. . . if you want to apply the Founders’ own rules of interpretation to the Constitution, the understanding of the ratifiers is most important.
New information on the Constitution’s ratification — Part I: South Carolina Read More »
An extra-constitutional action may be legal or illegal.
Unconstitutional? Extra-Constitutional? What’s the difference? Read More »
So what was the understanding in 1787-90? I have pieced this together over many years. In a nutshell, here it is:
Is Federal Infrastructure Spending Unconstitutional? Read More »
Opponents then — like their successors today — claimed they were protecting the Constitution. But what they actually were (and are) doing is protecting judges and politicians who abuse their positions by changing constitutional rules without following the normal democratic process.
How the False Stories Against An Amendments Convention Got Started Read More »
Of course, the political establishment doesn’t want you to exercise this constitutional right. So they use the same tactics vote-suppressors use: disinformation and fear.
Responding to Fears of an Amendments Convention Read More »
Judicial protection from most economic regulations — even grossly unfair and anti-competitive ones — is so weak as to be nearly non-existent.
A Colorado Bill Uses “Levels of Scrutiny” to Protect Competition Read More »
The Colorado Constitution’s ban on aid to “sectarian” institutions flatly violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The study indirectly absolves President Trump of claims that he is violating the Constitution by receiving profits from enterprises whose customers include foreign governments.
New Article: The President is Not Violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause Read More »
A new study confirms this blog’s conclusions in all important details.
It seems this blog was right about natural born citizenship all along Read More »
None of the amendment campaigns . . . favors the open-ended convention needed for radical change. All of their model legislative applications severely limit the convention’s scope.
[D]uring the 2013 shutdown, the Department of the Interior announced it was closing Rocky Mountain National Park . . . No problem: Colorado state government kicked in the money . . . and it stayed open. A few Coloradans began to ask, “Who needs the feds to run the park after all?”
Government Shutdown? Maybe for the Best Read More »
Educated citizens who enter politics eventually learn that deep ignorance is not unusual among elected officials. To idealists, the discovery can be a shock.
Schatz’s ignorance of our Anglo-American legal heritage is part of a much wider problem Read More »
