Privileges and Immunities Clause

Understanding the Constitution: the 14th Amendment: Part I 0
- November 15, 2021
This two-part essay is a primer on the longest amendment ever adopted—the 14th.
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Defending the Constitution: Secrets behind those ‘obscure’ provisions 0
- July 13, 2021
Here are questions and answers addressing five of the Constitution’s less famous provisions.
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Justice Thomas again shows he’s the Supreme Court’s only consistent originalist 0
- February 25, 2019
Although Justice Thomas agreed that the protection against excessive fines applies to the states, he was the only member of the court to do so on plausible originalist grounds.
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The greatest constitutional document of all 0
- December 15, 2014
This article was first published in The American Thinker. It is said that no second heir to the British throne has been named John because of the reputation of the first. King John (reigned: 1199-1216) could be charming and efficient, but he was ruthless and utterly untrustworthy, and several times he drove his subjects to
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The Great Forgetting 0
- February 26, 2012
The Constitution was created in a special legal environment. The Founders were raised with a particular educational canon. They also had certain common experiences. During the 19th century, important details about those matters began to slip away. Constitutional law forgot them. In other words, information crucial to understanding 18th century words was lost during the 19th
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