What Should States Do When the Federal Government Usurps Power?
Advice From James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution. By Publius Huldah 1. What can a State – or several States – do to resist encroachments & usurpations by the ...
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Balanced Budget Amendment: The Solution? Or Deathblow?
By Publius Huldah The Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) Made Simple Say you want your Butler to buy some groceries; so you give him your credit card. You can: 1. Give ...
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Babies Don’t Provide Anchors!
By Publius Huldah Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says, in part: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of ...
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The “Regulation Freedom” Amendment and Daniel Webster
By Publius Huldah “The politician that undertakes to improve a Constitution with as little thought as a farmer sets about mending his plow, is no master of his trade. If ...
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Suspending The Constitution: In America Today, The Government Does Whatever It Wants
We can pretend that the Constitution, which was written to hold the government accountable, is still our governing document. The reality we must come to terms with, however, is that ...
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Judge Andrew Napolitano: Have we forgotten that only Congress can declare war?
Today's topic: presidential war-making powers. A popular way to begin the first day of class in constitutional law in many American law schools is to ask the students what sets ...
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Why Supreme Court Opinions Are Not the “Law of the Land”, and How to Put Federal judges in Their Place
By Publius Huldah Central to the silly arguments made by the “Convention of States Project” (COSP) is their claim that 200 years of Supreme Court opinions have increased the powers ...
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It’s time to truly test the constitutionality of Obamacare
Court challenges to the facetiously named “Affordable Care Act” — “Obamacare” — are more important than ever. Asked about the constitutional basis for Obamacare, Democratic Michigan Rep. John Conyers — ...
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Real Purpose of the Senate: To Check the Actions of the House
Niccolò Machiavelli was one of the principal architects of American constitutionalism. A heterodox thinker in his day, Machiavelli observed in his Discourses on Livy (1531): “Those who blame the quarrels ...
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Mainstream Media Still Stupid on Nullification
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to take apart a mainstream news report on nullification. You probably won’t be surprised when I tell you that after ...
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