The Preamble is the Least Important Part of the Constitution
By: Mike Maharrey Most people are familiar with the Constitution’s preamble. A lot of people were required to memorize it in school. But while the preamble is arguably the best-known part ...
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Constituting Unity
by Yuval Levin We live in an age of animosity. Americans are polarized, and often bitterly divided. And the institutions of our public life seem only to exacerbate our discord. ...
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This Week at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: First Draft of Constitution Presented to Delegates
By: Joe Wolverton, II This was a big week in 1787. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia finally received printed copies of the first draft of what would ...
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America isn’t “One Nation” and that Matters
By: Mike Maharrey The Pledge of Allegiance is wrong. These United States are not “one nation, indivisible.” They are a federation. This may seem like semantical nitpicking, but it is an ...
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Convention of States: Misreading the Constitution or Misleading the People?
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. Let’s read Article V of the U.S. Constitution together, and I want you to pay attention to which groups are empowered to call for a Constitutional ...
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Convention of States: An Amendment Would Force the Feds to Stop Spending Our Money
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. My final article examining the Convention of States’ (COS) “7 Guidelines for Drafting Proposed Amendments” concerns their mandate that any amendment submitted to them for consideration by those ...
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Convention of States Ignores Term Limits Already Included in the Constitution
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. In an earlier article, I challenged a few of the Convention of States’ (COS) “Seven Guidelines for Drafting Proposed Amendments” and today I’ll continue exposing errors in ...
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Convention of States: “Guidelines” for Writing Amendments to the Constitution
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. In one of its latest blog posts, Convention of States (COS) is once again proving it has no understanding of the Constitution or the principles upon which ...
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Fourteenth Amendment: Tool of Tyranny, but Was It Legally Ratified?
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1868 is widely regarded as a momentous event in American history. However, many noted ...
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The ideas that formed the Constitution: Public Education
By: Rob Natelson This is the last in the series on “The Ideas That Formed the Constitution.” It applies the series’ lessons to how we educate our young. The U.S. Constitution ...
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