Rob Natelson Archives - Independence Institute

Defending the Constitution: Why state equality in the Senate makes sense 0
- April 11, 2021
Social justice warriors also may be offended by my outlining another way the Senate improves decision making. Here it is . . .
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Defending the Constitution: Why the Founders couldn’t abolish slavery 0
- April 4, 2021
Before criticizing the Founders, w]e must understand the choice they faced: (1) tolerating a vile institution that was (then) dying anyway or (2) consigning the American continent to perpetual warfare at a cost of millions of lives and incalculable misery.
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Defending the Constitution: The ‘Three-Fifths Compromise’ was not based on racism 0
- March 29, 2021
If you assume that counting persons is the proper basis for congressional representation, it’s easy to see how one could misread the reduction for slaves and the exclusion of non-tax-paying Indians as expressions of racism. However, many, probably most, of the framers did not think counting persons was the proper basis for representation.
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How states should push back against the Biden administration 0
- March 22, 2021
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
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The federal powers of state legislatures 0
- March 18, 2021
Even today, despite all the state legislative cessions, the authority available to state lawmakers remains impressive.
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The Founders warned us about abuses like H.R. 1 0
- March 18, 2021
Based on the Constitution’s text and history, Congress’s power to regulate its own elections should be narrowly construed.
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