A defense of the Electoral College
“… when Hamilton stated . . . that he believed electors would use “information and discernment,” that is not very good evidence that future electors did in fact use information and discernment. But it is quite good evidence that Hamilton and his readers believed the Constitution empowered electors to do so.”
Unelected officials shouldn’t have such power; a proposal for reform
No free people should concede to any unelected agencies the kind of power Colorado state law now grants its state and county health departments.
How state lockdowns are destroying lives, creating national conflict
” . . . constitutional rights are not luxuries. They are key to the functioning of our society.”
Why donors should give to think tanks and NOT colleges & universities
“Some donors try to target their grants to certain activities only. But academic administrators have ways of evading such restrictions. [At think tanks] the money probably will be used far more efficiently than if it were dissipated on academic bureaucracy.”
Polis lock-down order adds chaos to unconstitutionality
Public Health Order 20-24 is an 11 page, mostly single-spaced, mash of bureau-fog.
City destroys home without paying: Will the Supreme Court take the case?
The Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . reads in part, “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
Denver’s COVID-19 house arrest order is probably unconstitutional
“[Denver] has overreacted and has potentially violated the constitutional rights of city residents and millions of others.
Video: Rob Natelson and Jon Caldara discuss “Nat’l Popular Vote” & protecting the Electoral College’s integrity
Rob explains why II submitted a Supreme Court brief to protect presidential elector discretion and why the National Popular Vote Compact is a terrible idea
New scholarly article explains amendments conventions
The new article “marshals a massive amount of historical evidence to show that a convention for proposing amendments is simply a ‘convention of the states,’ a frequent kind of gathering in U.S. history, and one whose make-up and procedures is well known.
Underselling Originalism
Originalism is not a modern invention “[T]he ‘intent of the makers’ had been the lodestar of documentary construction since at least the 1500s.”
Global warming and the Constitution’s amendment process: How to tell whether a ‘consensus’ Is true
How academics formed a completely erroneous “consensus” about the convention procedure of Article V.
Two new briefs in the Supreme Court’s Electoral College case
[The integrity of presidential electors] has taken on great urgency as “progressive” state legislatures increasingly meddle with free elections.
