Rob Natelson Archives - Independence Institute

Rob Natelson’s Comment on Jon Caldara and the Denver Post 0
- January 23, 2020
Newsflash for woke “journalists:” Conservatives and libertarians, like others, are entitled speak in their own voices. Not in yours or anyone else’s.
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Will the Supreme Court strike down bigoted state constitutional rules?0
- January 12, 2020
[T]he history of anti-sectarian clauses shows that “sectarian” is not a synonym for “religious” and anti-sectarian clauses were not designed merely to discriminate against religion. Instead, they were designed to discriminate in favor of some religions and against others.
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Where were all the Constitution’s defenders when the feds raised the smoking age?0
- January 7, 2020
[S]etting minimum consumption ages is not a power the Constitution grants the federal government. The Constitution reserves it to the states.
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What the “expert” panel should have told you about impeachment—but didn’t 0
- January 6, 2020
Impeachment law is not for amateurs. It rests on English parliamentary history extending at least as far back as the 1300s. . . .
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Under the Constitution the President, not unelected bureaucrats, makes foreign policy 0
- January 3, 2020
These witnesses and their congressional sponsors apparently believe the consensus of professionals should control foreign policy. . . . But the Constitution squarely repudiates this “foreign policy by committee” approach.
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The Constitution tells us impeachment is valid even though the Speaker has not transmitted it 0
- December 24, 2019
Nothing in the Constitution gives [the Speaker of the House a presidential-style veto.
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