How a ‘Convention of States’ really works
- March 4, 2021
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“Progressives” want federal control of drugs—unless they are harmful0
- December 10, 2018
Colorado’s [marijuana “legalization”] is a jerrybuilt legal scheme that, like many other “progressive” programs, looks more like racketeering than true legalization.
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New case shows the Supreme Court’s defense of constitutional federalism is only tepid0
- September 12, 2018
. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
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The Founders’ promises about what the Federal Government could NOT do0
- June 3, 2018
Functions outside the federal sphere were to include “social services, education, criminal law, civil justice, land use, and others.”
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New information on the Constitution’s ratification — Part III: Vermont0
- May 13, 2018
New Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
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Government Shutdown? Maybe for the Best0
- February 20, 2018
[D]uring the 2013 shutdown, the Department of the Interior announced it was closing Rocky Mountain National Park . . . No problem: Colorado state government kicked in the money . . . and it stayed open. A few Coloradans began to ask, “Who needs the feds to run the park after all?”
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What is an Amendments Convention “Application?” What is a “Call?”0
- February 25, 2016
Article V of the Constitution states that “The Congress . . . on Applications of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments.”
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