Ordered Liberty and the Demands of Law
by Adam J. MacLeod Ordered liberty flourishes where people govern themselves according to reason. Self-governing people make—design, craft, and promulgate—law to govern their own and others’ choices and actions. The ...
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Massachusetts Bill Would Take Step to Block Federal Militarization of Police
By: Mike Maharrey BOSTON, Mass. (March 28, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House would take a first step toward limiting the impact of federal programs that militarize ...
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Today in History: Enforcement of the Boston Port Act Begins
By: Dave Benner Today in 1774, Britain began enforcement of the Boston Port Act, passed in response to the destruction of the tea a few months earlier. One of the ...
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Sheriff: You’ll Have To Arrest Me Before I Enforce This Unconstitutional Gun Control Law
Beth Baumann A Sheriff in Colorado told CNN he would rather go to jail than to enforce the state's proposed Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), commonly referred to as "red ...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Bump Stock Ban Stand
By: TJ Martinell WASHINGTON (March 31, 2019) – In the film Princess Bride, Wesley tells the revenge-bent Indigo Montoya to “get used to disappointment.” This is also good advice for ...
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Testimony on the Tenth and Nullification Before the Ohio House Committee on Federalism
By: Mike Maharrey On March 6, I testified before the Ohio House Committee on Federalism on the Tenth Amendment and how states can push back against overreaching federal authority. During ...
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Constitution 101: The Electoral College
By: Mike Maharrey When you head to the polls and vote for the president, you don’t actually vote for the president. You vote for a slate of electors who select ...
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How to Rebalance Power Between Congress and the Executive Branch
by James R. Rogers Ben Peterson, an occasional contributor to L&L, discusses the interplay between constitutional norms and institutions at National Affairs. I style the takeaway point as this: interests ...
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Don’t Look! More States Tell Feds “NO” on Guns & Marriage
Don't Look! More States Tell Feds "NO" on Guns & Marriage All the distractions are for a specific purpose, so America cannot actually see that the move to restore our ...
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The Fundamental Rights of American Citizenship: Neither “Natural” nor Constitutionally “Enumerated”
by David Upham What are the “privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States”? In the last week, this blog has featured two originalist answers to this question. According ...
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