Critiquing the Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court may be the least disciplined appeals court in the country. Rob Natelson’s recent paper outlines the problems.
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The Constitution and Elections, Part II: Ideal Voters and Changes by Amendment
This post discusses five constitutional amendments affecting elections.
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The Constitution and Elections, Part I: The Founders’ Design
Less than two years ago, we Americans came perilously close to losing our election system. Once the balance of power shifts back again you can bet the election-rigging proposals will re-surface. And this time, they’ll pass.
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Presidential Rankings: Another Symptom of the University Virus
The rankings tells us more about the sickness in the universities than about our presidents.
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President Biden’s Transfer of other People’s Debts to You
“Abolition of debts . . . or . . . any other improper or wicked project . . . .” — James Madison, Federalist No. 10
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Understanding the Constitution: The Truth about the Much-Abused Commerce Clause
If we are not to lose our freedom entirely, we shall have to find a way to restore the Commerce Clause to something like its original scope.
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How to Support Higher Education Without Promoting “Woke”
The Independence Institute is the oldest of the state-based think tanks. We mix Colorado issues with work on the U.S. Constitution.
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Listen! Constitution Posts in Audio Format, read by Rob Natelson
Just click on the title you want to hear!
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Who’s to Blame for the Elite Extreme Left?
The Rasmussen poll supports the view that America is under attack from what French author Julien Bender called La Trahison des Clercs—The Treason of the Intellectuals.
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The Meaning of “Regulate Commerce” to the Constitution’s Ratifiers: An Update
This latest survey—like all the previous ones—confirms that when the Constitution uses the word “Commerce,” it does so to mean only mercantile trade and its incidents.
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Responding to Professor Bowman’s “Immigration Is Not An Invasion”
The effect of this constitutional provision . . . is only to allow a state to defend itself fully—and without congressional consent—when invaded or about to be invaded.
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C.S. Lewis’s “That Hideous Strength” Matches “1984” as a Prognosticator of Progressivism
Unfortunately, Bracton College has been invaded by the self-styled “progressive element”—a group of academics very much like many I encountered during my university years.
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