Gun Control, the Dick Act of 1903, Bills of Attainder & Ex Post Facto Laws
by Publius Huldah The latest round of rubbish flooding our in boxes is an ignorant rant claiming that the Dick Act of 1903 (which the purveyors of rubbish claim respects ...
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What is “Federalism”?
by Publius Huldah I’ll explain it: With our Constitution, we created a federal FORM of government: A federation of Sovereign States united together ONLY for those limited purposes enumerated in ...
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The Green Bad Deal
by Ron Paul The recently-proposed Green New Deal is proof that climate change is for progressive Democrats what terrorism is for neoconservative Republicans: a ready-made excuse to expand government and ...
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Nuclear Option Needed to Confirm Judges
John and Andy Schlafly The vast majority of President Trump’s nominees to the federal district courts have been blocked by Democrats in the Senate. Some of them have languished for ...
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Today in History: Coinage Act of 1792 Passed
By: Dave Benner Today in history, the Coinage Act of 1792 was passed. It was the first attempt, under the current Constitution, to establish a coinage system for the United ...
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More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers
By: Rob Natelson Scholars working on the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution are approaching the end of the project they began in the 1970s, yet they continue to publish ...
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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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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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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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