The ideas that formed the Constitution, part 22: public education
If a goal of American education is to produce good and knowledgeable citizens, then educators must teach students to understand the Constitution properly.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English law
The framers wrote the Constitution with Anglo-American jurisprudence in mind.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 20: Vattel and the Law of Nations
During the 17th and 18th centuries, five great scholars forged international law into its modern shape. The American Founders relied on their work.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 19: Jean-Louis DeLolme: ‘We the People …’
The source of the Constitution’s first three words was very likely Jean-Louis DeLolme.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 17: Sir Isaac Newton
Newton exemplified the Scientific Revolution—an event that changed not only how people thought about the physical universe, but also how they thought about politics and government. This greatly affected the U.S. Constitution.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 16: John Locke and the Ninth Amendment
Locke’s writings contained many specific observations realized in the Constitution
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 15: James Harrington & Algernon Sidney
John Adams featured Harrington in the first volume of his encyclopedia of republican governments, which circulated at the Constitutional Convention.
The “Tax on Sacks:” More on Colorado’s stupid plastic bag law
The tax on sacks illustrates how power-freaks have highjacked Colorado.
The framers explained why the Constitutional Convention had authority to propose the Constitution
Key framers explained why the Constitutional Convention had authority to propose a new form of government.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 14: Machiavelli
The Founders were far more interested in Machiavelli’s “Discourses on Livy” than in “The Prince.”
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 13: Tacitus
The most important lesson the Founders learned from Tacitus was that power corrupts.
Cynical partisan politics behind Colorado’s plastic bag law, Part I
The plastic bag law’s oddities comprise the first tip-off that HB 21-1162 is not really about the public good.
