“The Hill” offers the latest example of outrageous pro-establishment media bias—publishing false information about the citizens’ constitutional amendment process, and then refusing either a correction or a response.
Mainstream media disinformation — the new case of “The Hill” 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 »
Once again, we are threatened with a federal government “shutdown.” Well, this citizen out in the hinterland says, “Bring it
Another government shutdown would be great for America Read More »
But let’s face it: The election of almost any of the major presidential candidates other than avowed socialist Bernie Sanders probably would have triggered a similar boom . . . the upsurge would have come because its principal cause has not been who was elected, but who has departed.
The link between Obama’s departure and your increasing wealth Read More »
[B]ecause almost everyone conforms in most respects to prevailing social practices, disqualification for such conduct is necessarily arbitrary and driven more by politics than by merit.
Why removing historical monuments is a bad idea Read More »
So when is local control good in reality rather than merely as a slogan?
State protection for citizen rights should temper ‘local control’ Read More »
Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a
How a ‘convention of states’ could tweak the Constitution Read More »
Some pro-immigration activists question whether the federal government has any constitutional power over immigration. “Where,” they ask, “is the word ‘immigration’ among the powers the Constitution grants to Congress?”
The Constitution does indeed permit immigration caps as part of ‘the law of nations’ Read More »
You may have heard alarms that if we hold a national convention for proposing constitutional amendments the gathering would be an uncontrollable constitutional convention (“con-con”) that could propose anything at all. The claim is called the “runaway scenario.” It has almost no basis in history or law.
How progressives promoted the ‘runaway convention’ myth to save judicial activism Read More »
The convention of states process is well-honed, safe, and effective. Americans need to consider carefully whether the Constitution should be amended. But they should not allow disinformation to influence their choice.
Voters shouldn’t be shy about amending the Constitution to bypass Congress Read More »
