National Popular Vote: Banana republic elections
In the 2006 Nicaraguan election, a plurality of only 38 percent elected socialist Daniel Ortega. Once in office, Ortega did what socialist thugs commonly do: suppress opposition. Nicaragua has not had an honest election since.
New evidence on the meaning of the Necessary and Proper Clause
“. . . .the powers of this Congress are confined to what is expressly delegated to them”
New evidence on the constitutionality of paper money
I examined how the Constitution was represented to, and understood by, the ratifying public. And that resolved any doubt.
The founder who told Americans we have a right to military weapons
“THE POWERS OF THE SWORD ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE YEOMANRY OF AMERICA FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY … Who are the militia? are they not ourselves[?].”
New evidence on the “Power To . . . regulate . . . Commerce”
The 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.
New evidence on the nature of amendments conventions
Some opponents . . . try to communicate that Madison opposed all amendments conventions. This is certainly not true,
Some ‘Red Flag’ laws Are unconstitutional—and could kill more people than they save
Some red flag laws ignore traditional safeguards.
Time to end the “emoluments” lawsuits against Trump
Arms-length market transactions simply are not “emoluments” as the Constitution uses the word.
More news on the Constitution’s ratification: the meaning of “militia” in the Second Amendment
This passage leaves nothing to inference: Coxe states explicitly that the militia consists of every man from 16 to 60 years of age.
News on the Constitution’s ratification: More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers
The Constitution created a strictly limited central government, which . . . would have no authority over religion, most criminal offenses, civil justice, social services, education, or most aspects of transportation or the economy.
A wall against socialism
If the Convention of States movement is successful, it will ensure that demagogues can never impose socialism in America.
Advocates of American socialism need to learn some lessons
British socialism as promoted by Bernard Shaw and his fellow “Fabians” was perhaps the gentlest form of socialism on the planet. Yet, this passage reads as if it were composed by Hitler.
