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On the roster:<\/b><\/i>\u00a0What would you tell the Framers?<\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0Final effort in Senate to stave off ObamaCare crisis – Moore uses immigration platform against Strange – Trump attorney to face Senate Intel Committee – And Versailles, Ky. is interested in any unused palaces<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE FRAMERS?\u00a0
<\/b>If they had to do it over again knowing what America would be like in 2017, what would the Framers of the Constitution have done differently?

<\/i><\/b>The United States today observes Constitution Day, and in many schools across the country, students are getting one of the few doses of civics education students will receive all year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The celebration is a brave attempt beat back the stifling tide of civics ignorance in which our country is currently drowning. But much of the focus of those who even note the holiday will be on basic education concerning our founding charter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And for a consumerist nation like ours, much of that will dwell on the rights enshrined in the Constitution, which are entirely cast in terms of limits on federal power to interfere in natural rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When we celebrate the Constitution and the subsequent Bill of Rights, we often discuss freedom of expression, the right to bear arms, the rights of the accused and other blessings of liberty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Less discussed, however, is the more important part of the original document.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Remember that the Framers and the members of the early congresses hotly debated the question of a Bill of Rights, with many arguing that by even expressing particular limits on federal authority, subsequent generations of Americans would come to assume that the government\u2019s authority extended to everything not specifically enumerated. (You can\u2019t say they were entirely wrong\u2026)<\/p>\n

What makes the Constitution the most successful and most important document in the history of human governance is not the first ten amendments but rather the elegant, sometimes infuriating system of government it established.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Accordingly, most of the amendments to the Constitution after the Bill of Rights were not about individual liberties but rather how the government itself would operate. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Think of it this way, the Framers were operating under the assumptions laid out in the American Creed that every citizen was equal (though it took more than 150 years to make good on that one), and that their rights descended naturally from God, not the provision of any government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the rights come from God, then the purpose of the new government was to find a way to balance freedom and order in such a fashion that those liberties could reach their fullest potential. The revolutionary idea of republican government meant avoiding the perils of rule by elites and the tyranny of the mob.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After all these years, it is clear that no one before or since has been so successful at charting that narrow passage. But we also know that somethings in the organization of our government seem inadequate these days.<\/p>\n

So what would you do, dear readers?\u00a0<\/p>\n

In honor of Constitution Day, we are asking for your proposed changes to the Constitution. Tell us what amendment you would offer and why. Please be concise and try to make an argument that would have broad appeal. Send your submissions to HALFTIMEREPORT@FOXNEWS.COM<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How would you attack career politics, extreme partisanship, presidential succession, taxation authority or whatever you think ails us most? Lay it on us.<\/p>\n

We will share the best and most representative answers in Tuesday\u2019s edition. We look forward to a robust discourse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

THE RULEBOOK: WHY NOT BOTH?
<\/b>\u201cThere is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty from the militia, that one is at a loss whether to treat it with gravity or with raillery\u2026\u201d \u2013Alexander Hamilton<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0Federalist No. 29<\/a>\u00a0
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TIME OUT: WORD UP
<\/b>London [U.K.] Telegraph<\/a>: \u201cSamuel Johnson<\/b>, who wrote the English language’s most comprehensive dictionary in the 1750s, has been honoured by a\u00a0Google Doodle on what would have been his 308th birthday. \u2026 Johnson, born in 1709, spent nine years working on\u00a0A Dictionary of the English Language<\/i>, which was published in 1755. It remained the definitive English dictionary until the\u00a0Oxford English Dictionary<\/i>\u00a0was completed in 1928. \u2026 Once finished it was as much of a work of art as one of reference, full of witty definitions. Here are some examples:\u00a0Lexicographer:<\/b>\u00a0A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words;\u00a0Oats:<\/b>\u00a0A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland appears to support the people;\u00a0Pension:<\/b>\u00a0An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flag on the play? –<\/b>\u00a0Email us at
HALFTIMEREPORT@FOXNEWS.COM<\/a>\u00a0with
your tips, comments or questions.<\/p>\n

SCOREBOARD
<\/b>Trump net job-approval rating:\u00a0-17 points
<\/b>Change from one week ago:\u00a0up 1.8 points<\/b><\/p>\n

[President Trump\u2019s score is determined by subtracting his average job disapproval rating in<\/i>\u00a0the five most recent, methodologically sound public polls from his average approval rating, calculated in the same fashion.<\/i>]<\/p>\n

FINAL EFFORT IN SENATE TO STAVE OFF OBAMACARE CRISIS<\/b>
Politico<\/a>: \u201cObamacare repeal is on the brink of coming back from the dead. Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Mitch McConnell<\/b>\u00a0(R-Ky.) and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government\u2019s role in the health care system and instead provide block grants to states, congressional and Trump administration sources said. It would be a last-ditch attempt to repeal Obamacare before the GOP\u2019s power to pass health care legislation through a party-line vote in the Senate expires on Sept. 30. No final decision has been made, but the GOP leader has told his caucus that if the bill written by Sens.\u00a0Lindsey Graham<\/b>\u00a0(R-S.C.) and\u00a0Bill Cassidy<\/b>\u00a0(R-La.) has the support of at least 50 of the 52 GOP senators, he will bring it to the floor, Graham and Cassidy say. That would give Republicans one more crack at repealing the Affordable Care Act, a longtime party pledge.\u201d

Congress looks to crack down on Facebook, Google –\u00a0<\/b>Axios:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cMembers of Congress in both parties have begun exploring possible legislative action against Facebook and other tech giants, setting the stage for a potentially massive battle in the midterm election year of 2018. \u2026 The shift against the companies has been sudden, and is one of the biggest stories of the year. Republicans are likely\u00a0to emphasize the national security and homeland security aspects to reining in the tech companies. \u2026 Republican lawmakers,\u00a0seeing a massive opening on a sexy issue, have begun consulting experts who have studied ways Congress could act. On the Democratic side,\u00a0Sen.\u00a0Mark Warner<\/b>\u00a0of Virginia\u00a0is actively working to develop legislation to improve disclosure for online political ads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate to pass Defense bill –\u00a0<\/b>AP:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe Senate is poised to pass a defense policy bill that pumps $700 billion into the Pentagon budget, expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea’s growing hostility and refuses to allow excess military bases to be closed. The legislation is expected to be approved on Monday by a wide margin in another burst of bipartisanship amid President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/b>‘s push for cooperation with congressional Democrats. The 1,215-page measure defies a number of White House objections, but Trump hasn’t threatened to veto the measure. The bill helps him honor a pledge to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars. Sen.\u00a0John McCain<\/b>\u00a0\u2026 has guided the bill toward passage over the last week as he railed against Washington gridlock and political gamesmanship.\u201d
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MOORE USES IMMIGRATION PLATFORM AGAINST STRANGE
<\/b>WashEx:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cRoy Moore<\/b>\u00a0is using the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s support for Sen.\u00a0Luther Strange<\/b>\u00a0to tar his opponent as someone who favors amnesty for illegal immigrants as a new public opinion poll shows him losing ground in the special election for an Alabama Senate seat. Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, asked supporters for help in an email fundraising appeal to fend off the chamber, which he described as \u2018the establishment’s top advocate for illegal immigration and amnesty in America.\u2019 The chamber has launched a direct-mail and television\u00a0advertising campaign\u00a0in the state on behalf of Strange.\u00a0The amnesty charge against Strange came after recent interviews in which Moore appeared\u00a0uninformed about federal immigration policy, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that Trump said he would rescind in March.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore could be a nightmare for McConnell Co. –\u00a0<\/b>Politico:<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThree words are striking fear in Senate Republicans these days: \u2018Senator\u00a0Roy Moore<\/b>.\u2019 The bomb-throwing former Alabama Supreme Court justice has vaulted to a hefty lead in Alabama’s Senate special election, lambasting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell every step of the way. A Moore victory promises to make McConnell’s tenuous 52-seat majority even more precarious, allies of the majority leader warn, potentially imperiling tax reform, raising the risk of default on the nation’s debt or even derailing routine Senate business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dem Northam trouncing Gillespie in Virginia Gov. cash race –\u00a0<\/b>Richmond Times Dispatch:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cDemocrat\u00a0Ralph Northam<\/b>\u00a0raised $7.2 million in July and August, compared with $3.7 million for Republican\u00a0Ed Gillespie<\/b>, giving the lieutenant governor a cash advantage for the TV ad wars ahead of the Nov. 7 election for governor. Northam had $5.6 million on hand at the end of August, to $2.6 million for Gillespie, according to the Virginia Public Access Project\u2026 That erases Gillespie\u2019s financial lead at the end of June, after he and Northam had fended off rivals in primaries. \u2026 Northam\u2019s cash advantage is likely to reshape that balance with just over 50 days left in the contest.\u201d<\/p>\n

House Dems August fundraising hits highest ever –\u00a0<\/b>NBC News<\/a>: \u201cThe campaign arm of House Democrats has posted its highest off-year August fundraising haul ever, the group told NBC News. \u2026 The DCCC raised $6.26 million in August, compared to $4.15 million for August 2015, the last comparable year before a midterm election. Overall, the DCCC has raised $72.46 million in 2017. And the committee touted its online fundraising, which it says has totaled $31.26 million for the year so far, including $2.4 million last month. While lagging a bit in recent months, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) still had a sizable $12 million cash-on-hand advantage over Democrats as of July, and both parties had raised about the same amount for the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

TRUMP ATTORNEY TO FACE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE\u00a0
<\/b>Fox News:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAttorney\u00a0Michael Cohen<\/b>\u00a0confirmed to Fox News on Sunday that he\u2019ll be speaking with the Senate Intel Committee Tuesday in the form of a closed session, much like\u00a0Donald Trump Jr.<\/b>\u2019s interview with the committee two weeks ago. Cohen is one of the latest of President Trump\u2019s associates under scrutiny for his contact with a Russian official during the 2016 presidential campaign. In January 2016, Cohen, the Trump Organization\u2019s executive vice president and previously President Trump\u2019s special counsel, had emailed Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin<\/b>\u2019s press secretary\u00a0looking to speed up the development\u00a0of a \u2018Trump Tower\u2019 in Moscow, documents showed. \u2026 In a letter sent to the House Permanent Select Committee in August, Cohen explained that the \u201cproposal for \u2018Trump Tower Moscow\u2019 was \u2018similar\u2019 to previous real estate projects that were \u2018contemplated years before any campaign.\u2019 Cohen said that he \u2018primarily communicated\u2019 with a Moscow-based development company through a U.S. citizen \u2018third party intermediary\u201d named\u00a0Felix Sater<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump lawyers pop off over popovers –\u00a0<\/b>NYT<\/a>: \u201cThe friction escalated in recent days after Mr. [Ty Cobb<\/b>] was overheard by a reporter for The New York Times discussing the dispute during a lunchtime conversation at a popular Washington steakhouse. Mr. Cobb was heard talking about a White House lawyer he deemed \u2018a McGahn spy\u2019 and saying Mr. [Donald McGahn<\/b>] had \u2018a couple documents locked in a safe\u2019 that he seemed to suggest he wanted access to. He also mentioned a colleague whom he blamed for \u2018some of these earlier leaks,\u2019 and who he said \u2018tried to push Jared out,\u2019 meaning\u00a0Jared Kushner<\/b>, the president\u2019s son-in-law and senior adviser, who has been a previous source of dispute for the legal team.\u201d<\/p>\n

TRUMP BRINGS \u2018DRAIN THE SWAMP\u2019 TO U.N.\u00a0<\/b>
NY Post:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cPresident Trump used his inaugural address at the United Nations on Monday to criticize the world body for not living up to its \u2018potential\u2019 because of bureaucracy and urged member nations to reject \u2018business as usual\u2019 and take \u2018bold stands.\u2019 \u2018In recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement,\u2019 Trump said at the 72-year-old organization during a meeting on reforms. Despite a ballooning budget and a doubling of staff since 2000, Trump said, \u2018We are not seeing the results in line with this investment\u2019 and encouraged UN Secretary-General\u00a0Antonio Guterres<\/b>\u00a0to focus more on people than bureaucracy. \u2018We seek a United Nations that regains the trust of people from around the world,\u2019 the president said in his tightly scripted five-minute address. \u2018In order to achieve this, the UN must hold every level of management accountable, protect whistle-blowers and focus on results rather than on process.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

McMaster suggests better off without Bannon<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/b>Fox News:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cNational Security Adviser\u00a0H.R. McMaster<\/b>\u00a0said Sunday that President Trump\u2019s United Nations speech will focus on promoting and protecting American prosperity and suggested that the White House\u2019s National Security Council is better after having removed adviser\u00a0Steve Bannon <\/b>and others who pushed \u2018their own narrow agendas.\u2019 \u2018The National Security Council, I think, has served the president well in bringing him multiple options. There were some who tried to operate outside of that process for their own narrow agendas. And that didn\u2019t serve the president well,\u2019 McMaster told \u2018Fox News Sunday,\u2019 in response to questions about his policy clashes with Bannon.\u201d<\/p>\n

PLAY-BY-PLAY<\/b>\u00a0
Federal lawsuit challenges Trump order on DREAMers<\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n

Insurers come in for blame in opioid crisis<\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0NYT<\/a>

Obama cashing in with Wall Street speeches<\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Sec. Zinke suggests\u00a0scaling back 10 national monuments he was asked to review\u00a0<\/i>–\u00a0WashTimes<\/a>

<\/b>Emmy telecast all about Trump, including a Spicer cameo\u00a0<\/i>–\u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

AUDIBLE: #MUNG
\u201cI think the main message is \u2018make the UN great.\u2019 Not again. \u2018Make the UN great.\u2019 Such tremendous potential, and I think we’ll be able to do it.\u201d \u2013\u00a0President Trump to reporters who asked for a preview of his Tuesday speech to the U.N. General Assembly.<\/i><\/p>\n

FROM THE BLEACHERS
<\/i><\/b>\u201cIn your answer to Mr.\u00a0Eric Hutchins<\/b>\u00a0[from\u00a0Friday\u2019s report<\/a>] you say that the answer to improving civics\/govt.\/U.S. History education rests with parents and the communities at large.\u00a0I agree, but I fear we are placing our faith in an increasingly revisionist society. By and large, the last generation that was truly educated about our history as it was, and not as we want it to be was the first half of the Baby Boomer generation and they are soon to be no more. Case in point, the furor over statues of Confederates and slave owners including\u00a0George Washington<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Thomas Jefferson<\/b>. Given that at least in the secessionist states nearly all of the slave owners were the Democrats of their day, what the left is really doing is trying to obliterate that fact. In a couple of generations Democrats can say they purged those nasty statues, thereby claiming some sort of undeserved moral superiority, and there will be no one alive to dispute them.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Rebecca L. Baisch<\/i><\/b>, Idaho Falls, Idaho\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

[Ed. note: I doubt the individuals most animated by the idea of removing such statues care much about the Democratic Party. I think what you are witnessing, Ms. Baisch, is a radical group using the tyranny of the mob to force otherwise sensible individuals into irrational choices. I saw\u00a0the story<\/a>\u00a0last week about the school in Fayetteville, N.C. ditching\u00a0Gilbert du Motier<\/b>, whom you know better as the marquis de Lafayette, as the mascot for a lunchroom cleanliness initiative. The school stopped the program when someone was informed that Lafayette owned slaves. What the watchmen of political correctness forgot to mention was that Lafayette bought the slaves in order to free them. School Superintendent\u00a0Tim Kinlaw\u00a0<\/b>said the program might be reinstated and apologized for the initial decision. \u201cIt appears that by trying to be sensitive to part of the community, I was insensitive to another part,\u201d Kinlaw said. Hmmmmm\u2026 I doubt Kinlaw or any other school administrator had any desire to cover up Democratic complicity in slavery or segregation. He was just trying to avoid controversy, and that is all that is required for mob rule to be successful. As individuals, especially leaders, increasingly abandon their own judgement and sacrifice core beliefs in favor of the avoidance of public backlash and legal complications, we increasingly live in a nation of moral imbeciles. Outsourcing your own judgment to the verdicts of your Twitter feed is never a cool choice.<\/i>]

<\/b><\/i>\u201cInstead of what you suggest, a reunification of the Korean Peninsula what would be the problem(s) of making a quiet side deal with China. For their \u2018removal\u2019 of Kim and the assurance of South Korea’s right to exist we let China know that we will not oppose their governing the North Korean territory as a province of China? I am sure they must know more than one NK general who could quiet Kim and who would be happy to run the province under China’s rule.\u00a0At this juncture it seems to me that getting rid of Kim is more important then the continued recognition of their geographical and historical right to exist as an independent country. We can think of it as the Crimeatization of North Korea.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Steve Litwack<\/i><\/b>, Sarasota, Fla.<\/i><\/p>\n

[Ed. note: This might be a very good idea, Mr. Litwack\u2026 or it might be an absolute catastrophe. I don\u2019t claim any special expertise on foreign policy and make no recommendations of my own. I included the mention of Korean reunification simply because that seems to be the one that the foreign policy community holds out as the world beater. I think the concern about anything that sounds like a soft coup, even of the phony kind favored by the Kremlin, is that unpredictability in a nuclear-armed pirate state is not something many would feel comfortable with, especially if the result was a more powerful China. Leaving aside what our allies would think about the idea, we have seen mounting evidence that China is developing a more aggressive posture in the region and one designed to limit U.S. influence. The current regime in North America is unacceptable to American policymakers, but instability in North Korea is probably considered even worse.<\/i>]
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\u201cI seldom read your Halftime Reports anymore. It seems you are not being \u2018fair and balanced\u2019 when it comes to President Trump. Have all the people who have run for office kept their campaign promises? No, of course not. He has a House and Senate that are not trying to cooperate with him. This is more so than with Obama or Bush. Many of my friends think you are Anti Trump but I hesitate to agree with them. I was one of your first supporters but am slipping away.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Vira Doughton<\/i><\/b>, Pittsburgh

<\/b><\/i>[Ed. note: I hate to hear that you\u2019re not enjoying the note these days, Ms. Doughton. Certainly my hope is not to be anti- or pro- any candidate, campaign or party. We do very much want to give you a non-partisan, fair-minded analysis of the current political scene. And even as a private citizen, I try to make sure that I don\u2019t place too much stake in individual politicians. The genius of the American system is that it\u2019s not supposed to be about the men and women in positions of power but of the laws that form our government and direct its activities. One of the most dangerous trends I see in American political life today is the absolute personalization of politics. There was considerable obsession with\u00a0Barack Obama<\/b>, <\/b>with quasi-religious devotion from some and a hatred bordering on irrationality among others. That trend has gotten worse with Trump. Countries that govern on the basis of charismatic leaders and cults of personality end up boiling their pet rabbits for stew like Venezuela. I appreciate your gentle reproof and will pay attention to make sure that I am not falling victim to the same trend I abhor. As for uncooperative congresses, though, I would point out that both Obama and\u00a0George W. Bush<\/b>\u00a0faced absolute resistance from Houses and Senates held by the opposing party. Trump\u2019s situation is made more remarkable by the fact that he is at odds with members of the party he leads.<\/i>]\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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AND VERSAILLES, KY. IS INTERESTED IN ANY UNUSED PALACES<\/b>
AP<\/a>: \u201cVermont\u2019s capital city is saying merci to a French city it\u2019s named after for plans to send some misspelled soccer jerseys its way. The city manager in Montpelier (mahnt-PEEL\u2019-yuhr), Vermont, says Montpellier (mahn-peel\u2019-YAY\u2019), France, ordered jerseys for its professional soccer team and fans, but they came in misspelled, with just one L instead of two. City Manager\u00a0Bill Fraser<\/b>\u00a0said Thursday that the city in southern France has decided to send them to Montpelier, Vermont, which is spelled with one L, not two. Montpelier doesn\u2019t know how many jerseys it will get.\u00a0 \u2026 Montpellier contacted the Vermont city to let official know about the gift. Montpelier\u2019s Facebook post about the jerseys has generated interest, from near and far \u2014 including from Montpellier, France. \u2018Please wear proudly our jerseys, cousins from the New World,\u2019 wrote\u00a0Anthony Fernant d\u2019Aizes<\/b>. \u2026\u00a0 \u2018Bonjour! Merci pour les chemises!\u2019 wrote the city of Montpelier.\u201d
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Chris Stirewalt\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is the politics editor for Fox News.\u00a0Brianna McClelland<\/b>\u00a0contributed to this report. Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up\u00a0<\/i>here<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Chris Stirewalt joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in July of 2010 and serves as politics editor based in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he authors the daily Fox News Halftime Report political news note and co-hosts the hit podcast, Perino Stirewalt: I’ll Tell You What. He also is the host of Power Play, a feature video series on FoxNews.com. Stirewalt makes frequent appearances on network programs, including America\u2019s Newsroom, Special Report with Bret Baier and Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. He also provides expert political analysis for FNC\u2019s coverage of state, congressional and presidential elections.<\/p>\n

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