None of the four “progressive” mega-donors had any personal connections to most of the legislative districts they targeted. They didn’t live there, didn’t own property there, and in most cases probably had never seen the district.
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Congress’ effort to regulate Indian child placement is unconstitutional.
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A truly conservative-activist majority would strike down a range of state and federal economic regulations as violating due process. Gone would be minimum wage laws, maximum hour rules, price controls of any kind.
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When the framers and ratifiers used the phrase “regulate Commerce” they meant “regulate trade.” Both “regulate commerce” and “regulate trade” meant to administer the body of jurisprudence known as the law merchant.
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During the Founding era, the phrase “regulate Commerce” had a very specific meaning
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In constitutional law, the methods applied by “progressives” are the new, partisan inventions. Originalism is the standard bequeathed by the ages.
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Some claim that when the word “Commerce” is applied to Native Americans, it magically balloons in scope, allowing Congress to regulate just about anything.
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Sometimes judges must rely on biased, untrained people for information on how to interpret our Constitution.
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For the court to strike down a federal abortion law, it would have to . . . courageously enforce the Constitution’s subject-matter boundaries between federal and state jurisdiction.
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The leading myth in Indian law is that the Constitution gives Congress “plenary” (absolute) authority over Indian affairs.
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One reason the votes in these cases were so close is that the law of tribal sovereignty is chaotic.
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The court’s decisions upholding state vax mandates gave us a hint that it was about to overturn Roe.
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