Some people are claiming that if Congress fails to raise the debt limit, the President can raise it himself unilaterally. […]
Can the President Raise the Debt Limit Unilaterally? Hell no! Read More »
One of the most enduring myths in American constitutional history is that Chief Justice John Marshall was a judicial activist
The greatly misunderstood Chief Justice John Marshall Read More »
There is growing sentiment that one or more constitutional amendments may be necessary to rein in the runaway Congress. The
Reining in Congress: An Enforceable Balanced Budget Amendment Read More »
As Tom Woods points out on his blog, advocates of Obamacare have dug up a 1798 federal statute that, they
Several readers sent me for comment a lengthy cover article in Time Magazine by managing editor Richard Stengel. Stengel’s piece
Time Mag’s Constitutional Baby Babble Read More »
Behind the current constitutional debates over ObamaCare, there is an assumption that Congress has power to regulate health insurance as
Is health insurance “Commerce among the States?” Read More »
“A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Without such means it might
Corrective Constitutional Amendments? Read More »
Last week, Senator John Kerry (D.-Mass) was unhappy with a Republican plan to cut as much as $61 billion out
The U.S. Budget Situation is Worse than Even You Imagined Read More »
Commentators and journalists sometimes describe the current U.S. Supreme Court as “conservative.” But that’s not true if your definition of
Supreme Court’s New First Amendment Decision Unrelated to the First Amendment Read More »
Our sister institution, The Goldwater Institute in Phoenix, Arizona has just published my paper, Amending the Constitution by Convention: Practical
New paper summarizes rules for amending the Constitution Read More »
Are you a state lawmaker or reform advocate challenged to answer “tough questions” about a Convention for Proposing Amendments? If
Amendments Convention: Answering Those Not-So-Tough Questions Read More »
Sometimes even friends of the Constitution misinterpret the document or the history surrounding it. Throughout the country right now, state
Madison being misread (on an amendments convention) Read More »
