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A Spash of Cold Water: Kavanaugh Probably Won’t Change Much, But There are Other Reform Options 0
- October 19, 2018
This article first appeared in Townhall.com. When Senator Susan Collins made her now-famous speech stating she would vote to approve the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a keystone of her argument amounted to, “He won’t change much.” She noted Judge Kavanaugh’s dedication to case precedent. She also noted that while the national
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New Case Shows the Supreme Court’s Defense of Constitutional Federalism is Only Tepid 0
- September 12, 2018
. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
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New Article Shows How 18th Century Law Helps Us Understand the Constitution 0
- July 10, 2018
“Living Constitutionalists” sometimes claim erroneously that recovering the Constitution’s original meaning is impractical.
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A Colorado Bill Uses “Levels of Scrutiny” to Protect Competition 0
- March 21, 2018
Judicial protection from most economic regulations — even grossly unfair and anti-competitive ones — is so weak as to be nearly non-existent.
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Where the Constitution’s Word “Convention” Came From 0
- February 4, 2018
Fortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
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Presidential Elector Discretion: The Originalist Evidence 0
- January 4, 2018
[T]he Hamilton Electors have good cause to claim the mantle of originalism.
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