1.0Independence Institutehttps://i2i.orgRob Natelsonhttps://i2i.org/author/rob/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yu3DLbyz1W"><a href="https://i2i.org/rebutting-the-claim-that-an-anti-corruption-principle-should-re-write-the-first-amendment/">Rebutting the Claim that an “Anti-Corruption” Principle Should Re-Write the First Amendment</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://i2i.org/rebutting-the-claim-that-an-anti-corruption-principle-should-re-write-the-first-amendment/embed/#?secret=yu3DLbyz1W" width="600" height="338" title="“Rebutting the Claim that an “Anti-Corruption” Principle Should Re-Write the First Amendment” — Independence Institute" data-secret="yu3DLbyz1W" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Law professors are overwhelmingly left-of-center, and they spend an undue amount of time trying to justify nearly unlimited federal power. Sometimes they torture constitutional history to do so. For example, several have long asserted that the Constitution’s grant of power to Congress to regulate “Commerce” was designed to grant  authority to regulate the entire economy—orhttps://i2i.org/files/2013/04/2013-0414-RGN-150x150.jpg