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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Confused about a constitutional phrase? The law of the Founders often provides the answer0
- December 30, 2010
[Rob Natelson is the author of The Original Constitution: What It Really Said and Meant – an objective explanation of the Constitution as understood by the Founders.] One of the most neglected tools for understanding the Constitution is also one of the most important: The Law of the 18th century. The Constitution is a legal
READ MOREThe Feds’ Nosy Survey0
- December 24, 2010
[Rob Natelson is the author of The Original Constitution: What It Really Said and Meant – an objective explanation of the Constitution as understood by the Founders.] The people who run the federal government may not be able to balance its budget or even pass an appropriation bill on time, but they certainly can tell
READ MOREDoes the Constitution really give Congress power over immigration?0
- December 17, 2010
Congress’s power to “define and punish . . . Offenses against the Law of Nations” included authority to “define” immigration rules and “punish” those who violated them.
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How to amend the Constitution safely and without Congress — according to the Founders0
- December 9, 2010
“How to” Issue Papers on obtaining needed constitutional amendments without the consent of Congress.
READ MOREConstitutional Breakdown: How the GOP-Dem Tax and Spend Compromise Throttles the Voters’ Will0
- December 6, 2010
The impending taxing and spending compromise between congressional Republicans and Democrats and the Obama administration demonstrates how the federal constitutional system has broken down. And how the breakdown can sabotage democracy. Under the emerging terms, as reported in the press, the Republicans will receive at least a temporary extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for
READ MOREWas the Constitutional Convention a “Runaway?”0
- November 26, 2010
[Rob Natelson is the author of The Original Constitution: What It Really Said and Meant – an objective explanation of the Constitution as understood by the Founders.] There’s an old accusation leveled against the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The Convention was a very long time ago, so the accusation shouldn’t matter any more.
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Rob Natelson, Senior Fellow, Constitutional Jurisprudence
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