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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Minnesota Committee Passes Bill to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws, Opt Out of Federal Equitable Sharing Program
By: Mike Maharrey ST PAUL, Minn. (March 27, 2019) – A bill moving through the Minnesota House would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to require a criminal conviction in most ...
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Separation of Powers Act Introduced in U.S. Senate
The Separation of Powers Act stops bureaucrats from dictating to judges how to interpret laws passed by Congress and their own regulations. WASHINGTON – Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of ...
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The Electoral College: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
By: Mike Maharrey The Electoral College has become a hotly contested issue in American politics with a strong and vocal movement to do away with the institution and instead select ...
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What the Framers really said about the purpose of amendments to our Constitution
By Publius Huldah One of the silliest of the many unsupported claims made by those lobbying for an Article V convention is that our Framers said that when the federal ...
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Treaties Don’t Trump the Constitution, Cannabis Edition: Good Morning Liberty
By: Michael Boldin Here’s something that should be obvious – the federal government isn’t authorized to implement treaties that override the limitations on their power under the constitution.
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Donald Trump signs executive order promoting free speech on college campus
Here are the Constitutional uses of Executive Orders: To enforce Constitutional laws passed by congressTo NOT enforce unconstitutional laws passed by congressGeneral Housekeeping in the Executive BranchExecutive orders are to ...
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