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Curb on the regulatory state? Court holds corporations protected from “excessive fines”0
- June 17, 2019
Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the Excessive Fines Clause does protect corporations.
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How our presidential election system works 0
- June 5, 2019
Some writers claim the framers adopted an indirect election procedure because they didn’t trust democracy. This is an oversimplification. The framers balanced many factors.
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Judicial oligarchy is the wrong way to decide abortion policy 0
- June 3, 2019
On abortion policy America has ceased to be a democracy and has become a judicial oligarchy.
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More on how National Popular Vote would import third world “elections” to America 0
- May 27, 2019
Nevada and Colorado legislatures voted to import a failed third-world election system into the United States.
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The Supreme Court re-affirms Indian treaty originalism 0
- May 22, 2019
Why do many judges and commentators abandon standard interpretative methods when addressing some parts of the Constitution? The answer is clear.
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Are we in a constitutional crisis? Yes, but it’s not what you think 0
- May 17, 2019
Will the American people correct the situation and end the crisis? Or is our era of constitutional government over? The answers depend largely on the fate of the “convention of states” movement.
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