Tax burdens are affected by factors other than nominal rates—factors such as allowable deductions, credits, and refunds. CC would abolish refunds payable in cash or tax credits, thereby raising Coloradans’ state tax burden substantially.
Ballot language abuse in Proposition CC Read More »
When weighing whether to impeach a sitting president, we consider how other presidents have acted. It is regrettable but true that many Presidents have routinely played fast and loose with the truth, acted incompetently, and used their office to attack political opponents.
What the Constitution says about impeachment Read More »
Judges have no special expertise in identifying or balancing social benefits and social losses. . . Their rules turned out to be flawed. One of their flaws is that they pushed down the standards for public discourse.
One reason public discourse is so vile: We’ve forgotten the 1st Amendment’s meaning Read More »
In fact . . . the claim that slaveholders adopted the Constitution is substantially false.
Why recent attacks on the Constitution are wrong Read More »
Ballot language abuse has become a Colorado scandal.
If you read enough Colorado Supreme Court TABOR opinions, you notice . . . motifs: (1) taxpayers always lose, (2) the court’s opinions are often evasive . . . , and (3) after creating an anti-TABOR precedent, the justices then stretch it to create even more anti-TABOR precedents.
Colorado Supreme Court rules against TABOR—Again! Read More »
For many members of Congress . . . almost their only job experience has been politics. They can hardly understand how the rest of us live.
How to reform our dysfunctional federal government Read More »
. . . [A]ctivities over which the Constitution granted the federal government little or no jurisdiction [included] social services . . . education, religion, real estate, local businesses, most roads and other infrastructure, nearly all criminal law matters, and most civil court cases.
How our Constitution was supposed to work: new evidence comes to light Read More »
The framers modeled the Electoral College on indirect election systems then prevailing in Scotland and Maryland, in which elector discretion was pivotal.
Independence Institute helps win court ruling protecting presidential electors Read More »
Ironically, by adopting the term “red flag law,” promoters inadvertently admitted their real motive is not safety. This is because the phrase “red flag law” has been proverbial for an enactment masquerading as a safety measure but really passed for more sinister reasons.
“Red flag law”—Historically the phrase means a deceptive law not about “safety” at all! Read More »
Today the constitutions of 26 states contain bans that go well beyond what Blaine wanted. Unlike Blaine’s proposal, those constitutions mandate discrimination against “sectarian” religion.
Supreme Court to review common anti-school choice rule in state constitutions Read More »
“Progressive” Supreme Court decisions that led directly or indirectly to the orgy of anonymous spending
How “progressive” court decisions promoted the rise of dark money Read More »
