News commentary

“Our Democracy” and the Sandbagging of Joe Biden 0
- CONSTITUTION
- July 22, 2024
Their commitment to “democracy” reminds me of how they cheered when the Supreme Court overruled 30 consecutive state referenda to impose same-sex marriage on the country.
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Rob Natelson’s Comment on Jon Caldara and the Denver Post 0
- CONSTITUTION
- January 23, 2020
Newsflash for woke “journalists:” Conservatives and libertarians, like others, are entitled speak in their own voices. Not in yours or anyone else’s.
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The last convention of states ever held? It Centered on the Upper Colorado River 0
- Article V, CONSTITUTION
- June 29, 2017
“This latest convention of states operated according to standard convention of states protocols.”
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More Founding-Era Evidence that Some State Functions Derive Only From the Constitution (With Some Comments on the Amendment Process)0
- Article V, CONSTITUTION
- August 12, 2016
In prior posts, I’ve discussed two key elements of constitutional law: 1. The Constitution grants some powers to persons and entities other than the federal government. These persons and entities include state legislatures, state governors, state conventions, the Article V “Convention for proposing Amendments,” Congress as a free-standing assembly, and the Electoral College. 2. When
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Rearranging the Park Benches 0
- Miscellaneous
- February 4, 2013
Our cities are in trouble. Most have huge unfunded pension and health-care obligations. Their infrastructure is old and so poorly maintained that it can’t power a football stadium for the full length of a game. Their schools have significantly lower high-school graduation rates than the suburbs, even after accounting for differences in incomes. Housing in […]
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LaHood’s Legacy 0
- Miscellaneous
- January 31, 2013
As the Antiplanner noted yesterday, Ray LaHood’s lasting legacy as Secretary of Immobility is the loosening of requirements for major transit capital grants in new rules issued a few weeks ago. This is most important for streetcar fans, since the Bush-era rules pretty much predetermined that streetcars were not a cost-effective use of federal transportation […]
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