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A Spash of Cold Water: Kavanaugh Probably Won’t Change Much, But There are Other Reform Options 0
- October 19, 2018
This article first appeared in Townhall.com. When Senator Susan Collins made her now-famous speech stating she would vote to approve the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a keystone of her argument amounted to, “He won’t change much.” She noted Judge Kavanaugh’s dedication to case precedent. She also noted that while the national
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Are Recent “Rescissions” of Article V Applications Valid?0
- August 13, 2018
“The preambles of seven of the nine rescissions show they were based on material mistakes of law and fact.
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Missouri court gets it right on constitutional amendment law 0
- July 31, 2018
“The courts have a long record of applying constitutional amendment law accurately and fairly.”
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II Court Brief Uphold’s Founders’ View of Electoral College 0
- July 18, 2018
But a “friend of the court” brief filed by the Independence Institute has shredded one of the key defenses.
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New Article Shows How 18th Century Law Helps Us Understand the Constitution 0
- July 10, 2018
“Living Constitutionalists” sometimes claim erroneously that recovering the Constitution’s original meaning is impractical.
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Why Constitutional Commentators Need to Know Latin 0
- June 29, 2018
The lack of a Latin requirement . . . has encouraged people to become constitutional commentators who are more interested in advancing political agendas than sound constitutional law.
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