“Law and Order” Conservatives Reject the Rule of Law in Favor of Federal Death Penalty
By: Suzanne Sherman U.S. Attorney General Robert Barr recently ordered the reinstatement of the federal death penalty, ending a 16-year pause in executions at the federal level. The Department of ...
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State Governments and the People’s Liberty
By: Jim Lewis Many people today seem to think it’s the federal government’s job to protect their liberty. But the Founding Fathers didn’t. In fact, they feared the new government ...
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Want Civic Literacy? Quit Focusing on D.C.
By: Justin Spears If we truly want to engage young people in the political process, we need to stop incessantly talking about Washington D.C. and focus on issues closer to ...
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State Governments and the People’s Liberty
by Jim Lewis Last week I was having a conversation with an Ohio State Representative, as is the case with most such conversations the topic always turns to Nullification. After ...
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Roe v. Wade Did Not Legalize Abortion in the United States
By: Laurence M. Vance The infamous Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade did not legalize abortion in the United States. Its repeal will not outlaw abortion in the United States. In Roe ...
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Originalism Protects the Timelessness of the Constitution
by John O. McGinnis I was grateful to appear with Michael Greve on the panel in which he delivered remarks on originalism that were posted in this space earlier this week. ...
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What is “Federalism”?
by Publius Huldah I’ll explain it: With our Constitution, we created a federal FORM of government: A federation of Sovereign States united together ONLY for those limited purposes enumerated in ...
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More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers
By: Rob Natelson Scholars working on the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution are approaching the end of the project they began in the 1970s, yet they continue to publish ...
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Massachusetts Bill Would Take Step to Block Federal Militarization of Police
By: Mike Maharrey BOSTON, Mass. (March 28, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House would take a first step toward limiting the impact of federal programs that militarize ...
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Testimony on the Tenth and Nullification Before the Ohio House Committee on Federalism
By: Mike Maharrey On March 6, I testified before the Ohio House Committee on Federalism on the Tenth Amendment and how states can push back against overreaching federal authority. During ...
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