I’m sometimes asked about the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Their connection is not difficult to
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Since Election Day, the stock market has soared. The benchmark Standard and Poor’s 500 index, which reflects the stock price
There is an adage—restated many times and by many authors—that you can tell more about a person’s character by how
The Constitution’s Postal Clause grants Congress power to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads.” There is a fascinating history behind
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Conservatives traditionally have supported the Senate filibuster because, supposedly, it puts the brakes on expansion of government. I’ve long thought
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A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules
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The Independence Institute has specific reason to celebrate the nomination of Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. In 2011, a
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Fred Holden (below) and Rob Natelson, both Senior Fellows at the Independence Institute, talk about the famous Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill
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Interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke served his country honorably as a Navy SEAL, but in affirming in his federal lands testimony that
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by Robert G. Natelson State lawmakers sponsoring an Article V convention application often find that other lawmakers want to add
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A persistent constitutional myth has it that (1) Congress called the Constitutional Convention under the Articles of Confederation, (2) the
