian empire, and from County Kerry in Ireland, respectively, immigrated to the United States and became citizens.

One renounced and abjured “all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatsoever – and particularly to Nicholas II Czar of Russia whose subject he has heretofore been . . . .”

The other renounced “forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly to Edward VII King Of The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, of which I am now a subject . . . .”

They both declared themselves to be “attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States.”

I, too, am attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States. I believe that candidates for public office, at all levels, must support the US Constitution, the rule of law, and the results of elections. Failure to be attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States is a disqualification for office.

Incumbents who cannot support the US Constitution, the rule of law, and the results of elections should resign from office. Where proven by evidence, incumbents who have committed acts that interfere with the US Constitution, the rule of law, and the results of elections should be removed from office, by impeachment or recall where allowed or by the next election.

With my forefathers, I renounce fidelity to any and all individuals, who are not attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States. 

 

Originally published April 28, 2022, and edited today. 

Right to Vote

 

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established in 2002 by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA).  The EAC is considering adopting a requirement that voters show a passport or other proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.

 

I oppose the proposed federal regulation requiring that people show to a registration or election official a passport or birth certificate or other identification before registering to vote or re-registering after a move.

 

“The Elections Clause of the Constitution, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1, gives the states control over the times, places, and manner of holding elections, subject only to congressional, not presidential, action.”

“A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote.”  [Oct. 7, 2025] Joyce Vance, Substack.

 

The proposed federal regulation would interfere with present practices in some states which allow registration by mail or online or automatically at attaining the age of 18 because the proposal requires the identification document to be shown to a registration or election official.

 

The proposed federal regulation would create problems for women and men who change their names after marriage or divorce.

 

By October 20^th, Go to the EAC website:

https://www.regulations.gov/document/EAC-2025-0236-0001/comment?postedDateFrom=2025-09-23&postedDateTo=2025-09-29&sortBy=postedDate&sortDirection=desc&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

·        Go to the petition and click “comment.”

·        Share why you oppose this proof of citizenship requirement.

·        Choose whether to share your name and information or submit your comment anonymously.

 

 

For more information, see “A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote.”  [Oct. 7, 2025] Joyce Vance, Substack.

 

 

 

 

Pain--An Objective Device to Measure

 

“[R]esearchers are now on a quest to find objective biological indicators of pain that will enable doctors to quantify it as they do heart rate and blood pressure,” according to the Washington Post which recently described the Nociometer.

Julia Finkel, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, is developing the Nociometer, which would determine the type and intensity of pain and the impact of analgesics. 

The newspaper reported that, “[t]he Nociometer stimulates the patient’s three main sensory and pain nerve fibers — found in skin, muscles, joints and some organs — without actually causing pain. Instead, the device sends a tiny electrical current through a probe, usually attached to the patient’s finger or toe. The three fibers each transmit a different kind of sensation: temperature and slow-burning pain; sharp, localized pain; and touch and pressure.”

The handheld instrument by AlgometRx, Inc., would allow doctors to analyze pupil dilation in response to the electrical current.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/03/23/pain-measure-precision-research/

[Accessed, 03-29-2025]

 

https://www.algometrx.com/

 

Puzzle February 25, 2025

 

Across

    2  Selection by vote (8)

    6  Large crowd, often taking illegal, riotous, and destructive action (3)

    8  With nays, a recorded roll-call vote (4)

    9  Country where the people elect the head of state and the legislature; opposite of a monarchy (8)

  10  Federal legislature (8)

 

Down

    1  To add or change a document, e.g. adding the 14^th Amendment to the US Constitution (5)

    3  One of a small number of people, controlling a government, e.g. wealthy (8)

    4  Form of government set out in the US Constitution (9)

    5  Henry Knox headed this cabinet position under the secretary of war title for George Washington (7)

    7  US government branch that rules on constitutionality of laws (6)

       The puzzle consists of a “main word” and other words. The main word in the puzzle will be the longest word, or one of the longest words, in the puzzle. The initial letters of all other words in the puzzle are from the letters of the main word.

For solution see:

            https://crosswordnuancessolutions.blogspot.com/