The Relevance of the Preamble to Constitutional Interpretation
By: Michael Rappaport The preamble to the United States Constitution is something that is widely employed within political and theoretical arguments but is virtually never relied upon in court cases ...
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The President’s Enumerated Powers, Rulemaking by Executive Agencies, & Executive Orders
By Publius Huldah On election night, November 2, 2010, Rep. John Boehner said in his victory speech: “…While our new majority will serve as your voice in the people’s House, ...
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Term Limits Are Not the Answer
By: Laurence M. Vance Franklin D. Roosevelt has the distinction of being the only man to be elected to the office of the presidency four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and ...
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We Need More of This!
By: Mike Maharrey Wyoming just stuck a huge middle finger up at the federal government. More and more, we’re seeing states simply ignore the feds. As just one example, we ...
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The Lie of “Separation of Church and State” & the U.S. Supreme Court’s Usurpations of Power.
By Publius Huldah 1. How did it happen that our country became a land where Christian children are forbidden to use the word, “God”, in the public schools; public school ...
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We’ve Had This Debate on the Electoral College Before
By: Mike Maharrey The Electoral College has become a hotly contested issue in American politics. There’s a strong and vocal movement to do away with it and replace it with ...
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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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