original understanding Archives - Independence Institute

More evidence that the Obamacare insurance mandate was unconstitutional 0
- October 24, 2019
A leading Founder pointed out that authority to regulate commerce did not include power to compel it.
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Video: Rob Natelson rebuts falsehoods spread about our Constitution 0
- October 22, 2019
Rebutting discredited charges against the Constitution and the Founders
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What the Constitution says about impeachment 0
- October 20, 2019
When weighing whether to impeach a sitting president, we consider how other presidents have acted. It is regrettable but true that many Presidents have routinely played fast and loose with the truth, acted incompetently, and used their office to attack political opponents.
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One reason public discourse is so vile: We’ve forgotten the 1st Amendment’s meaning 0
- October 20, 2019
Judges have no special expertise in identifying or balancing social benefits and social losses. . . Their rules turned out to be flawed. One of their flaws is that they pushed down the standards for public discourse.
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Why recent attacks on the Constitution are wrong 0
- October 10, 2019
In fact . . . the claim that slaveholders adopted the Constitution is substantially false.
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How to reform our dysfunctional federal government 0
- September 20, 2019
For many members of Congress . . . almost their only job experience has been politics. They can hardly understand how the rest of us live.
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