The “General Welfare” Clause
by JOHN W. BUGLER We Americans find ourselves faced with the disquieting specter of a national debt measured in trillions of dollars: a sum truly inconceivable. Many economists and politicians ...
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Gouverneur Morris’s Rewriting of the Constitution
by Mike Rappaport Recently, the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism held its annual Works-in-Progress Conference. One of the papers was written by Dean William Treanor of Georgetown Law ...
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Today in History: The Missouri Compromise Signed into Law
By: Dave Benner Today in 1820, a set of bills that came to be known as the “Missouri Compromise” were signed into law by President James Monroe. Initially seen as ...
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How Thomas Jefferson Handled the National Debt
By: Mike Maharrey The way Pres. Thomas Jefferson handled the national debt should be a blueprint for all modern presidents. When Donald Trump took office in January 2017, he inherited ...
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R. Paul & Presidential Power – R. Stone Battles Federal Courts
Today we will analyze Rand Paul announcement that he is going to oppose Trump's Declaration of Emergency. PLUSRoger Stone's gag order is further proof that our federal courts are out of ...
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Trashing the 12th Amendment with the National Popular Vote
By Publius Huldah The compact for a National Popular Vote (NPV) is a destructive scheme. Yet it’s been approved by several States; and is pending in others. Since the text ...
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The New Federalism and the New Federal Judiciary
by Thomas Ascik The federal lawsuit filed by fifteen blue states (and Michigan) to stop President Trump’s February 15 Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of ...
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Nullify Asset Forfeiture: TAC Status Report
By: Michael Boldin Asset forfeiture is government-sanctioned theft. While the Timbs v Indiana Supreme Court case brought a lot of attention to this unconstitutional program, it didn’t end it. Not even ...
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Today in History: The General Government Inaugurated Under the Constitution
By: Dave Benner Today in history, on March 4th, 1789, the general government under the United States Constitution went into effect. The occasion represented the end of a bitter ratification ...
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The Birth of Confidence: The New Constitution
By: Jackson Pemberton On March 4, 2019, we commemorate the inauguration of the most transcendent legal document ever written: the Constitution of the United States of America. The thirteen colonies ...
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