Events - Independence Institute

Notice to Readers from Rob Natelson 0
- February 10, 2022
Salon.com issued a defamatory article it has refused to correct.
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The framers explained why the Constitutional Convention had authority to propose the Constitution 0
- January 27, 2023
Key framers explained why the Constitutional Convention had authority to propose a new form of government.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 14: Machiavelli 0
- January 27, 2023
The Founders were far more interested in Machiavelli’s “Discourses on Livy” than in “The Prince.”
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Colorado Lawmakers Reintroduce Nuclear Feasibility Bill 0
- January 26, 2023
The potential for introducing small-modular reactors (SMRs) to Colorado will get a second look at the state legislature thanks to a new bill currently being considered. HB23-1080, sponsored by Representative Ty Winter (R.) and Senator Byron Pelton (R.), would direct the Colorado Energy Office to conduct a feasibility study for the use of SMRs as
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 13: Tacitus 0
- January 23, 2023
The most important lesson the Founders learned from Tacitus was that power corrupts.
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Colorado’s plastic bag law —Part #2 0
- January 22, 2023
Perhaps the old-style liberals wanted us to be more like Europe. But the current “progressive” crowd wants us to be more like the Third World.
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No, a Convention of States Could Not Change the “One State/One Vote” Rule 0
- January 22, 2023
Could a convention of states could change the “one state/one vote” rule to one based on population? The short answer is “No.” In at least 42 conventions of states and colonies over 350+years, there is no precedent for such a change. The possibility exists only in the fantasies of convention opponents. Defenders of the federal
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