Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part I
- November 15, 2021
What does the Postal Power tell us about congressional delegation to administrative agencies?
READ MOREThe Colorado Supreme Court has continued its demolition campaign against the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) with a new decision further restricting the people’s right to vote on tax increases. This latest decision comes less than a month after the court held the people have no right to vote on a law that re-adjusted sales
READ MORENew Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
READ MOREThe Constitution says that “on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, [Congress] shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments.” However, there has been relatively little credible research into what “the Application of . . . two thirds” means. Most scholars who have investigated the issue agree that applications must
READ MORENew Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
READ MORE. . . if you want to apply the Founders’ own rules of interpretation to the Constitution, the understanding of the ratifiers is most important.
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