The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- March 21, 2017
[S]etting minimum consumption ages is not a power the Constitution grants the federal government. The Constitution reserves it to the states.
READ MOREThe three recently-issued Pennsylvania volumes . . . offer virtually no support to the commerce-is-everything school of thought. On the contrary, in the documents reproduced in this volumes “commerce” clearly refers to a concept separate from other economic and non-economic activities.
READ MOREThe statute is based on an overly-expansive definition of congressional power . . . But no member of the court wrote a concurring opinion to point that out . . .
READ MORENew Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
READ MORENew Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
READ MOREThis column also appears at CNSNews. The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government. But has anyone listed the exclusive powers of states—the realm the federal government may not invade without violating the Constitution? When discussing state authority, the Founders usually pointed out only that the federal government’s powers were, as Madison said, “few
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