A Rule for Curbing Wasteful Spending

Even we don’t restore the Constitution’s spending limits, the courts have power to stop waste like “promoting DEI in Serbia.”
May the States Block Illegal Immigration?

This post summarizes what earlier posts at this site have said about the states’ power to curb illegal immigration.
TikTok and the First Amendment

Is spying constitutionally-protected “freedom of speech” or “freedom of the press” because it is conducted by an internet application?
Bye-Bye Biden: The Departure of America’s Worst President

Biden was unique in scoring poorly not just on one or two of the factors academics use for demoting presidents, but on several.
The Case for ‘Right to Work’ in Colorado

Since Colorado “progressives” have decided to blow up the long-standing Labor Peace Act, the rest of us have an opportunity to replace it with something better.
An Amendments Convention is a “Convention of the States”—the Evidence Continues to Pile Up

The Founding-era evidence on this point is both massive and uncontradicted.
Constitutional trouble for Colorado’s National Popular Vote scheme

Two new SCOTUS decisions make it clear NPV violates the Colorado Constitution.
The Biden Presidency: The Worst in History?

Most Presidents near the bottom of survey lists are there principally because of a failure on one or two survey criteria . . . What is striking about the Biden presidency is its failure over a wide range of criteria.
The Electoral College in Context

The Electoral College is a necessary part of a wider presidential election system, which in turn is the result of many factors, not just a few.
Insights into the Constitution from English Social History

Eighteenth Century social history helps us understand why the Constitution was written as it was.
How the New York Bill of Rights Helped Lead to the U.S. Bill of Rights

John Lansing, Jr. used the New York Bill of Rights as one basis for the proposed constitutional amendments drafted by James Madison.
Major Problems in Montana’s CI-128 (the Abortion Initiative)

CI-128, if enacted, could be used as a legal wedge for child mutilation and the invasion of women’s sports by biological males.