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San Diego Has Been Turned Into a Massive Chinese-Style Public Surveillance Network

By: jprivate Can you imagine a city in the United States secretly creating a Chinese-style public surveillance network that can identify everyone? Can you imagine that same city secretly creating ...

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Alabama Committee Passes Bill to End Common Core

By: Mike Maharrey MONTGOMERY, Ala. (March 21, 2019) – Yesterday, an Alabama Senate Committee unanimously passed a bill that would end Common Core in the state. Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) ...

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Giving Federalism the Middle Finger

By: Suzanne Sherman The impulse to turn everything into a federal case – even something a personal as an obscene finger gesture – flips the middle finger at the political ...

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Don’t Fall for the National Popular Vote – Enforce the Electoral College!

What is the Constitutional ramifications of State legislatures voting on bills that give all electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote nationally  ? These actions will result in ...

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Trashing the 12th Amendment with the National Popular Vote

By Publius Huldah The compact for a National Popular Vote (NPV) is a destructive scheme. Yet it’s been approved by several States; and is pending in others. Since the text ...

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No! The Electoral College Was Not about Slavery!

by Gary L. Gregg II The American people have learned much about the Electoral College since the November election. Much has been learned about the origins, evolution and contemporary functioning ...

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Presidential Budgets: When A Cut isn’t a Cut

March 21, 2019 Debt / Deficit / Government / Spending 0

By: Mike Maharrey Remember when a budget cut was actually a cut in spending rather than a cut in the expected increase in spending? President Trump’s proposed budget calls for ...

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The Incorporation Doctrine and the Bill of Rights

by Michael Maharrey In my last Constitution 101 post, I established that the Bill of Rights was not originally intended to apply to the states. But lawyers and other supporters ...

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Mark Pulliam and the Old Originalism

by Mike Rappaport Mark Pulliam, who is a frequent contributor to our site, has written a new essay at American Greatness, entitled “The Pernicious Notion of ‘Unenumerated Rights,’” that attacks ...

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National Emergency? Which One?

By: Mike Maharrey So, is there a national emergency or no? The president says yes. Congress says no. Here’s the dirty little secret – no matter how things turn out ...

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