Author: Rob Natelson

Rob Natelson is the Independence Institute’s Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence and heads the Institute’s Article V Information Center. He was a law professor for 25 years, serving at three different universities. Among other subjects, he taught Constitutional Law, Constitutional History, Advanced Constitutional Law, and First Amendment. He is also the Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Montana Policy Institute. Rob is especially known for his studies of the Constitution’s original meaning. His research has carried him to libraries throughout the United States and in Britain, including four months at Oxford. The results have included several break-though discoveries. Click here for more information about Rob

The “Silver Linings” in the Colorado’s New Punitive (Progressive) Income Tax

The great and famous Colorado—the former pacesetter of the Rocky Mountain region—has just taken itself out of the economic running.

Denver’s ‘progressive’ street chaos hits peak absurdity

When are Denver and Colorado voters going to get smart and cure this “progressive” insanity?

What a Hidden Supreme Court Case Tells Us About the Constitution

This Commerce Clause case has been buried—deep. Probably because it makes modern writers uncomfortable.

Montana’s progressive income tax disaster a warning to Colorado

A progressive income tax is a pretty quick way to destroy a state.

The Slippery Constitutionality of Open Primaries

A new SCOTUS decision adds further doubt about state laws forcing political parties to open their candidate selection procedures to non-party members.

The Extremism—And Irrelevancy—of the ‘Democratic Socialists’

History shows that feeding the viper is not only misleading but also irresponsible.

A Constitution Day Roadmap For The Supreme Court

In celebration of Constitution Day, SCOTUS should correct some of its worst mistakes.

The 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter: A Forerunner to the Constitution

This letter anticipated important aspects of the Constitution, written two decades later.

More Problems with Open & Semi-Closed Primaries

Democracy works best when voters are offered contrasting policy options. The traditional closed primary system gives the voters better general election choices.

New Study: Why Montana Needs a New Constitution

Among the current constitution’s problems are ambiguous and contradictory wording and the fact that the voters likely never ratified it.

New Supreme Court Case Reopens Question About the 2020 Presidential Election

An apparent violation of federal law caused Pennsylvania, and perhaps other states, to flip from Trump to Biden.

Another Colorado Attack on the First Amendment Goes to the Supreme Court

Since taking control of the state a decade ago, “progressive” leftists have repeatedly disgraced Colorado by trampling the First Amendment.