The Left’s Refusal to Accept Election Results vs. Its Constitutional “Super-Precedent” Theory
Since Election Day, the stock market has soared. The benchmark Standard and Poor’s 500 index, which reflects the stock price […]
How Much Trash a Political Rally Leaves for Others to Clean Up Tells You Something, Doesn’t It?
There is an adage—restated many times and by many authors—that you can tell more about a person’s character by how
A New Look at the Founders Through the Postal Clause
The Constitution’s Postal Clause grants Congress power to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads.” There is a fascinating history behind
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Conservatives Should Abandon the Filibuster
Conservatives traditionally have supported the Senate filibuster because, supposedly, it puts the brakes on expansion of government. I’ve long thought
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The 1889 St. Louis Convention of States
A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules
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Judge Gorsuch and the Independence Institute
The Independence Institute has specific reason to celebrate the nomination of Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. In 2011, a
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New Video on TABOR—the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
Fred Holden (below) and Rob Natelson, both Senior Fellows at the Independence Institute, talk about the famous Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill
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Reduce Holdings of Federal Lands
Interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke served his country honorably as a Navy SEAL, but in affirming in his federal lands testimony that
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State Lawmakers! Don’t Put Extraneous Matter in Your Article V Application
by Robert G. Natelson State lawmakers sponsoring an Article V convention application often find that other lawmakers want to add
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Constitutional Convention: John Jay Letter Shows Its Power Came from State Legislatures, not Congress
A persistent constitutional myth has it that (1) Congress called the Constitutional Convention under the Articles of Confederation, (2) the
How to Replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court
President-Elect Trump says he wants to nominate a justice like the late Antonin Scalia to the U.S. Supreme Court. That
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TABOR: All About the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
Rules limiting the legislature’s ability to tax, spend, and/or incur debt appear in the U.S. Constitution and in the constitutions
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