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The Best and Worst States for Sound Money

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 12, 2018) – Utah, Texas, and Wyoming round out the top three most sound money-friendly states in the U.S., according to the 2018 Sound Money Index, released ...

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Founding Principles as Pillars of Our Foreign Policy – Panel presentation by the Federalist Society

The Federalist Society What role should Congress play in determining our country's foreign policy? On June 6, 2018, the Federalist Society's Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group and the ...

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Judge Kethledge Is the Best Choice to Curtail the Administrative State

July 9, 2018 Government / Liberty 0

The Trump administration has made a priority of shrinking the administrative state. A recent study authored by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which is headed by the prominent constitutional-law ...

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The Struggle for American Independence: The Intolerable Acts

July 9, 2018 History 0

In this episode, I cover the Intolerable Acts – a series of laws passed by British Parliament in early 1774 to punish the colonies (especially Massachusetts), for the destruction of ...

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Check Your Supreme Court Privilege

July 6, 2018 Government / SCOTUS 0

In my last post, I noted that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had failed to recuse herself from the travel ban case and that she had failed even to issue an ...

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A Jeffersonian American Patriot is a State Patriot

One day in January 1811, Thomas Jefferson wrote to a French man of letters whose book he so much admired that he translated it into English and saw to its ...

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Constitutional Interpretation and the Impeachment Power

Last week, I began what I expect to be a series of posts on the constitutional power of impeachment. What is the proper understanding of the Constitution’s standard for impeachment ...

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Independence Day and what it means to all Americans

July 4, 2018 Government / History 0

It is unfortunate that, for many Americans, Independence Day has simply become a holiday known as July 4th, and revolves around a gathering of family and friends with food and ...

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A Future Justice Kavanaugh and Executive Privilege

July 3, 2018 Government / History 0

If a prosecutor one day decided to indict President Donald Trump, a future Justice Brett Kavanaugh might not be the one to stop it. Media reports, like this one over ...

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A Problematic Decision: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Failure to Recuse Herself in the Travel Ban Case

July 3, 2018 Government 0

The travel ban has now been approved by a majority of the Supreme Court. While that puts to rest – at least for the time being – the constitutionality of ...

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