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The Myth of the “Conservative Supreme Court”0
- January 19, 2013
Is the current U.S. Supreme Court conservative? No, it is not. And certainly not if you define “conservative” as interpreting the Constitution according to the understanding of the makers. The claim that the Court has a conservative majority is certainly widespread. Googling the phrase “conservative supreme court” turned up over 38 million hits. The more
READ MORECan the President Raise the Debt Limit Unilaterally? Hell no! — Part II0
- January 11, 2013
The claim—partly silly, partly dangerous—that President Obama may raise the debt limit unilaterally without the approval of Congress is again being raised. I addressed it previously here. Now it has been further debunked in a Wall Street Journal op-ed authored by David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey. Under the Constitution, only Congress may incur
READ MOREBoehner Admits Mistake: Sometimes the Constitutional Course is the Wisest Politically0
- January 7, 2013
In a December 23 post, I pointed out that House Speaker John Boehner should not be conceding the initiative on revenue measures to the Senate and President. Doing so not only made no political sense, but it was contrary to the Constitution’s mandate that revenue bills originate in the House. Mr. Boehner now agrees that
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A Response to Professor Seidman0
- January 4, 2013
Should we acknowledge that the U.S. Constitution is filled with “archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions,” and “extricat[e] ourselves from constitutional bondage” by cashiering the document? “As the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken,” argues Louis Michael Seidman, tasked with
READ MOREA Correction They Didn’t Print: The Denver Post and Judge Bork0
- January 2, 2013
A Denver Post article on the passing of Judge Robert Bork (Dec. 20) says, “He advocated a view of judging known as ‘strict constructionism’ or ‘originalism.’”Actually, the writer was confused. Those two terms have very different meanings. An originalist believes the Constitution, like other legal documents, should be construed as understood by the people who
READ MOREIt’s (not quite) a Riot! How the Constitution’s language differs0
- December 26, 2012
“. . . it opens a door to the appointment of a swarm of revenue and excise officers to prey upon the honest and industrious part of the community, eat up their substance, and riot on the spoils of the country.” – Judge Robert Yates, New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (warning in Dec.
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