The Constitutional Studies Center combines careful, objective scholarship into the original understanding of the Constitution with advocacy for human freedom under law. It produces books, issue papers, articles, and legal briefs reporting the results of its research. Since 2010, the Center has had enormous influence on constitutional law cases and commentary, but also on policy makers and grass roots activists. For example, the Center’s research findings galvanized the massive and growing “Article V” movement to restore constitutional limits on the federal government.
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How A Famous English Convention Clarifies the Role of a Convention of States0
- September 26, 2015
Note: This article first appeared on the American Thinker website. In the Anglo-American constitutional tradition, a “convention” can mean a contract, but the word is more often applied to an assembly, other than a legislature, convened to address ad hoc political problems. The “Convention for proposing Amendments” authorized by Article V of the Constitution is
READ MORERob Natelson on TV: Explaining the Constitutional Issues in "Birthright Citizenship"0
- September 12, 2015
How the Constitutional Case Against Citizenship for Children of Illegal Entrants SHOULD Be Argued0
- September 12, 2015
This is a corrected version of an article originally appearing at the American Thinker website. It is the third of a three-part series. In two prior postings (here and here), I listed flaws in the constitutional arguments of opponents of birthright citizenship for children of aliens living here illegally. For children to be American citizens
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New Independence Institute Issue Paper: The Untold Story of the Colorado State Song!0
- September 9, 2015
The year 2015 is the centennial of the Colorado General Assembly’s designation of Where the Columbines Grow as the first state song. (The original sheet music appears at the end of this Issue Paper.) Despite the legislature’s direction that the song be played and sung “on all appropriate occasions,” it has been neglected and even maligned.
READ MOREA Roman Woman Pleads With Americans Not to Give Up Their Liberty!0
- September 8, 2015
During the first century BCE, concerned Romans saw their free republic being undermined by a demagogues who sought and held power by promising “benefits” to low-information voters. Ultimately, Romans lost their freedom entirely. In this impassioned video, Lilia Domilla, a young Roman woman, warns Americans to preserve their liberties and not slip as her country
READ MOREBirthright Citizenship Opponents Should Not Rely on 14th Amendment Congressional Debates0
- September 4, 2015
An earlier version of this article first appeared in The American Thinker. Opponents of birthright citizenship often cite fragments of the congressional debate over the Fourteen Amendment’s Citizenship Clause to argue that the amendment’s drafters intended to exclude the children of visiting foreigners. However, reliance on these fragments is a mistake. Opponents of birthright citizenship
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