Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part I
- November 15, 2021
Why nine? Because any combination of nine states (even the nine with the smallest populations) would comprise a majority of American citizens.
READ MOREIn constitutional law, the methods applied by “progressives” are the new, partisan inventions. Originalism is the standard bequeathed by the ages.
READ MORESome claim that when the word “Commerce” is applied to Native Americans, it magically balloons in scope, allowing Congress to regulate just about anything.
READ MOREThe Constitution gives Congress power to “define and punish” offenses against the law of nations. Scholars popular among the Founders wrote that illegal immigration is such an offense.
READ MOREDeSantis has just helped educate us on the rule of law. For that he deserves our gratitude.
READ MOREAs Justice Samuel Alito pointed out in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (pdf)—and as the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia said repeatedly—the Fifth and 14th Amendment Due Process Clauses really have nothing to do with abortion.
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