Many federal programs have been adopted in excess of the original Constitution’s limits on federal authority. They have been identified as culprits behind a number of serious social problems.
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This case illustrates how judges apply originalism for almost all legal documents — except the Constitution.
In the 2006 Nicaraguan election, a plurality of only 38 percent elected socialist Daniel Ortega. Once in office, Ortega did what socialist thugs commonly do: suppress opposition. Nicaragua has not had an honest election since.
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It is . . . literally impossible for traditional Christians, Muslims, and orthodox Jews who take their religion seriously to qualify for many academic positions. They will invariably flunk the litmus test on abortion, same-sex marriage, or both.
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“. . . .the powers of this Congress are confined to what is expressly delegated to them”
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I examined how the Constitution was represented to, and understood by, the ratifying public. And that resolved any doubt.
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“THE POWERS OF THE SWORD ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE YEOMANRY OF AMERICA FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY … Who are the militia? are they not ourselves[?].”
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The three recently-issued Pennsylvania volumes . . . offer virtually no support to the commerce-is-everything school of thought. On the contrary, in the documents reproduced in this volumes “commerce” clearly refers to a concept separate from other economic and non-economic activities.
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Some opponents . . . try to communicate that Madison opposed all amendments conventions. This is certainly not true,
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[D]uring the 1970s conservatives began to use initiatives to limit government power. . . . Judges seemed to think this was a threat, and judicial attitudes toward ballot measures began to change.
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Some red flag laws ignore traditional safeguards.
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Arms-length market transactions simply are not “emoluments” as the Constitution uses the word.
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