Reversing Incorporation?
By: TJ Martinell The Incorporation Doctrine is a commonly accepted constitutional interpretation asserting that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made the Bill of Rights enforceable by the federal government ...
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Yet Another Federal Court Fail
By: Mike Maharrey Conservatives and libertarians often count on the federal courts to “protect their rights.” This is a bad strategy. Most of the time it fails. Instead of protecting rights, ...
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This Is Why America Is In Trouble
By: Brion McClanahan America isn’t in trouble because of Joe Biden. America isn’t in trouble because of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and “The Squad.” America is in trouble because of the so-called “incorporation ...
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How SCOTUS perverted the equal protection clause of Sec. 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment
By: Publius Huldah 1. Harvard Professor Raoul Berger’s meticulously documented book, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, proves by means of thousands of quotes from the Congressional Debates, that the purpose ...
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The Incorporation Doctrine Broke the Constitutional System
By: Mike Maharrey I think centralizing power is always a net loss for liberty. So did the founding generation. This is why the framers of the Constitution emphatically rejected a ...
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The Incorporation Doctrine and the Bill of Rights
By: Mike Maharrey In a previous Constitution 101 post, I established that the Bill of Rights was not originally intended to apply to the states. But lawyers and other supporters of ...
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We shouldn’t call them “First Amendment” protests.
By: Brion McClanahan “First Amendment” protests have popped up around the United States in recent weeks, spurred by the heavy handed State and local policies designed to save us from ...
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Today in History: 14th Amendment Ratified. Or Was it?
By: Dave Benner Today in 1868, the United States general government claimed that the 14th Amendment had received the endorsement of the requisite number of states to add it to ...
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Supreme Court Simultaneously Tramples State Sovereignty and Fourth Amendment
By: Suzanne Sherman A case recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court once again reveals the inherent danger of placing virtually unlimited authority in the federal judiciary and centralizing decision ...
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The Supreme Court Gets It Wrong Even While Getting It Right
By: Suzanne Sherman Conservatives are cheering the recent opinion by the United States Supreme Court allowing a cross to remain on public land. But should they be? In 1918, residents ...
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