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Fourteenth Amendment: Tool of Tyranny, but Was It Legally Ratified?

by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1868 is widely regarded as a momentous event in American history. However, many noted ...

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The National Debt is a National Curse

June 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0

By: Michael Boldin The national debt is a national curse. That’s not just our view, it’s how James Madison described it. "I go on the principle that a Public Debt is ...

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Yet Another Example of How Written Constitutions Don’t Enforce Themselves

By: TJ Martinell Constitutions don’t enforce themselves. That’s why James Madison called them “parchment barriers.” While there are plenty of examples of this at the federal level, it’s worth looking at ...

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The ideas that formed the Constitution: Public Education

By: Rob Natelson This is the last in the series on “The Ideas That Formed the Constitution.” It applies the series’ lessons to how we educate our young. The U.S. Constitution ...

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Abolish the Department of Education, Says Former Education Secretary DeVos

May 31, 2023 Constitution 0

by Michael Tennant Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that the Department of Education should be shuttered because it has “no good reason … to exist” and is used to ...

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Supreme Court Opinion in Sackett v. EPA Restores Limits on the Power of the Bureaucracy

May 31, 2023 Constitution 0

by  Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. The Supreme Court issued an opinion Thursday dealing a blow to the Biden administration’s attempts to confiscate millions of acres of land by classifying them as “protected ...

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Benjamin Franklin Speech Exposes the Inherent Danger of Power and Money

By: Mike Maharrey On June 2, 1787, Benjamin Franklin delivered a speech at the Philadelphia Convention opposing a provision in the proposed Constitution to pay the president a salary. The speech ...

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ATF Pistol Brace Rule: An “Experiment of your Disposition”

By: Michael Boldin With an enforcement deadline looming at the end of May, potentially affecting millions of stabilizing braces, the new ATF rule is – as the founders told us – ...

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Loper Bright —Chevron Needs a Gravestone, Not Another Exception, by Isaiah McKinney

by Isaiah McKinney The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case where commercial fishers are challenging an agency’s statutory authority to issue a regulation requiring the ...

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Unlimited Debt Leads to National Bankruptcy

May 22, 2023 Debt / Economy 0

By: Jacob Hornberger During the current debt-ceiling crisis, one thing should be painfully clear to everyone: For those people who are advocating an increase in the debt ceiling, there is no ...

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