CONSTITUTION - Supreme Court - Independence Institute

The Great John Marshall, Part 4 0
- June 7, 2024
Marshall was not part of the “living constitution” project. He sought to interpret the Constitution according to “the intention of its makers.”
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Justice Alito is Criticized; a Liberal Judge Gets a Pass 0
- June 5, 2024
A state supreme court justice has been flying flags with leftist symbols for years—without any outcry. How long do you think her judicial career would have lasted if she had displayed a MAGA flag?
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The Great John Marshall, Part 3 0
- June 2, 2024
There has been a effort in the law schools—and at times in the Supreme Court—to appropriate Marshall as a model for liberal activism.
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SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions 0
- April 24, 2024
Justice Barrett’s opinion contains a readable survey of the court’s convoluted “takings” law.
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Understanding the Constitution: The Truth about the Much-Abused Commerce Clause 0
- February 27, 2024
If we are not to lose our freedom entirely, we shall have to find a way to restore the Commerce Clause to something like its original scope.
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The Meaning of “Regulate Commerce” to the Constitution’s Ratifiers: An Update 0
- February 1, 2024
This latest survey—like all the previous ones—confirms that when the Constitution uses the word “Commerce,” it does so to mean only mercantile trade and its incidents.
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