Are constitutional amendments coming?
Far from authorizing more federal power, amendments almost certainly will reduce federal prerogatives and edge us toward decentralization.
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Did the Iroquois Confederation influence the Constitution? A myth they may be teaching your children
The Iroquois Confederation is a worthy subject for study . . . . However, students should not be taught that it had any significant effect on the American Union or on the Constitution.
Using the Constitution to Re-Rank the Presidents
Grover Cleveland belongs in the top 20 . . . Similarly, Calvin Coolidge should be in the top 20 . . . Lyndon Johnson belongs in the bottom five.
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A Preliminary Response to Prof. Ablavsky’s “Indian Commerce Clause” Attack
An advocate of vast congressional power takes quotes out of context, misrepresents what others say, and makes historical errors
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The ‘Independent Legislature Doctrine’—and why it frightens many on the left
The hysteria has been matched only by the detractors’ astonishing constitutional ignorance.
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Indian Child Welfare Act: Another case of Congress’s overreach goes to the Supreme Court
The Constitution does not give Congress authority to regulate the adoption of children.
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The left’s attack on attorney-client confidentiality
The Jan. 6 committee appears to have no more regard for the attorney-client privilege than for the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause.
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The Electoral Count Act Is Unconstitutional
The most important problem with the Electoral Count Act is that any law governing this “federal function” simply has no effect.
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SCOTUS should uphold the right of religious people to refuse to serve the LGBT agenda
The state and would-be “customers” interfering with [a religious] business model have no more constitutional standing than a thug who disrupts a church service or shouts down a speaker.
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Supreme Court should recognize ‘diversity’ programs are about leftist politics, not education
There’s only one coherent explanation for such programs, and that is political.
Understanding the Constitution: Why Biden is wrong to think the 9th Amendment protects abortion
[The court should restore the Ninth Amendment. Enforcing it would not protect abortion . . . rather, it would reduce the federal government to its constitutional limits.
War has a way of clarifying what’s important
The male virtues are central to any well-functioning society.
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