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The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

CONSTITUTION | March 21, 2017

I’m sometimes asked about the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Their connection is not difficult to […]

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A New Look at the Founders Through the Postal Clause

CONSTITUTION | February 21, 2017

The Constitution’s Postal Clause grants Congress power to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads.” There is a fascinating history behind

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Yes, Mr. President—You Must Enforce Laws You Don’t Like

CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized | January 3, 2017

Must the president enforce laws he doesn’t like? The answer to this question lies in the Constitution’s phrase that the president “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”

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Did Congress Approve the Constitution? A Member’s Letter Says “Yes”

Article V, CONSTITUTION | November 28, 2016

Some people argue the Constitution was adopted illegally. They assert that the Confederation Congress needed to approve the document, but

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This Resolution Suggests Congress Did Agree to a Broad Constitutional Convention

Article V, CONSTITUTION | October 27, 2016

On April 23, 1787, the Confederation Congress extended the post office franking privilege to all commissioners about to attend the

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Changed Conditions May Justify Term Limits

Article V, CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court, Uncategorized | October 18, 2016

This is the full version of an op-ed  first appearing in the Detroit Daily News. Advocates for term limits want to

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What Connecticut’s Authorizing Documents Tell Us About the Constitutional Convention—and About Modern Misinterpretations

Article V, CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized | October 10, 2016

On May 11, 1787, the Samuel Huntington, the governor of Connecticut, addressed his state legislature about the pending Constitutional Convention.

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Could Congress Control an Amendments Convention? Not According to the Founders!

Article V, CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized | October 5, 2016

As we move closer to holding a “convention for proposing amendments” to restrain federal overreach, naysayers have not been silent.

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Originalist Research Guide Updated

CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized | October 2, 2016

Scholarly investigation into our Constitution’s actual meaning—or, more precisely, into the Constitution’s legal force immediately after adoption—commonly is called “originalist”

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The 37th “Convention of States” Discovered!

Article V, CONSTITUTION | August 21, 2016

Recently a professor teaching constitutional law at a prestigious university wrote in one of the nation’s top newspapers that we

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More Founding-Era Evidence that Some State Functions Derive Only From the Constitution (With Some Comments on the Amendment Process)

Article V, CONSTITUTION | August 12, 2016

In prior posts, I’ve discussed two key elements of constitutional law: 1. The Constitution grants some powers to persons and

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Rob and “The Original Constitution”

CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized | August 12, 2016

Rob discusses why he wrote his popular book, The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant, in this Independence

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