The Left’s War on the Constitution
[T]he “progressives” have lost the argument over constitutional meaning. And that is why they have pivoted to assail the document itself.
Is the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett Unconstitutional?
[T]he statements by Biden, Leahy, and Feingold are flatly incorrect. The current proceedings are neither “unconstitutional” nor “illegitimate” nor an attempt to “steal” anything.
The Electoral College: The target of politicians who would make things worse
If we were to cut the presidency down to constitutional size, it wouldn’t matter so much that on rare occasions the position’s occupant was not the popular vote winner.
The “right to travel”
Most people would recognize the right to travel as an inherent, natural right of free people, and the courts say that it is the Constitution. But is it really there?
Civics 101: How to understand the Constitution
“Here’s an important, but widely overlooked, feature: The document doesn’t grant power only to federal officials. It also confers power on persons and entities who are not part of the U.S. government at all.”
Latest COVID orders layer chaos over confusion, add to risk
In issuing his latest directive, the governor missed opportunities to quit being an autocrat and start being a statesman.
COVID-19 and the Constitution
The Constitution’s flexibility in emergency is why the late Justice Robert H. Jackson once said, “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” But emergencies do not cause the Constitution to vanish.
New article shows how amendments conventions and other “federal functions” are regulated
“[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.”
New court ruling exposes unconstitutionality of Colorado lockdown orders
Colorado’s orders are classic examples of infringements of fundamental rights that are both overbroad and underinclusive—and therefore unconstitutional.
A defense of the Electoral College
“… 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.”
Why donors should give to think tanks and NOT colleges & universities
“Some donors try to target their grants to certain activities only. But academic administrators have ways of evading such restrictions. [At think tanks] the money probably will be used far more efficiently than if it were dissipated on academic bureaucracy.”
Polis lock-down order adds chaos to unconstitutionality
Public Health Order 20-24 is an 11 page, mostly single-spaced, mash of bureau-fog.
