While hosting a Montana radio talk show in the late 1990s, I interviewed a prominent left-wing environmental activist. He was […]
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The Constitution was adopted amid a belief that government is a public trust.* Does the Constitution require federal and state
New Article: Government’s Obligation To Be Impartial Read More »
The Constitution was adopted amid a belief that government is a public trust.* Does the Constitution require federal and state
New Article: Government's Obligation To Be Impartial Read More »
In its recent decision in Bond v. United States, the Supreme Court avoided deciding whether Congress, in executing a treaty,
Note: This item originally appeared at the website of The American Thinker. The Hobby Lobby case is being hailed by
Early this year in The American Thinker and in this column I discussed state marijuana legalization and federalism. I cautioned
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After some truly painful reading experiences, I’ve become skeptical of history books written by celebrities. Lynn Cheney is the wife
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(This article originally appeared in The American Thinker.) I applaud the result of the recess appointments case and I am
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Although I’ve often criticized the constitutional tone-deafness of “progressives,” conservatives can sometimes exhibit such tendencies as well. Over at The
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Well over a hundred state lawmakers from 33 states met this past week to plan for an Article V “Convention
Momentum for an Amendments Convention Accelerates Even More Read More »
It increasingly looks like a “convention for proposing amendments” is really going to happen. The last 18 months have witnessed
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Is the penalty for not buying insurance in the Affordable Care Act (ACA—Obamacare) unconstitutional as a “tax” that originated in
