original understanding Archives - Independence Institute

The Feds have a constitutional duty to stop the caravan at the border 0
- November 19, 2018
[T]he caravan is an “invasion” within the meaning of the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause. Moreover, that Clause does not merely empower federal officials to repel an “Invasion.” It commands them to do so.
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William Penn’s Charter of Liberties—one of our Constitution’s ancestors 0
- November 11, 2018
The Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government granted by William Penn to his colony on May 5, 1682 . . . was . . . a true colonial constitution.
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New case shows the Supreme Court’s defense of constitutional federalism is only tepid 0
- September 12, 2018
. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
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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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