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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Speaking out against the Obamacare decision0
- July 1, 2012
Defects in the Supremes' holding that the Obamacare penalty is a "tax"0
- June 28, 2012
For a podcast covering this subject in more detail, click here. Under the Constitution’s original meaning, the Supreme Court’s holding that Obamacare’s penalty for not purchasing health insurance is a tax is defective in at least two respects. First: The court fails to understand the Constitution’s line of distinction between those exactions that qualify as
READ MORENew “how to” paper on proposing constitutional amendments by convention0
- June 26, 2012
The Independence Institute has published my new Issue Paper, Amending the Constitution by Convention: Practical Guidance for Citizens and Policymakers. It explains the basic rules and makes recommendations for those seeking constitutional reform in a way that avoids congressional obstruction. This work is an updated version of my earlier version, published last year by Arizona’s
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Thank goodness for the First Amendment0
- June 24, 2012
We just returned from Britain, where there is chilling discussion about imposing more regulation on the press. The occasion is a probe into reporters’ news practices and relationships between particular politicians and the media. The entire series of events demonstrates why our First Amendment guarantee of press freedom is so important. The probe resulted from
READ MOREObamacare and “Commerce:” Does A Include Not-A?0
- June 19, 2012
On the eve of the Supreme Court’s decision over Obamacare’s individual mandate, attention is been focused on the challengers’ argument that the mandate is outside the Commerce Power because otherwise there would be no “limiting principle” to Congress’s authority. Certainly, the question of whether congressional authority is limited or unlimited is an important issue in
READ MOREIn modern politics, the “extremists” are usually those labeling others with that word0
- June 10, 2012
A key Democratic Party tactic being used against incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Coffman (R.-Colo.) is to brand him an “extremist.” So what else is new? Politics is fully of incongruities, and the use of the term “extremist” by the Left to tar more conservative opponents is one of the richest. For example, the Left’s current
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