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A defense of the Electoral College 0
- April 5, 2020
“… when Hamilton stated . . . that he believed electors would use “information and discernment,” that is not very good evidence that future electors did in fact use information and discernment. But it is quite good evidence that Hamilton and his readers believed the Constitution empowered electors to do so.”
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City destroys home without paying: Will the Supreme Court take the case?0
- March 26, 2020
The Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . reads in part, “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
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Denver’s COVID-19 house arrest order is probably unconstitutional 0
- March 24, 2020
“[Denver] has overreacted and has potentially violated the constitutional rights of city residents and millions of others.
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Video: Rob Natelson and Jon Caldara discuss “Nat’l Popular Vote” & protecting the Electoral College’s integrity 0
- March 22, 2020
Rob explains why II submitted a Supreme Court brief to protect presidential elector discretion and why the National Popular Vote Compact is a terrible idea
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Underselling Originalism 0
- March 16, 2020
Originalism is not a modern invention “[T]he ‘intent of the makers’ had been the lodestar of documentary construction since at least the 1500s.”
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Global warming and the Constitution’s amendment process: How to tell whether a ‘consensus’ Is true 0
- March 11, 2020
How academics formed a completely erroneous “consensus” about the convention procedure of Article V.
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