Congress’s power to “define and punish . . . Offenses against the Law of Nations” included authority to “define” immigration rules and “punish” those who violated them.
Does the Constitution really give Congress power over immigration? Read More »
“How to” Issue Papers on obtaining needed constitutional amendments without the consent of Congress.
How to amend the Constitution safely and without Congress — according to the Founders Read More »
The impending taxing and spending compromise between congressional Republicans and Democrats and the Obama administration demonstrates how the federal constitutional
[Rob Natelson is the author of The Original Constitution: What It Really Said and Meant – an objective explanation of
Was the Constitutional Convention a “Runaway?” Read More »
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
Airport searches and the Fourth Amendment Read More »
Real scholarship is about facts, not argument.
Why law professors don’t tell us much about our Constitution Read More »
(To learn more about this topic, listen to Justin Longo’s interview with Rob Natelson — “Constitutionally, what does the word
Does the Constitution’s Commerce Power justify ObamaCare? Read More »
(To learn more about this topic, listen Justin Longo’s interview with Rob Natelson — “What Would an Article V Convention
Twenty Legal Rules for Conventions for Proposing Amendments Read More »
With the election just days away but passage of ObamaCare months in the past, it’s easy to forget the punishment
Lest we forget…the horrendous consequences of ObamaCare Read More »
Last week I reported on the growing movement to “save the Constitution by amending it” – the much-precedented process of
How would a convention for proposing amendments work? Read More »
To learn more: hear a podcast of “amending the Constitution to save it” at http://ivoices.org/. During the previous year or
Amending the Constitution to Save It Read More »
We’ll drop the constitutional-wonk stuff this week, and talk some practical politics. Our local paper has a story about how
Pro-Freedom Candidates Passing Up Candidate Forums? Good!!! Read More »
