Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part I
- November 15, 2021
It is . . . literally impossible for traditional Christians, Muslims, and orthodox Jews who take their religion seriously to qualify for many academic positions. They will invariably flunk the litmus test on abortion, same-sex marriage, or both.
READ MORE“. . . .the powers of this Congress are confined to what is expressly delegated to them”
READ MOREI examined how the Constitution was represented to, and understood by, the ratifying public. And that resolved any doubt.
READ MORE“THE POWERS OF THE SWORD ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE YEOMANRY OF AMERICA FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY … Who are the militia? are they not ourselves[?].”
READ MOREThe three recently-issued Pennsylvania volumes . . . offer virtually no support to the commerce-is-everything school of thought. On the contrary, in the documents reproduced in this volumes “commerce” clearly refers to a concept separate from other economic and non-economic activities.
READ MORESome opponents . . . try to communicate that Madison opposed all amendments conventions. This is certainly not true,
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