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Hey, if Elizabeth Warren is Indian, then maybe I am, too!0
- June 1, 2012
I confess to a several personal emotions in reaction to the Elizabeth Warren case. Elizabeth Warren, if you recall, is the Harvard Law Professor now running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts who identified herself to her employers and in law school directories as Native American. But it turns out that she has at most 1/32
READ MOREAnother Federal Real Estate Screw-Up0
- May 27, 2012
One of the clearest messages from the American Founding was that the Constitution left regulation of private land within state boundaries to the exclusive prerogative of the states. This was an area completely outside the sphere of the federal government. When, during the debates over the Constitution, advocates were pressed for examples of powers outside federal competence they
READ MOREOriginal Intent, Original Understanding, Original Meaning0
- May 19, 2012
It is often said that the Constitution should be interpreted according to its “original intent, “original understanding,” or “original meaning.” Is there any difference between these concepts? And if so, which is the proper standard? This is an area in which there has been a great deal of confusion, largely because few constitutional writers are
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The disastrous student loan mess0
- May 13, 2012
You have to wonder how many other things the federal government will louse up before people demand a return to constitutional limits. The New York Times has published a widely re-printed report about the extent to which federally guaranteed and subsidized college loan programs have driven up the cost of tuition and leaving an entire
READ MORENew History of Founding Era Conventions0
- April 24, 2012
Very few people know that the Constitutional Convention of 1787 only the last of nearly 20 other conventions in which American colonies, and later states, met to deliberate on specified problems. In these gatherings, states met as semi-sovereigns; these were essentially diplomatic meetings. The rule for decision was “one state, one vote.” Those conventions were
READ MOREThe Constitution’s officers0
- April 21, 2012
Proceeding on the very reasonable theory that the Founders knew what they were doing . . . Seth Barrett Tillman has spent considerable effort reconstructing the meanings of different office/officer phrases.
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