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Town of Greece Case Returns the Establishment Clause To Its Original Meaning

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized, Supreme Court | May 15, 2014

Last week I reported on Justice Thomas’ citation of my work in his concurring opinion in Town of Greece v. […]

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Rob Natelson Cited Again at Supreme Court—This Time in a Religion Case

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized, Supreme Court | May 10, 2014

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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Ownership of Federal Land: Answers Suggested by the Bundy Standoff

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized, Supreme Court | April 25, 2014

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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The Meaning of the Commerce Power and Congress’s and the Courts’ Use (And Abuse) Of It

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized, ObamaCare, Supreme Court | December 14, 2013

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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How a Conspiracy Cracked a Monopoly

CONSTITUTION, ObamaCare, Supreme Court | December 1, 2013

Anyone interested in the constitutional debate over the “Affordable Care Act” should pick up a copy of the new book,

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Can Treaties Override the Constitution? An Issue Posed By Bond v. United States

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized, Supreme Court | November 10, 2013

One of the most common questions posed to me when I discuss the Constitution on talk radio is “Can a

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Rebutting the Claim that an “Anti-Corruption” Principle Should Re-Write the First Amendment

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized | October 27, 2013

Law professors are overwhelmingly left-of-center, and they spend an undue amount of time trying to justify nearly unlimited federal power.

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How We Have Learned More and More About the Constitution's "Convention for Proposing Amendments"

Article V, CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized | August 30, 2013

Listen to Mark Levin’s interview of Rob here. (Go to Aug. 29 podcast, and fast forward to minute 55.) This

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Where is the Power to Suspend Habeas Corpus?

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized | August 18, 2013

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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The Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Case

CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court | July 28, 2013

(This is the last of five commentaries on recent Supreme Court decisions.) The Fifteenth Amendment, adopted five years after Civil

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“Necessary and Proper” = “Necessaria et Opportuna”

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized, ObamaCare | November 17, 2012

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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A Colonial Pamphlet Helps Show Why the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause Granted No Power

CONSTITUTION, Constitution Uncategorized | July 11, 2012

Learn more: Hear a podcast on this subject. As I have noted before (for example, here and here) pamphlets written

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