federal functions

On “Federal Functions,” the 2020 election, the Necessary and Proper Clause & con law courses 0
- February 19, 2022
It is perverse to spend so much [constitutional law] class time on areas of recurrently-shifting jurisprudence, while neglecting constitutional principles that are just as central and far more enduring.
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Understanding the Constitution: Can the 25th amendment be used to remove Biden?0
- September 12, 2021
The 25th amendment is seriously ambiguous. It creates uncertainties that discourage using its procedure.
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New article relevant to the 2020 election, amendments, & much more!0
- February 5, 2021
The Constitution’s “federal functions” are almost totally overlooked in law school courses. Yet they are hugely important.
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New article shows how amendments conventions and other “federal functions” are regulated 0
- April 21, 2020
“[A]nother mistake is that because an amendments convention executes a federal function, Congress can control it. But . . . the rules and protocols for carrying out federal functions come from the Constitution, not from Congress.”
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Two new briefs in the Supreme Court’s Electoral College case 0
- March 6, 2020
[The integrity of presidential electors] has taken on great urgency as “progressive” state legislatures increasingly meddle with free elections.
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Update on Article V and the Necessary and Proper Clause 0
- January 16, 2015
Some people have asked for further clarification on why the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause does not grant Congress power to use its convention call to regulate a Convention for Proposing Amendments. This is a technical area and can be difficult to grasp (or explain, for that matter). You have to understand the nature of
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