The meaning of “militia” in the Second Amendment
By: Rob Natelson This is the second article examining contributions to our understanding of the Constitution from the three brand new volumes of the Documentary History of the Ratification of the ...
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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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Ordered Liberty and the Demands of Law
by Adam J. MacLeod Ordered liberty flourishes where people govern themselves according to reason. Self-governing people make—design, craft, and promulgate—law to govern their own and others’ choices and actions. The ...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Bump Stock Ban Stand
By: TJ Martinell WASHINGTON (March 31, 2019) – In the film Princess Bride, Wesley tells the revenge-bent Indigo Montoya to “get used to disappointment.” This is also good advice for ...
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Trump Administration Runs Biggest Monthly Deficit in History in February
By: Mike Maharrey The Trump administration ran an all-time record deficit of $234 billion in February, according to a Treasury Department report released on Friday. According to Business Insider, the February 2019 deficit ...
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What the Framers really said about the purpose of amendments to our Constitution
By Publius Huldah One of the silliest of the many unsupported claims made by those lobbying for an Article V convention is that our Framers said that when the federal ...
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Why Media Has Become a Tool of the Political Complex
by KrisAnne Hall, JD Over the years the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been used as a Trojan horse to unload dangerous legislation on America people. The subject of this ...
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Trashing the 12th Amendment with the National Popular Vote
By Publius Huldah The compact for a National Popular Vote (NPV) is a destructive scheme. Yet it’s been approved by several States; and is pending in others. Since the text ...
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Presidential Budgets: When A Cut isn’t a Cut
By: Mike Maharrey Remember when a budget cut was actually a cut in spending rather than a cut in the expected increase in spending? President Trump’s proposed budget calls for ...
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The Incorporation Doctrine and the Bill of Rights
by Michael Maharrey In my last Constitution 101 post, I established that the Bill of Rights was not originally intended to apply to the states. But lawyers and other supporters ...
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