Many recent state legislative Article V rescissions suffer from defects the courts call “material mistakes.” A material mistake can void […]
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I recently came across one of those silly websites in which a writer largely ignorant of the Constitution’s background purports
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Some of the Plan’s features foreshadowed the Articles of Confederation, some foreshadowed the Constitution, and some foreshadowed both.
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The Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government granted by William Penn to his colony on May 5, 1682 . . . was . . . a true colonial constitution.
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The statute is based on an overly-expansive definition of congressional power . . . But no member of the court wrote a concurring opinion to point that out . . .
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The more traditional justices differ significantly in their legal methods and often reach liberal results.
This Supreme Court term will show that there is no 5-4 “conservative majority” Read More »
Claims on both sides that the Constitution or case precedent clearly answer this question are not accurate.
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This article first appeared at the Independence Institute Constitutional Studies website. Some alarmists are comparing an Article V convention to
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The Charter foreshadowed important provisions in the Bill of Rights.
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In fact, the Constitution was the product of centuries of “guidelines.”
The Pilgrim Code of Law: one of many sources of our American Constitution Read More »
This article first appeared in Townhall.com. When Senator Susan Collins made her now-famous speech stating she would vote to approve
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The latest of a long line of conventions of states was held in September 12-15, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. It
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