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.
New evidence on the “Power To . . . regulate . . . Commerce” Read More »
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 . . .
First decision of the Supreme Court Term: a unanimous liberal result Read More »
New Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
New information on the Constitution’s ratification — Part III: Vermont Read More »
New Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
New information on the Constitution’s ratification — Part II: New Hampshire Read More »
This column also appears at CNSNews. The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government. But has anyone listed the
Evidence on the Powers the Constitution Leaves Exclusively to the States Read More »
Note: This article was first published at cns news. There is a common media myth that the current U.S. Supreme
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Are you interested in the true meaning of, and limits on, the Constitution’s much-abused Commerce Power? In a speech at
The Meaning of the Commerce Power and Congress’s and the Courts’ Use (And Abuse) Of It Read More »
Anyone interested in the constitutional debate over the “Affordable Care Act” should pick up a copy of the new book,
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(Note: This is the second of several short commentaries on recent Supreme Court decisions.) There is little more heart-rending than
Learn more: Hear a podcast on this subject. As I have noted before (for example, here and here) pamphlets written
The meaning of some of the Constitution’s 18th century terminology was lost during the 19th century, leading to widespread misunderstanding.
The Great Forgetting Read More »
As Tom Woods points out on his blog, advocates of Obamacare have dug up a 1798 federal statute that, they
