How a ‘Convention of States’ really works
- March 4, 2021
The scope of permissible delegation must be determined from the text of each power and the surrounding context. But there is no need to insert the Necessary and Proper Clause into the equation, except as a useful reminder.
READ MOREFor many reasons, you shouldn’t try to recreate the Constitution’s original meaning from sources arising after the Constitution was adopted.
READ MOREThe Virginia legislature, not Congress, called the Constitutional Convention.
READ MOREAlthough the men profiled in this series often disagreed with each other, each played a part of which Americans can be proud.
READ MORECongress’ effort to regulate Indian child placement is unconstitutional.
READ MOREParticipants in the ratification debates could supplement English by using Virgil’s expressions . . . Virgil gave their message more force.
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