Emergencies Do Not Trump the Constitution
by Ron Paul After Congress rejected President Trump’s request for 5.7 billion dollars for the border wall, the president declared a national emergency at the southern border. Present Trump claims ...
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Abandoning Gold and the Constitution?
by Mark Pulliam Constitutional law scholars tend to focus on decisions involving abortion, same-sex marriage, desegregation, and administrative law, ignoring one of the 20th century’s most contentious legal battles: creditors’ ...
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Shall We Defend Our Common History?
Roger Kimball The recent news that the University of Notre Dame, responding to complaints by some students, would “shroud” its twelve 134-year-old murals depicting Christopher Columbus was disappointing. It was ...
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Birthright Citizenship and Dual Citizenship: Harbingers of Administrative Tyranny
Edward J. Erler Birthright Citizenship—the policy whereby the children of illegal aliens born within the geographical limits of the United States are entitled to American citizenship—is a great magnet for ...
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Signed By the Governor: Wyoming Law Authorizes Bear Hunt Despite Federal Court Ruling
By: Mike Maharrey CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Feb. 22, 2019) – Last week, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill into law that sets the stage to authorize a grizzly bear hunt ...
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Gun Grabbers Admit Feds Can’t Enforce Laws Without State and Local Support
By: Mike Maharrey The federal government needs state and local support to enforce gun laws and the anti-gun lobby knows it. On February 12, around 450 supporters of the Missouri chapter ...
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Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) in a Nutshell
By: Dave Benner In 1793, a controversial Supreme Court opinion convinced Congress to amend the Constitution to provide a more explicit safeguard for federalism. Indeed, even Federalists considered the majority ...
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A Colonial Pamphlet Helps Show Why the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause Granted No Power
By: Rob Natelson As I have noted before (for example, here and here) pamphlets written in support of the colonial cause during the years 1763-1774 help us greatly in understanding the language of ...
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Anti-Commandeering, The Legal Basis for Refusing to Cooperate
By: Michael Boldin The Supreme Court actually got one right – and they’ve followed through on this single issue time and time again. On this episode of Good Morning Liberty, ...
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A Look Back…. States Rights in the Pollution Debate
by Greg Heller Does the “liberal” Obama respect the Constitution more than the “conservative” Bush? From the After months of battling with the Bush administration, California may be close to ...
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