Rob Natelson Archives - Independence Institute

How the False Stories Against An Amendments Convention Got Started 0
- April 17, 2018
This column first appeared in The Hill on April 2, 2018. We are witnessing a renewal and quickening of a 50-year old campaign to dissuade Americans from calling a convention for proposing constitutional amendments. Like voter suppression efforts, the campaign uses fear and disinformation to discourage citizens from exercising an important constitutional right. Article V of the Constitution permits the
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A Colorado Bill Uses “Levels of Scrutiny” to Protect Competition 0
- April 5, 2018
This article first appeared in The Hill on March 21, 2018. A proposed bill in the Colorado legislature would cut state regulations that unfairly block people from earning an honest living. Senate Bill 18-193, the “Colorado Right to Earn a Living Act,” is sponsored by Sen. Don Coram, along with nearly half his Senate colleagues. Instead
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Is Federal Infrastructure Spending Unconstitutional?0
- April 3, 2018
The Tenth Amendment Center—in my opinion, one of the country’s most valuable constitutional websites—has produced a thoughtful video on the constitutionality of federal infrastructure spending. Based mostly on President James Madison’s 1817 veto, on constitutional grounds, of a bill to construct roads and canals, the video concludes that federal infrastructure spending violates the Constitution as that
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Responding to Fears of an Amendments Convention 0
- March 23, 2018
Of course, the political establishment doesn’t want you to exercise this constitutional right. So they use the same tactics vote-suppressors use: disinformation and fear.
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Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on Why Colorado’s “Anti-Sectarian” Rule Violates the U.S. Constitution 0
- March 12, 2018
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New Article: The President is Not Violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause 0
- February 25, 2018
The study indirectly absolves President Trump of claims that he is violating the Constitution by receiving profits from enterprises whose customers include foreign governments.
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