I’m pleased to report that this past week the brilliant Justice Clarence Thomas cited my work on the Necessary and […]
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The Bundy stand-off in Nevada has induced several people to ask me about the extent to which the federal government
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Are you interested in the true meaning of, and limits on, the Constitution’s much-abused Commerce Power? In a speech at
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Anyone interested in the constitutional debate over the “Affordable Care Act” should pick up a copy of the new book,
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One of the most common questions posed to me when I discuss the Constitution on talk radio is “Can a
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Law professors are overwhelmingly left-of-center, and they spend an undue amount of time trying to justify nearly unlimited federal power.
Listen to Mark Levin’s interview of Rob here. (Go to Aug. 29 podcast, and fast forward to minute 55.) This
The Constitution’s Suspension Clause (Art. I, Section 9, cl. 2) limits when the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended.
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(This is the last of five commentaries on recent Supreme Court decisions.) The Fifteenth Amendment, adopted five years after Civil
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To justify the huge growth of federal regulations over the last few decades, lawyers and judges frequently cite the Constitution’s
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Learn more: Hear a podcast on this subject. As I have noted before (for example, here and here) pamphlets written
As Tom Woods points out on his blog, advocates of Obamacare have dug up a 1798 federal statute that, they
