Rob Natelson Archives - Independence Institute

Understanding the Constitution: Why it doesn’t protect the unborn 0
- August 10, 2022
As Justice Samuel Alito pointed out in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (pdf)—and as the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia said repeatedly—the Fifth and 14th Amendment Due Process Clauses really have nothing to do with abortion.
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Understanding the Constitution: The Great Forgetting 0
- August 4, 2022
All of these false assertions emerged from a historical process—primarily during the 19th century—that I’ve labeled “The Great Forgetting.”
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The Constitution’s rules for relations with Indian tribes: part II 0
- July 19, 2022
The leading myth in Indian law is that the Constitution gives Congress “plenary” (absolute) authority over Indian affairs.
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The Supreme Court’s recent—and sweeping—Indian Law cases: part I 0
- July 19, 2022
One reason the votes in these cases were so close is that the law of tribal sovereignty is chaotic.
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The Montana Supreme Court’s Anti-Firearms Decision was Wrong 0
- July 11, 2022
Mass shootings tend to happen in so-called “gun free zones” where law-abiding people are disarmed. . . . [Yet] all the justices on the court voted for this misguided decision.
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Why overturning Roe v. Wade causes so much rage 0
- July 6, 2022
For the pure political operative, the truth of a statement or its value as public policy is entirely irrelevant. For the pure political operative, issues are just weapons.
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