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How the Supreme Court rewrote the Constitution: 1937–1944; Part I: A government small and frugal 0
- January 23, 2022
This essay is the first of seven on how the Supreme Court dramatically changed the nature of American government. It first appeared in The Epoch Times on January 17, 2022. The Constitution created a relatively small federal government, with powers limited to certain listed subjects. It was a frugal institution, designed to “preserve the blessings
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Mainstream media disinformation — the new case of “The Hill”0
- January 10, 2022
“The Hill” offers the latest example of outrageous pro-establishment media bias—publishing false information about the citizens’ constitutional amendment process, and then refusing either a correction or a response.
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Understanding the Constitution: Income taxes, other taxes & the 16th Amendment 0
- January 6, 2022
Congress could impose income taxes before the 16th amendment.
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Yes, Virginia, Google News is biased 0
- December 31, 2021
[This] shows in a concrete way how the prigs at Google censor what you read.
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Justice Neil Gorsuch: religious freedom’s new champion 0
- December 27, 2021
When his fellow justices defend religious liberty only tepidly, Gorsuch’s concurring opinions stake out stronger positions. When his colleagues do not defend religious liberty at all, he dissents.
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Federal court dismisses anti-TABOR lawsuit 0
- December 24, 2021
The court should have dismissed this lawsuit immediately . . . .[But] we at Colorado’s Independence Institute took it very seriously. We anticipated that unscrupulous liberal jurists might seize on it as a way to destroy TABOR.
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