original understanding Archives - Independence Institute

What Does It Mean for the Senate to Give Its “Advice and Consent?”0
- July 18, 2018
“During the 18th century, when “advice” . . . appeared in the same phrase with the preposition “with,” the word meant deliberation or consideration.”
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II Court Brief Uphold’s Founders’ View of Electoral College 0
- July 18, 2018
But a “friend of the court” brief filed by the Independence Institute has shredded one of the key defenses.
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New Article Shows How 18th Century Law Helps Us Understand the Constitution 0
- July 10, 2018
“Living Constitutionalists” sometimes claim erroneously that recovering the Constitution’s original meaning is impractical.
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Why Constitutional Commentators Need to Know Latin 0
- June 29, 2018
The lack of a Latin requirement . . . has encouraged people to become constitutional commentators who are more interested in advancing political agendas than sound constitutional law.
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Impeachment: What Did the Founders Mean By “High Misdemeanors?”0
- June 19, 2018
A president . . . is subject to impeachment and removal for dishonesty, disloyalty, negligence, and the like. But he is not impeachable merely for mistakes in policy or reasonable disagreements over interpretation of the law.
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The Founders’ Promises About What the Federal Government Could NOT Do 0
- June 3, 2018
Functions outside the federal sphere were to include “social services, education, criminal law, civil justice, land use, and others.”
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