An Empirical Liberty Framework for Debating Gun Control
Those in favor of gun control repeatedly proclaim that something must be done to stop gun violence, to include repealing the Second Amendment. At the same time, those who defend ...
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Constitution 101: The Judiciary and Judicial Review
The federal judiciary has arguably become the most powerful branch of the general government. Opinions issued by nine politically connected lawyers have redefined marriage throughout the entire United States, authorized ...
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Constitutionalism: Why it Matters
From the Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship The principles of the Declaration of Independence constitute the soul of the American Founding and form the moral basis of government in ...
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Originalist Perspective
by David F. Forte, Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Written constitutionalism implies that those who make, interpret, and enforce the law ought to be guided by the meaning ...
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15 Supreme Court Decisions that Shredded the Constitution
When the Court traded law and liberty for political expediency by Sean Rosenthal, published at the Foundation for Economic Education What makes a Supreme Court decision bad? And what are ...
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On this day in 1788, Massachusetts Became the 6th State to Ratify Constitution
On this day in 1788, Massachusetts became the 6th state to ratify the new Constitution for the United States, but it was a close call. There were many opponents who ...
Read more.The Formation of the Constitution
by Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President at the Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship The creation of the United States Constitution—John Adams described the Constitutional Convention as "the greatest single ...
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