Rob Natelson Archives - Independence Institute

Why removing historical monuments is a bad idea 0
- September 20, 2017
by Rob Natelson While most Americans watch helplessly, our stateside Taliban vandalizes and removes long-standing public monuments. As some commentators point out, the destruction weakens our consciousness of history, including history’s darker side. Even more importantly, however, erasing monuments of once-revered figures upsets an unspoken but long-prevailing consensus governing our decisions of whom to commemorate. The consensus
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Convention of States: How the States Meet to Bypass Congress 0
- September 13, 2017
This is why Article V of the U.S. Constitution authorizes a convention of states as a way to propose needed constitutional amendments Congress refuses to propose.
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State protection for citizen rights should temper ‘local control’0
- September 13, 2017
So when is local control good in reality rather than merely as a slogan?
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A Response to a “Living Constitutionalist”0
- August 24, 2017
. . . law professors often corrupt their understanding of the Constitution with their own political preferences. . .
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How a ‘convention of states’ could tweak the Constitution 0
- August 15, 2017
by Rob Natelson Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.” Conventions of states are valuable. They help ensure Washington, DC doesn’t dictate all decisions on every subject. The purpose of the meeting in Phoenix
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Part II: What Can We Do About Legal Realism and Its Promotion of Judicial Activism?0
- July 27, 2017
. . . the problem centers in specific institutions: American law schools and the higher reaches of the judiciary.
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