Rob Natelson

No, a Convention of States Could Not Change the “One State/One Vote” Rule 0
- January 22, 2023
Could a convention of states could change the “one state/one vote” rule to one based on population? The short answer is “No.” In at least 42 conventions of states and colonies over 350+years, there is no precedent for such a change. The possibility exists only in the fantasies of convention opponents. Defenders of the federal
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Cynical partisan politics behind Colorado’s plastic bag law, Part I 0
- January 17, 2023
The plastic bag law’s oddities comprise the first tip-off that HB 21-1162 is not really about the public good.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, part 12: Plutarch 0
- January 13, 2023
About 40 percent of the title characters in Plutarch’s biographies ended up as pen names in the constitutional debates,
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Here’s What a Truly Conservative Supreme Court Would Do 0
- January 9, 2023
A truly conservative-activist majority would strike down a range of state and federal economic regulations as violating due process. Gone would be minimum wage laws, maximum hour rules, price controls of any kind.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 11: Livy 0
- January 6, 2023
After studying him in school, as adults, many of the Founders remained devoted to Livy.
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 10: Virgil alone 0
- January 2, 2023
Participants in the ratification debates could supplement English by using Virgil’s expressions . . . Virgil gave their message more force.
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