2024 is the 37th Anniversary of my admission to practice law. The final act of becoming a lawyer is to swear an oath to the US Constitution. As I took that oath in 1987, it crossed my mind that the meaning of this oath was never discussed during law school. I’ve thought a lot about that since. As […]
David Shestokas for Illinois Attorney General
The Back Story on How I Became A Candidate for Illinois Attorney General Read the Story then Visit the Campaign Site In early 2019 members of the Illinois Conservative Union (ICU) went to Springfield, IL to obtain voter data from […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court Illegally Suspends Jury Trials
On March 22, 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended jury trials throughout the state in response to the corona virus pandemic. Justice Rebecca Bradley, joined by Justice Daniel Kelly filed a vigorous dissent explaining how the court overstepped its authority in issuing the order and that emergencies do not grant government any greater power than […]
The Death of Essential Liberty at the Hands of Contemporary “Crisis Culture”
I want to bring attention to some of the parallels that are becoming painfully obvious when assessing societal consequences that arose from 9/11 and the recent corona virus. I’m not going to go into the origins of these events for the sake of this argument because the origin is not relevant here. My intent here […]
BOOKS BY ATTORNEY DAVID J. SHESTOKAS
A message from David Shestokas on the crucial relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution BOOKS BY ATTORNEY DAVID J. SHESTOKAS Constitutional Sound Bites explains America’s Founding documents in a format that is familiar to 21st century readers. This is accomplished in a simple, unbiased, easy-to-read presentation that takes into account the “sound […]
Constitutional Authority: Theory vs Contemporary Application
Our Three co-equal branches of the Federal Government, they all have specific functions that they are to perform and they all have different levels and applications of authority. Our founding fathers were very meticulous in constructing our supreme law, otherwise know as the US Constitution. This founding document lays out enumerated power to each of […]
US Census 2020 and the current Deep State sponsored invasion.
A federal judge just ruled that the 2020 census may not add a question regarding citizenship. Our judicial system has been hijacked by social justice warriors, old and young, that are using the judicial independence that is referenced in Federalist #78, as an excuse to legislate and deliver wins to the SJW community. This […]
The Media is Lying to You About the 14th Amendment
Enough with the twisting of the 14th Amendment. We are going to break this down right now to clear things up. The 14th amendment was an amendment that had a very specific purpose and it was necessary after the Civil War as the nation was in the midst of reconstruction. Before the 14th amendment, an […]
Unconstitutional Federal Overreach
In the last 100 years, we have seen the federal government go from a constitutional republic, to a bureaucratic nightmare. What we once recognized as constitutional authority, or authority that has been enumerated to one of the three branches of government to provide the checks and balances that make up the very foundation of America […]
Ninth Circuit: Second Amendment Protects Right to Open Carry in Public
On July 24, 2018 a three judge panel of the normally liberal United States Ninth Circuit Appeals affirmed that the Second Amendment protects a personal right to openly carry a firearm in public. The County of Hawaii’s Chief of Police had twice denied George K. Young’s application to carry a handgun because he failed to […]