A New “Surge” Expands Unconstitutional Federal Involvement in Local Police
By: Mike Maharrey WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2019) – Invoking military language used during the Iraq war, President Trump announced a national police “surge” to crack down on violent crime. Trump ...
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Will Nullification Lead to Civil War?
By: Brion McClanahan Does nullification naturally lead to civil war? If you listen to the establishment then the answer would be yes. These people believe that nullification clearly created the ...
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South Carolina Bill Would Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments
By: Michael Boldin COLUMBIA, S.C. (Nov. 21, 2019) – A bill prefiled in the South Carolina House would prohibit unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into ...
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Patriot Act Renewal: A Bipartisan Attack on Liberty Since Day One
By: Michael Boldin With another so-called federal “shutdown” looming, a measure to fund the feds for another 3 months just passed the House. Expect it to pass the Senate and ...
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The Tenth Amendment is Always the Right Answer
By: Mike Maharrey I’ve been told that law students prepping for the Bar Exam are told that if the Tenth Amendment is ever among the answers on a multiple-choice question, ...
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Today in History: Kentucky Resolutions Passed on Nov. 10, 1798
By: Mike Maharrey Would the proposed Constitution create the limited federal government promised? That was the central question facing the ratifying conventions as America considered adopting the new Constitution. Those ...
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Should we interpret the Constitution so the feds can oversee everything affecting more than one state?
By: Rob Natelson The Constitution lists powers it grants to the federal government, reserving the rest in the states and the people. Over the last few decades, some federal powers—particularly ...
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Stare Decisis: Precedent vs the Constitution
By: Michael Boldin As the founders widely understood, the Constitution is supreme. And it remains supreme even if the opinion of the Supreme Court contradicts it.
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My Dream Congressman
by: Jim Lewis First, congress is made up of two bodies, the house of representatives and the senate, so the person I will be describing could be in either body. ...
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Did Founder James Wilson oppose the Electoral College and favor “National Popular Vote?”
By: Rob Natelson James Wilson of Pennsylvania (1742-98) was one of the most influential of the Constitution’s framers. Some scholars rank him as second only to James Madison. Wilson was ...
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