May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
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The Constitution's Financial Terms0
- October 28, 2015
Note: This was originally a four-part series published at the leading constitutional law website, “The Volokh Conspiracy,” which is affiliated with the Washington Post. This succession of four parts discusses such questions as why the Supreme Court was wrong to characterize the Obamacare insurance penalty as a “tax,” why the apportionment requirement was adopted and
READ MOREIf mandatory insurance is a “tax”, then ObamaCare violates Constitute’s Uniformity Clause0
- December 10, 2012
By defining the mandate as a tax, one that will not be uniformly applied, the Supreme Court ran afoul of the Constitution. Continue reading
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Rob Natelson on Supreme Court’s sophistry, why mandatory insurance is not a tax0
- July 6, 2012
The rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading
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