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Tag: Constitution

Still more proof: the Supreme Court is not “conservative”

Yet, true to form, some media outlets continue to claim the court has a “conservative majority.”

Problems with Excessive Federal Land Ownership

The fact is that real estate socialism doesn’t work any better than most other kinds of socialism.

First-Ever Legal Treatise On the Constitution’s Amendment Process!

The new book collects over two hundred years of history, amendment practice, and court decisions.

“Progressives” want federal control of drugs—unless they are harmful

Colorado’s [marijuana “legalization”] is a jerrybuilt legal scheme that, like many other “progressive” programs, looks more like racketeering than true legalization.

It’s time to truly test the constitutionality of Obamacare

Previous Origination Clause plaintiffs lost because they attacked Obamacare’s taxes instead of its regulations. Plaintiffs suing for relief from regulations that harm them may have more success.

The Feds have a constitutional duty to stop the caravan at the border

[T]he caravan is an “invasion” within the meaning of the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause. Moreover, that Clause does not merely empower federal officials to repel an “Invasion.” It commands them to do so.

The Albany Plan of Union: Another Predecessor to the Constitution

Some of the Plan’s features foreshadowed the Articles of Confederation, some foreshadowed the Constitution, and some foreshadowed both.

William Penn’s Charter of Liberties—one of our Constitution’s ancestors

The Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government granted by William Penn to his colony on May 5, 1682 . . . was . . . a true colonial constitution.

First decision of the Supreme Court Term: a unanimous liberal result

The 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 . . .

This Supreme Court term will show that there is no 5-4 “conservative majority”

The more traditional justices differ significantly in their legal methods and often reach liberal results.

About birthright citizenship

Claims on both sides that the Constitution or case precedent clearly answer this question are not accurate.

Yet another constitutional precedent: a colonial charter from New York

The Charter foreshadowed important provisions in the Bill of Rights.

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