Saul Cornell’s Unfair Criticism of Originalists and Mike Ramsey
Originalist critic Saul Cornell has written a new blog post attacking originalism. Cornell’s principal claim in this piece is that originalists misunderstand anti-originalist criticisms of originalism and his focus is ...
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The Founders on Federal Enforcement
Some people believe that all branches of the federal government should fully enforce all federal laws until they’re overturned by a court or repealed by Congress. But the Founders disagreed. ...
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Federal Wrecking Ball Destroying American Healthcare System
It’s not just Obamacare that’s the problem. Now federal regulations are interfering in the direct primary care market too. The federal government is a giant wrecking ball destroying the American ...
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Thomas Paine on Natural Law
If you've not had a chance to read Thomas Paine, this essay would be a good first
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The Swamp – Can it be drained ?
The Second Paragraph of the Declaration of Independence obligates each of us to implement a government that will respect the Life, Liberty, and Property of the citizens, just as each of ...
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The Original Meaning and The Exclusionary Rule
In his recent concurrence in Collins v. Virginia, Justice Clarence Thomas argues that the exclusionary rule for Fourth Amendment violations should not be applied against the states. He states that ...
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The Recurring Natural Law
The American constitutional order is disintegrating. Members of Congress reject their duty to enact rational, coherent budgets or even to read, understand, and approve the legislation on which they vote. ...
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Anti-Commandeering: An overview of five major Supreme Court cases
The Supreme Court has long held that states do not have to actively participate in the enforcement or effectuation of federal acts or regulatory programs. James Madison’s advice for resisting ...
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An Entertaining Way To Easily Learn About The US Constitution
A captivating statesman from America’s past takes a modern-day family on a series of wild adventures. With a spicy mix of humor, magic and logic, he opens their eyes to ...
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The NSA Continues to Abuse Americans with a 300% Increase in Data Intercepted and Stored
One of the few positive things in the ill-named USA FREEDOM Act, enacted in 2015 after the Snowden revelations on NSA domestic spying, is that it required the Director of ...
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