Responding to Fears of an Amendments Convention
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.
A Colorado Bill Uses “Levels of Scrutiny” to Protect Competition
Judicial protection from most economic regulations — even grossly unfair and anti-competitive ones — is so weak as to be nearly non-existent.
Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on Why Colorado’s “Anti-Sectarian” Rule Violates the U.S. Constitution
The Colorado Constitution’s ban on aid to “sectarian” institutions flatly violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
New Article: The President is Not Violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause
The study indirectly absolves President Trump of claims that he is violating the Constitution by receiving profits from enterprises whose customers include foreign governments.
It seems this blog was right about natural born citizenship all along
A new study confirms this blog’s conclusions in all important details.
Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About Those Favoring An Amendments Convention
None of the amendment campaigns . . . favors the open-ended convention needed for radical change. All of their model legislative applications severely limit the convention’s scope.
Government Shutdown? Maybe for the Best
[D]uring the 2013 shutdown, the Department of the Interior announced it was closing Rocky Mountain National Park . . . No problem: Colorado state government kicked in the money . . . and it stayed open. A few Coloradans began to ask, “Who needs the feds to run the park after all?”
Schatz’s ignorance of our Anglo-American legal heritage is part of a much wider problem
Educated citizens who enter politics eventually learn that deep ignorance is not unusual among elected officials. To idealists, the discovery can be a shock.
The Poetry in the Constitution’s Preamble
Morris’ approach was unique and has served as an inspiration for constitution-makers ever since.
Cuomo’s Claim that capping SALT deductions is unconstitutional is wrong
Opponents of the new tax law are right to be concerned about federal overreaching, but they are barking up the wrong tree. They are inventing a fictional limit on federal authority while ignoring real ones.
Another government shutdown would be great for America
Once again, we are threatened with a federal government “shutdown.” Well, this citizen out in the hinterland says, “Bring it on!” Most of the functions that would be interrupted aren’t really constitutional anyway, and we could do well without them. In fact, we should defund some of them permanently to help close the federal deficit. […]
Where the Constitution’s Word “Convention” Came From
Fortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
