Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on Why Colorado’s “Anti-Sectarian” Rule Violates the U.S. Constitution
The Colorado Constitution’s ban on aid to “sectarian” institutions flatly violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
New Article: The President is Not Violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause
The study indirectly absolves President Trump of claims that he is violating the Constitution by receiving profits from enterprises whose customers include foreign governments.
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It seems this blog was right about natural born citizenship all along
A new study confirms this blog’s conclusions in all important details.
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Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About Those Favoring An Amendments Convention
None of the amendment campaigns . . . favors the open-ended convention needed for radical change. All of their model legislative applications severely limit the convention’s scope.
Correcting Hillary Clinton’s Misconceptions About the Article V Movement
In recent months, Hillary Clinton has made numerous inaccurate statements about those Americans working for what the Constitution calls a
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Government Shutdown? Maybe for the Best
[D]uring the 2013 shutdown, the Department of the Interior announced it was closing Rocky Mountain National Park . . . No problem: Colorado state government kicked in the money . . . and it stayed open. A few Coloradans began to ask, “Who needs the feds to run the park after all?”
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Schatz’s ignorance of our Anglo-American legal heritage is part of a much wider problem
Educated citizens who enter politics eventually learn that deep ignorance is not unusual among elected officials. To idealists, the discovery can be a shock.
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The Poetry in the Constitution’s Preamble
Morris’ approach was unique and has served as an inspiration for constitution-makers ever since.
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Another government shutdown would be great for America
Once again, we are threatened with a federal government “shutdown.” Well, this citizen out in the hinterland says, “Bring it
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Where the Constitution’s Word “Convention” Came From
“The Congress . . . shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid .
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Where the Constitution’s Word “Convention” Came From
Fortunately, by the time the Constitution was written, this verbal confusion had been pretty much been sorted out.
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New Research Finds Most State Constitutional “Blaine Amendments” Facially Unconstitutional
Rob’s new research demonstrates that bans on “sectarian” aid were . . . designed to require state officials to discriminate in favor of mainstream Protestantism and against any faiths they deemed “bigoted” or “extreme.”