The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine: An Introduction
By: Mike Maharrey The anti-commandeering doctrine provides a powerful tool to undermine overreaching, unconstitutional federal power. So, what is this doctrine? What is it based upon? And how can it be ...
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The Cooperative Capitalism of Adam Smith
by Gary Galles Important people in history are typically commemorated on their birthdays. But some have unknown birthdays, making that tradition difficult to honor. For example, Adam Smith, history’s most ...
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Today in History: “Solemn League and Covenant” Published
By: Mike Maharrey Today in history, on June 5, 1774, the Boston committee of correspondence approved and published the “Solemn League and Covenant,” an agreement to boycott British goods. The covenant was ...
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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
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
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
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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