About birthright citizenship
Claims on both sides that the Constitution or case precedent clearly answer this question are not accurate.
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Comparing an Article V Convention to a National Party Convention is Absurd
This article first appeared at the Independence Institute Constitutional Studies website. Some alarmists are comparing an Article V convention to
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Yet another constitutional precedent: a colonial charter from New York
The Charter foreshadowed important provisions in the Bill of Rights.
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The Pilgrim Code of Law: one of many sources of our American Constitution
In fact, the Constitution was the product of centuries of “guidelines.”
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A spash of cold water: Kavanaugh probably won’t change much, but there are other options
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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Journal Now Available from the Latest Convention of States
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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Journal now available from the latest Convention of States!
Nineteen states attended, making it the second-largest convention of states in American history by number of states represented.
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Missouri court gets it right on constitutional amendment law
This article originally appeared in The Hill on July 17, 2018. Amid all the false claims distributed about the Constitution’s
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Hopes of using 25th Amendment against Trump are delusional
Trump-haters . . . should fix their hopes on impeachment, not on the 25th Amendment. For impeachment, though, you need a proven crime or a real breach of fiduciary duty. . . . Blind hatred and unproved allegations don’t count.
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“Progressives” challenging U.S. Constitution’s adoption should look in their own backyard
State constitutions written or favored by “progressives” also have been proclaimed under dubious circumstances.
New case shows the Supreme Court’s defense of constitutional federalism is only tepid
. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
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Are recent “rescissions” of Article V applications valid?
“The preambles of seven of the nine rescissions show they were based on material mistakes of law and fact.
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