How Colorado officials manipulate ballot language to get what they want: The case of JeffCo Issue 1A
Ballot language abuse has become a Colorado scandal.
Colorado Supreme Court rules against TABOR—Again!
If you read enough Colorado Supreme Court TABOR opinions, you notice . . . motifs: (1) taxpayers always lose, (2) the court’s opinions are often evasive . . . , and (3) after creating an anti-TABOR precedent, the justices then stretch it to create even more anti-TABOR precedents.
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How to reform our dysfunctional federal government
For many members of Congress . . . almost their only job experience has been politics. They can hardly understand how the rest of us live.
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How our Constitution was supposed to work: new evidence comes to light
. . . [A]ctivities over which the Constitution granted the federal government little or no jurisdiction [included] social services . . . education, religion, real estate, local businesses, most roads and other infrastructure, nearly all criminal law matters, and most civil court cases.
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Independence Institute helps win court ruling protecting presidential electors
The framers modeled the Electoral College on indirect election systems then prevailing in Scotland and Maryland, in which elector discretion was pivotal.
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“Red flag law”—Historically the phrase means a deceptive law not about “safety” at all!
Ironically, by adopting the term “red flag law,” promoters inadvertently admitted their real motive is not safety. This is because the phrase “red flag law” has been proverbial for an enactment masquerading as a safety measure but really passed for more sinister reasons.
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Supreme Court to review common anti-school choice rule in state constitutions
Today the constitutions of 26 states contain bans that go well beyond what Blaine wanted. Unlike Blaine’s proposal, those constitutions mandate discrimination against “sectarian” religion.
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How “progressive” court decisions promoted the rise of dark money
“Progressive” Supreme Court decisions that led directly or indirectly to the orgy of anonymous spending
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How the Founders told us the Constitution would restrict federal power
This new article presents even more evidence on how the federal government was supposed to be limited.
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John Paul Stevens’ greatest legacy
By clarifying constitutional amendment law, Stevens made it more accessible to citizens who now seek to use it to cure our dysfunctional federal government.
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How the Left dominates states through “National Popular Vote”
NPV enables Democrats and Left-leaning activists to control a state merely by running up vote totals in a few counties or regions.
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Here are 206 wicked corporations to boycott
Will their next brief urge the court to dispense with republican government and declare a monarchy?
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