Thomas Jefferson and James Madison’s “Must Read” Sources to Understand Liberty and American Government
By: Mike Maharrey How can we learn about the founding principles and the meaning of the Constitution? Minutes from an 1825 meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors shed some ...
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Sovereign Immunity and Military Federalism
by Robert Leider Are the federal war powers so absolute and exclusive that they include the power to subject state governments to nonconsensual suits for monetary damages? That was the ...
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Against Skidmore Deference
by Mike Rappaport In my last post, I explained why I oppose both Chevron and Auer deference, which give agencies additional power, undermine the rule of law, and provide bad incentives to agencies. Scholars ...
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Eliminating Chevron and Auer Deference
by Mike Rappaport In my last two posts, I have described how one could employ a reformed REINS Act and independent administrative courts to allow for greater separation of powers ...
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Clash of the Titans: Patrick Henry and James Madison and the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. Anytime anybody asks me what books I would recommend to someone who wants to learn more about the Constitution and to understand exactly what the Founding ...
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Convention of States: Misreading the Constitution or Misleading the People?
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. Let’s read Article V of the U.S. Constitution together, and I want you to pay attention to which groups are empowered to call for a Constitutional ...
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Convention of States: An Amendment Would Force the Feds to Stop Spending Our Money
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. My final article examining the Convention of States’ (COS) “7 Guidelines for Drafting Proposed Amendments” concerns their mandate that any amendment submitted to them for consideration by those ...
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Convention of States Ignores Term Limits Already Included in the Constitution
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. In an earlier article, I challenged a few of the Convention of States’ (COS) “Seven Guidelines for Drafting Proposed Amendments” and today I’ll continue exposing errors in ...
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Convention of States: “Guidelines” for Writing Amendments to the Constitution
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. In one of its latest blog posts, Convention of States (COS) is once again proving it has no understanding of the Constitution or the principles upon which ...
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States Don’t Have to Help the Feds
By: Mike Maharrey State and local governments don’t have to help the feds. They don’t have to help them enforce drug laws, or gun laws, or anything in between. And they ...
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