CONSTITUTION - Supreme Court Archives - Independence Institute

Where were all the Constitution’s defenders when the feds raised the smoking age?0
- January 7, 2020
[S]etting minimum consumption ages is not a power the Constitution grants the federal government. The Constitution reserves it to the states.
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Why McCulloch v. Maryland—now 200 years old—is not a ‘big government’ manifesto 0
- December 7, 2019
In the 20th century, the Supreme Court cited McCulloch to uphold unprecedented federal spending and regulatory programs. Law school constitutional law courses sometimes treat McCulloch the same way. . . . [But] this approach is the product of historical ignorance.
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Supreme Court to review common anti-school choice rule in state constitutions 0
- August 12, 2019
Today the constitutions of 26 states contain bans that go well beyond what Blaine wanted. Unlike Blaine’s proposal, those constitutions mandate discrimination against “sectarian” religion.
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How “progressive” court decisions promoted the rise of dark money 0
- August 11, 2019
“Progressive” Supreme Court decisions that led directly or indirectly to the orgy of anonymous spending
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A new Supreme Court case on establishment of religion 0
- August 8, 2019
By the time ratification was complete, the Constitution’s implications for religion were understood: Religious faith was valuable for good government. But government was to treat individual religions equally, as long as they conducted themselves in an orderly manner.
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John Paul Stevens’ greatest legacy 0
- July 23, 2019
By clarifying constitutional amendment law, Stevens made it more accessible to citizens who now seek to use it to cure our dysfunctional federal government.
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