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Who Called the Constitutional Convention? The Commonwealth of Virginia 0
- April 14, 2023
The Virginia legislature, not Congress, called the Constitutional Convention.
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Does the Constitution allow impeachment of an ex-President?0
- February 8, 2021
You can see how the evidence goes in both directions.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justices relied on II research several times this year 0
- July 19, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Justices relied explicitly on Independence Institute briefs three times this year. In addition, one Justice awarded Rob Natelson, our Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence, his 20th Supreme Court citation.
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Underselling Originalism 0
- March 16, 2020
Originalism is not a modern invention “[T]he ‘intent of the makers’ had been the lodestar of documentary construction since at least the 1500s.”
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The English tradition of liberty under law is a gift to us all 0
- February 25, 2020
Britain was the first major country in world history to abolish slavery.
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Independence Institute helps win court ruling protecting presidential electors 0
- August 26, 2019
The framers modeled the Electoral College on indirect election systems then prevailing in Scotland and Maryland, in which elector discretion was pivotal.
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