Idaho considers an amendments convention
Today no recognized Article V scholar takes the “runaway convention” objection seriously.
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The 1876 Colorado Constitution’s extensive bill of rights
The 1876 Colorado Constitution protected economic and civil rights not found in the U.S. Constitution. Later, the 1889 Montana Constitution was to follow suit.
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Lefty Claims that by Curbing Government Waste, Musk Violated the ‘Contitution’
The truth is that under a fair reading of the Constitution, most of the projects DOGE found were themselves unconstitutional.
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The Montana Constitution’s authoritarian mandates
Authoritarian mandates do not belong in a constitution for a free people.
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The case for defunding public radio
CPR’s ad was dishonest. And dishonest advertising usually is a sign of a bad product.
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Overturning the Twentieth Century?
Elite opinion aside, the Supreme Court has not aggressively attacked the bad precedents of the past century. Maybe it should.
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Was Elbridge Gerry the “Federal Farmer”?
New evidence supports the hypothesis that Gerry was the Federal Farmer.
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Phil Weiser’s effort to muzzle free speech
How Weiser endorsed a now-defunct Montana effort to silence people.
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How the Founders Explained Limits on the Federal Government
We should take the Founders at their word.
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Property tax furor partly the fault of Montana’s Constitution
Taxes are a recurrent issue in Montana partly because the state constitution lacks protections imposed in many other state constitutions.
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Parents’ Rights: Why a Judge Stopped California From Concealing Children’s ‘Gender Transition’ From Parents
The Supreme Court reads the two Due Process Clauses to protect a constitutional right to direct the upbringing of one’s own children.
Montana Constitution’s school terms fail the test
Only a constitutional convention can clean up the Montana Constitution’s contradictory and confusing language on K-12 education.
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