Can pro-Trump congressmen be disqualified as ‘insurrectionists?’
Banks’ and Cawthorn’s accusers . . . are apparently ignorant of our constitutional traditions. They are also malicious . . . .
Never Again! Reforms to prevent future pandemic overreach
Right now—while pandemic mistakes are fresh in our minds—is the time to adopt legal reforms to ensure those mistakes don’t happen again.
On “Federal Functions,” the 2020 election, the Necessary and Proper Clause & con law courses
It is perverse to spend so much [constitutional law] class time on areas of recurrently-shifting jurisprudence, while neglecting constitutional principles that are just as central and far more enduring.
1937-1944: How the Supreme Court Re-wrote the Constitution – the Complete Series
This series explains THE central event in the conversion of a constitutional federal government into the present unlimited “monster state.”
Mainstream media disinformation — the new case of “The Hill”
“The Hill” offers the latest example of outrageous pro-establishment media bias—publishing false information about the citizens’ constitutional amendment process, and then refusing either a correction or a response.
Understanding the Constitution: Income taxes, other taxes & the 16th Amendment
Congress could impose income taxes before the 16th amendment.
Understanding the Constitution: Strict Construction, Textualism, and Originalism
Why Justice Scalia was right about textualism for statutes, but wrong about textualism for the Constitution.
Federal court dismisses anti-TABOR lawsuit
The court should have dismissed this lawsuit immediately . . . .[But] we at Colorado’s Independence Institute took it very seriously. We anticipated that unscrupulous liberal jurists might seize on it as a way to destroy TABOR.
Understanding the Constitution: The 17th amendment and direct election of Senators
“After World War I ended in 1918 every senator had been directly elected. But instead of following the liberal pattern of diverting wartime spending into domestic programs, Congress reduced the size of the government.”
Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part II
As flexible as the Equal Protection Clause is, the Supreme Court has managed to exceed its scope.
The Values in the Constitution
The framers believed that for an American government to protect liberty, its constitution must include provisions that incorporated five distinct values.
The Values in the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration’s values surface in every part of the document.
